Thanks! Stuff like this truly humbles me.
I got one for ya...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvdL3R7fDL4
Kron Gracie thinks Earth is flat
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I got one for ya...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvdL3R7fDL4
"he lives away from light pollution in the boonies near mt shasta"
Damn he's so lucky!
Telescope: Depends on "how good" when you say "good telescope"
You can get a "good telescope" from $800 all the way to 25 Grand
Depends on what he wants to see... You can also rent/lease university grade level
telescopes and control them remotely from your computer... all for $40 buck a month
I wanna do it onsite
I can't even afford 800 though, I got mortgages
I am gonna need to get him to splurge it seems
will try a rental but the internet barely works there...it is the booonies
I’ve actually watched that before with my son.
This picture here makes me feel frighteningly insignificant.
Ahh ...The Hubble Deep Field... AKA "The Most Important Image Ever Taken"I’ve actually watched that before with my son.
This picture here makes me feel frighteningly insignificant.
"This picture here makes me feel frighteningly insignificant."I’ve actually watched that before with my son.
This picture here makes me feel frighteningly insignificant.
Man you said it!
The Pale Blue Dot video makes me feel that way all the time
Pretty much sums up how I feel about humanity
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWPFmdAWRZ0
The darkest place in the CONUS is in Oregon. They have festivities there all the time for astronomers.
While not a flat earther, I gotta bring some balance here
'Encyclopedias' were/are wonderful but again I don't think its wise to give them all-trusting authority on reality. There is an interesting history of the Encyclopedia Britannica being bought up and managed by the Rockefellers. The original publishers put out 9 issues, then Rockefellers bought it and started running it at the turn of the century.
This is the 9th edition, before being bought up:
This is the next edition (curiously they skipped 10 and went straight to 11 for reasons I will not speculate on here, lol) Note the 'inc' at the bottom:
But seriously; an encyclopedia, claiming the authority on all facts about our reality, run by Rockefellers/Standard Oil, who had also bought out/were shaping the medical industry in their likeness, bribing politicians left and right, and even involved in wars and world politics etc etc etc? It seems ripe to me that the temptation to edit these encyclopedias very carefully in their favor on a number of topics would be too valuable to ignore. The ability to use this to steer entire generations of people towards their purely allopathic, capitalistic, atheistic, anglo-centered, consumerist goals imo is monstrous, and likely.
Flat earthers are for sure at the extreme and of keeping one's head in the sand, but IMHO so are those on the other end of the extreme who trust Encyclopedias, NASA, and other authoritarian sources without question in order to form their worldviews. Some folks even give NASA some sacred standing of absolute, almost religious faith and trust, forgetting that its is essentially just another wing of the US Government and Pentagon, which of course is only interested in truth and the betterment of humanity... right?
I literally 100% agree with you here.While not a flat earther, I gotta bring some balance here
'Encyclopedias' were/are wonderful but again I don't think its wise to give them all-trusting authority on reality. There is an interesting history of the Encyclopedia Britannica being bought up and managed by the Rockefellers. The original publishers put out 9 issues, then Rockefellers bought it and started running it at the turn of the century.
This is the 9th edition, before being bought up:
This is the next edition (curiously they skipped 10 and went straight to 11 for reasons I will not speculate on here, lol) Note the 'inc' at the bottom:
But seriously; an encyclopedia, claiming the authority on all facts about our reality, run by Rockefellers/Standard Oil, who had also bought out/were shaping the medical industry in their likeness, bribing politicians left and right, and even involved in wars and world politics etc etc etc? It seems ripe to me that the temptation to edit these encyclopedias very carefully in their favor on a number of topics would be too valuable to ignore. The ability to use this to steer entire generations of people towards their purely allopathic, capitalistic, atheistic, anglo-centered, consumerist goals imo is monstrous, and likely.
Flat earthers are for sure at the extreme and of keeping one's head in the sand, but IMHO so are those on the other end of the extreme who trust Encyclopedias, NASA, and other authoritarian sources without question in order to form their worldviews. Some folks even give NASA some sacred standing of absolute, almost religious faith and trust, forgetting that its is essentially just another wing of the US Government and Pentagon, which of course is only interested in truth and the betterment of humanity... right?
I think you misunderstand me
I don't trust any government. NASA was once a hideaway for Nazis for petes sake.
That doesn't stop one from becoming scientifically literate though
He is north cali
I am southern willamette valley...off the main roads it gets really dark and there is zero people for sure
I saw the stars great on big Island hawaii on top of the volcano, that was cool and actually cold as hell
Our Astronomy club here in SoCal has 3 dark sites. One out in Yucca Valley
in the desert above Palm Springs is really nice.
I rent telescopes remotely that are domed in New Mexico and Australia
when I really want to get some nice shots
My Giant Ass Zhumells for when I'm too lazy to open my domes and drag out
the big gun 11" and 16" Scopes (which is 99% of the time)
holy shit dudeMy Giant Ass Zhumells for when I'm too lazy to open my domes and drag out
the big gun 11" and 16" Scopes (which is 99% of the time)
you are hardcore
I like people that get dirty hands too...Dirt is man shit
Out digging fucking post holes all day. Having a beer and watching some stars now...
I wish it was woman and girlfriend shit though cuz I'd delegate like a mutherfucker. LOL
I think humans were always this dumb, but technology allows you to come into contact with more of them than ever before in history
Have any recommendations for brand/model of a Dobsonian scope? I’ve looked into them a few times, but always get lost shopping and ultimately get sidetracked. It’s about the right time where I want to get one for my son.
I don’t know much about scopes, but the dobsonians sounded like what I’d want (more detail for deeper objects, etc).
Flagstaff is a good spot too. They have a big observatory there that I’m sure is affiliated with the university. It’s a “low-light” town, have special rules in the city about outdoor lighting at night. Pretty amazing to be somewhere without all the artificial light, even with the naked eye you can see so much.
A Dob aficionado eh?
Me too... Nothing like a Dob. I'll have to dig up the manufacturer but theres a guy
that builds the absolute best Dobs around. Nothing compares to his
Lets talk about "size"Here's a gif for you astronomy nerds
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx1PhtMM2zA
I grew up 30 miles from the nearest stop light, in Iowa. But there are some places in Wyoming where the sheer enormity of the sky is humbling. I used to go up to the mountains near Payson in AZ and camp, beautiful night skies.
lol the earth is round