02 Oct 13
Originally posted by menace71http://www.space.com/19973-comet-ison.html
Any one able to see it as of yet? I have an app on my phone that gives me position but it must be too faint still ? I looked right before sunrise and it was showing to be above and to the left of the moon like 9 or 10:00 position just curious
Manny
The big question is whether it will survive its encounter with the sun in November.
04 Oct 13
Originally posted by sonhouseThis is what I understand also 🙂 well I hope we get to see it light up bright enough to see with the unaided eye. Tried again this morning but no go
http://www.space.com/19973-comet-ison.html
The big question is whether it will survive its encounter with the sun in November.
Manny
04 Oct 13
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Originally posted by menace71Last I heard, it was hanging around +12 magnitude. I don't think you can see that far down in the mud. I think we poop out at around 6. It has to become about 250 times brighter to be visible unaided.
This is what I understand also 🙂 well I hope we get to see it light up bright enough to see with the unaided eye. Tried again this morning but no go
Manny
02 Nov 13
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Originally posted by RJHindsWhat is it with "our brains"? Yours certainly would not be capable of inventing things like telescopes -proof that no infallible intelligence designed your brain or at least not unless you are supposed to be stupid. Perhaps you and Creationists are one of those 'evolution blunders' (if it is something genetic ) for you reject scientific reasoning in favour of religious dogma. Using the none standard meaning of the word 'design' that doesn't imply intent, mind or purpose, evolution 'designed' our brains -which explains its imperfections:
But our brains were designed well enough so we could make telescopes and microscopes.
The Moron
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2262116/
http://www.wisdompage.com/FlawsInMentality.html
03 Nov 13
Originally posted by humyThis is philosophy in case you did not know. So don't take it too seriously.
What is it with "our brains"? Yours certainly would not be capable of inventing things like telescopes -proof that no infallible intelligence designed your brain or at least not unless you are supposed to be stupid. Perhaps you and Creationists are one of those 'evolution blunders' (if it is something genetic ) for you reject scientific reasoning in favo ...[text shortened]... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2262116/
http://www.wisdompage.com/FlawsInMentality.html
The Instructor
24 Nov 13
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Originally posted by menace71Does your app not also give magnitude? I believe the standard threshold for visible objects is 6 magnitude, with anything less being generally visible, although maybe not from locations with more intense light pollution.
Any one able to see it as of yet? I have an app on my phone that gives me position but it must be too faint still ? I looked right before sunrise and it was showing to be above and to the left of the moon like 9 or 10:00 position just curious
Manny
That said, I think ISON is rapidly approaching 6 mag, if not less, by now.
Edit: Had it the wrong way around at first, I first typed -6 magnitude. Sirius is -1, the full moon is -13 and the sun is -27.
24 Nov 13
Originally posted by humyOur brains are somewhat imperfect precisely because of evolution. We don't exactly need to know nuclear physics or orbital mechanics in order to reach the age of reproduction, after all, nor does not knowing these things give us any mortal danger. In fact, if our best life expectancy were only 30, no doubt physical properties would more shape the evolution of humans than mental properties. Who gets the most dates in college, the athletes or the nerds?
What is it with "our brains"? Yours certainly would not be capable of inventing things like telescopes -proof that no infallible intelligence designed your brain or at least not unless you are supposed to be stupid. Perhaps you and Creationists are one of those 'evolution blunders' (if it is something genetic ) for you reject scientific reasoning in favo ...[text shortened]... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2262116/
http://www.wisdompage.com/FlawsInMentality.html
24 Nov 13
Originally posted by SuzianneDon't forget, when they say back in the day the life expectancy was 30, that did not mean people could get to be 90, it just meant people died from diseases a lot earlier but for a certain portion of the population but if you passed by those ages unscathed you could live to be 100 just like today, it was just that a lot smaller percentage got past 30.
Our brains are somewhat imperfect precisely because of evolution. We don't exactly need to know nuclear physics or orbital mechanics in order to reach the age of reproduction, after all, nor does not knowing these things give us any mortal danger. In fact, if our best life expectancy were only 30, no doubt physical properties would more shape the evolutio ...[text shortened]... f humans than mental properties. Who gets the most dates in college, the athletes or the nerds?
They were innovative even 10,000 years ago, remember they were the ones who invented farming, quite an intellectual step and they for sure didn't have that many old folks.
Who gets the most dates might have something to do with the school too, like how much emphasis on athletics would there be at a uni like Princeton or MIT? You don't hear much about them getting into the top ten of football for instance. You hear about them in the boat races.