Comments on: Crater? I thought he was a star!

By: StevoR

StevoR — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:29:15 +0000

Actually Crater is a constellation. Its called “Crater the Cup” for Apollo’s cup ina Greek myth & is located bordering Hydra, Corvus, Leo,Vitrgo & Sextens in Earth’s skies.

It’s brightest star is actually Delta Crateris, an orange giant 200 ly off shining at 3.6 mag.

Alpha Crateris also named Alkes is an ornage giant, 170 odd light years away shining at mag. 4.1.

Also shining at mag. 4.1 is Gamma Crateris a white star located 85 ly distant and that’s abinary star with a mag.9.6 companion whilst blue-white star Beta Crateris glows at 4.5 mag from 270 ly away.

Source : ‘Collins Guide to Stars & Planets’, P. 132-3, Ian Ridpath & Wil Tirion.

So you’ll need dark skies to see it folks…

By: JackC

JackC — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:29:09 +0000

Crichton?? Write an ending? Chrichton CAN’T write an ending. It is impossible for him – Unless you count “And then, it all went away and everything was back to normal….”

I think that is his basic plan for AGW/CC as well….

By: ShavenYak

ShavenYak — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:38:19 +0000

I had never put two and two together about Tom Cullen and Patrick, but once the little voice in my head said “M-O-O-N, that spells Mars” while a picture of Patrick was in my field of view, it dawned on me.

I just wish I could have those hours of my life back that I spent watching the second half of The Stand. How completely lame that ending was. King should have stopped halfway and let Crichton write an ending – it might have been disjointed, but at least it wouldn’t have been stupid.

By: Richard B. Drumm

Richard B. Drumm — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:42:59 +0000

Scorsese! Good one!
I waited for the whole page to finish loading (sometimes if I scroll down the page before it finished loading it causes trouble, the loading stops) so I could only see the first 2 text lines and the top of the photo, sans Patrick Star. I saw Groucho from the start!
Rich

By: Jeffersonian

Jeffersonian — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:52:22 +0000

I doiled this one as Martin Scorcese.

By: John Paradox

John Paradox — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:19:21 +0000

Trollonomer is back?

J/P=?

By: Mirai

Mirai — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:26:30 +0000

Hahaha, nice one.

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“what a childish thing for an astronomer to add to a blog”

And the “bitter guy of the day” price is for Astronomer!

Don’t clap, please, he will get mad.