Comments on: Fire works http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:04:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adolfo Fuentes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/comment-page-1/#comment-198319 Adolfo Fuentes Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:02:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/#comment-198319 eeeehh body happy fourth phil, be cool burning eeeehh body happy fourth phil, be cool burning

]]> By: Plutonium being from Pluto http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/comment-page-1/#comment-197123 Plutonium being from Pluto Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:23:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/#comment-197123 Well for the 4th July the solar system did sorta oblige - not with fireworks exactly but rather with something much bigger and cooler <i> (quite literally - earth sized or so & a mere 3000 degrees kelvin temperature~wise as opposed to the blue hot firework flames! ) </i> <blockquote> "Sunspot groups 1024 developed over the 4th of July weekend, and while it did not create any historically spectacular fireworks, it has been kicking up modest solar flares. Credit: SOHO/MDI " </blockquote> See : http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090706-sunspot-activity.html for the rest of the story ... No supernova, novae or comet tho' .. Sigh. Well for the 4th July the solar system did sorta oblige – not with fireworks exactly but rather with something much bigger and cooler (quite literally – earth sized or so & a mere 3000 degrees kelvin temperature~wise as opposed to the blue hot firework flames! )

“Sunspot groups 1024 developed over the 4th of July weekend, and while it did not create any historically spectacular fireworks, it has been kicking up modest solar flares. Credit: SOHO/MDI ”

See :

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090706-sunspot-activity.html

for the rest of the story …

No supernova, novae or comet tho’ .. Sigh.

]]> By: Joe Meils http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/comment-page-1/#comment-197108 Joe Meils Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:42:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/#comment-197108 I tried that once, and just about threw up from swallowing some of the fuel... Blech! I spent the evening of the 4th sending up several home made "sky lanterns" (.5 mil can bags with a bit of floral wire, and heated with a cardboard wedge smeared with hand sanitizer set afire... UFO reports in the Sunday morning paper: "Strange Lights Attracted to Municipal Display" I tried that once, and just about threw up from swallowing some of the fuel… Blech!

I spent the evening of the 4th sending up several home made “sky lanterns” (.5 mil can bags with a bit of floral wire, and heated with a cardboard wedge smeared with hand sanitizer set afire… UFO reports in the Sunday morning paper:

“Strange Lights Attracted to Municipal Display”

]]> By: Stone Age Scientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/comment-page-1/#comment-197107 Stone Age Scientist Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:39:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/#comment-197107 Flying sardines @ #28, Yes, such an event would be a boon to astronomers. Hmmm, how about a meteor shower? Flying sardines @ #28,

Yes, such an event would be a boon to astronomers. Hmmm, how about a meteor shower?

]]> By: Stone Age Scientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/comment-page-1/#comment-197081 Stone Age Scientist Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:40:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/#comment-197081 To RTFM! @ #27, <i>I really hope you aren’t implying that Asians cannot be Americans too.</i> Please rest assured that I imply no such thing. The "greater portion of Asians" I referred to (who were also in on the revelry) were not American citizens at all. I am writing outside the U.S.. To RTFM! @ #27,

I really hope you aren’t implying that Asians cannot be Americans too.

Please rest assured that I imply no such thing. The “greater portion of Asians” I referred to (who were also in on the revelry) were not American citizens at all. I am writing outside the U.S..

]]> By: Marius vanderLubbe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/comment-page-1/#comment-197051 Marius vanderLubbe Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:48:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/#comment-197051 Sadly, Phil discovered the worst case scenario of when the lighting of farts goes horribly wrong. Sadly, Phil discovered the worst case scenario of when the lighting of farts goes horribly wrong.

]]> By: Cindy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/comment-page-1/#comment-197021 Cindy Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:21:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/#comment-197021 Phil, You're supposed to blow out the marshmallow BEFORE eating it! Phil,

You’re supposed to blow out the marshmallow BEFORE eating it!

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