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  • Comet K2, no show

    From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 15 23:47:01 2022
    Try to spot K2 with my 50 mm bino, but could not find it.
    At mag 7, is it possible to see it with a bino?

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  • From W@21:1/5 to StarDust on Sat Jul 16 04:05:53 2022
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 2:47:02 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    Try to spot K2 with my 50 mm bino, but could not find it.
    At mag 7, is it possible to see it with a bino?

    I thought you said that we didn't need telescopes any more?

    Hypocrite?

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to StarDust on Sat Jul 16 04:41:59 2022
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 4:29:11 AM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 4:05:55 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 2:47:02 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    Try to spot K2 with my 50 mm bino, but could not find it.
    At mag 7, is it possible to see it with a bino?
    I thought you said that we didn't need telescopes any more?

    Hypocrite?
    Bino is not a telescope, smarty!
    My wife calls it "opera glasses"!
    😁😁😁

    https://youtu.be/ruFSSTNp9us

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 16 04:29:09 2022
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 4:05:55 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 2:47:02 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    Try to spot K2 with my 50 mm bino, but could not find it.
    At mag 7, is it possible to see it with a bino?
    I thought you said that we didn't need telescopes any more?

    Hypocrite?

    Bino is not a telescope, smarty!
    My wife calls it "opera glasses"!
    😁😁😁

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  • From W@21:1/5 to StarDust on Sat Jul 16 06:05:37 2022
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 7:29:11 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 4:05:55 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 2:47:02 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    Try to spot K2 with my 50 mm bino, but could not find it.
    At mag 7, is it possible to see it with a bino?
    I thought you said that we didn't need telescopes any more?

    Hypocrite?
    Bino is not a telescope, smarty!
    My wife calls it "opera glasses"!
    😁😁😁

    A binocular IS a telescope, two of them actually.

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 16 06:52:19 2022
    On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 04:29:09 -0700 (PDT), StarDust <csoka01@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 4:05:55 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 2:47:02 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    Try to spot K2 with my 50 mm bino, but could not find it.
    At mag 7, is it possible to see it with a bino?
    I thought you said that we didn't need telescopes any more?

    Hypocrite?

    Bino is not a telescope, smarty!

    No. It's TWO telescopes.

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  • From W@21:1/5 to StarDust on Sat Jul 16 08:03:50 2022
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 10:55:57 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 6:05:39 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 7:29:11 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 4:05:55 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 2:47:02 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    Try to spot K2 with my 50 mm bino, but could not find it.
    At mag 7, is it possible to see it with a bino?
    I thought you said that we didn't need telescopes any more?

    Hypocrite?
    Bino is not a telescope, smarty!
    My wife calls it "opera glasses"!
    😁😁😁
    A binocular IS a telescope, two of them actually.
    One is a - scope
    Other is an - ocular
    Figure?
    🤔

    Enough of your word games.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 16 07:55:55 2022
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 6:05:39 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 7:29:11 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 4:05:55 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 2:47:02 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    Try to spot K2 with my 50 mm bino, but could not find it.
    At mag 7, is it possible to see it with a bino?
    I thought you said that we didn't need telescopes any more?

    Hypocrite?
    Bino is not a telescope, smarty!
    My wife calls it "opera glasses"!
    😁😁😁
    A binocular IS a telescope, two of them actually.

    One is a - scope
    Other is an - ocular
    Figure?
    🤔

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 16 16:12:59 2022
    On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 07:55:55 -0700 (PDT), StarDust <csoka01@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 6:05:39 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 7:29:11 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 4:05:55 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 2:47:02 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    Try to spot K2 with my 50 mm bino, but could not find it.
    At mag 7, is it possible to see it with a bino?
    I thought you said that we didn't need telescopes any more?

    Hypocrite?
    Bino is not a telescope, smarty!
    My wife calls it "opera glasses"!
    ???
    A binocular IS a telescope, two of them actually.

    One is a - scope
    Other is an - ocular
    Figure?
    ?

    A "telescope" is an optical system that consists of two elements: an
    objective and an ocular. A telescope is an afocal system (it does not
    bring light to a focus, it merely translates the angle of an incoming
    ray to a different angle). A "telescope" used for imaging is
    technically not a telescope at all in the optical sense. Neither the
    HST or the JWST is actually a telescope, except in a colloquial sense.

    A binocular is a pair of absolutely classical telescopes, each with an objective and an ocular, producing an afocal (collimated) output beam
    that requires the optics of your eye to bring to focus on your retina.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sun Jul 17 09:59:18 2022
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 3:13:03 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 07:55:55 -0700 (PDT),
    wrote:

    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 6:05:39 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 7:29:11 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 4:05:55 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 2:47:02 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    Try to spot K2 with my 50 mm bino, but could not find it.
    At mag 7, is it possible to see it with a bino?
    I thought you said that we didn't need telescopes any more?

    Hypocrite?
    Bino is not a telescope, smarty!
    My wife calls it "opera glasses"!
    ???
    A binocular IS a telescope, two of them actually.

    One is a - scope
    Other is an - ocular
    Figure?
    ?

    A "telescope" is an optical system that consists of two elements: an objective and an ocular. A telescope is an afocal system (it does not
    bring light to a focus, it merely translates the angle of an incoming
    ray to a different angle). A "telescope" used for imaging is
    technically not a telescope at all in the optical sense. Neither the
    HST or the JWST is actually a telescope, except in a colloquial sense.

    A binocular is a pair of absolutely classical telescopes, each with an objective and an ocular, producing an afocal (collimated) output beam
    that requires the optics of your eye to bring to focus on your retina.

    I'm just screwing with you guys!
    Sorry!
    😁😁😁

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  • From W@21:1/5 to StarDust on Sun Jul 17 11:20:29 2022
    On Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:59:19 PM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:

    I'm just screwing with you guys!
    Sorry!
    😁😁😁

    The problem is that your "jokes" might be taken seriously by semi-important people who don't know any better.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 18 01:00:41 2022
    On Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:20:30 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:59:19 PM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:

    I'm just screwing with you guys!
    Sorry!
    😁😁😁
    The problem is that your "jokes" might be taken seriously by semi-important people who don't know any better.

    Don't be too serious, the hole life is a joke!
    🤗😁🤔

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  • From W@21:1/5 to StarDust on Mon Jul 18 03:51:32 2022
    On Monday, July 18, 2022 at 4:00:43 AM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
    On Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:20:30 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
    On Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:59:19 PM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:

    I'm just screwing with you guys!
    Sorry!
    😁😁😁
    The problem is that your "jokes" might be taken seriously by semi-important people who don't know any better.
    Don't be too serious, the hole life is a joke!
    🤗😁🤔

    No, this is a serious issue.

    If the general population mistakenly thinks that astronomers don't need ground-based telescopes anymore, then good luck trying to get light pollution ordinances passed.

    Don't contribute to the misconception.

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