Our universe is so rad!

[Coach]

My wife bought me this yesterday as a late Fathers Day present; very excited: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007U ... ge_o00_s00

Is something like that hard to use? I've always been interested, but have used a few of these in the past at a friend's house and could never quite see much!

[Simple Torture]

My wife bought me this yesterday as a late Fathers Day present; very excited: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007U ... ge_o00_s00

Is something like that hard to use? I've always been interested, but have used a few of these in the past at a friend's house and could never quite see much!

I got it set up today, and things seemed to go well. But we're going to be overcast until Friday, so I'm not going to be able to test it for a while. I read tons of reviews, and everyone said it's good for beginners, which is what I am! So I'm excited to give it a whirl this weekend.

[Peeps]

My wife bought me this yesterday as a late Fathers Day present; very excited: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007U ... ge_o00_s00

will you be able to see uranus with it?

[Simple Torture]

Uranus' apparent magnitude right now makes it quite difficult to see from earth. However, I've heard that if the visibility is just right, you can see yo mamma's ass turning tricks on the corner for nickels even with a simple telescope.

[hlniv]

Space week on science channel next week, includes new horizons Pluto special. I'm so pumped

[Coach]

My wife bought me this yesterday as a late Fathers Day present; very excited: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007U ... ge_o00_s00

Is something like that hard to use? I've always been interested, but have used a few of these in the past at a friend's house and could never quite see much!

I got it set up today, and things seemed to go well. But we're going to be overcast until Friday, so I'm not going to be able to test it for a while. I read tons of reviews, and everyone said it's good for beginners, which is what I am! So I'm excited to give it a whirl this weekend.

Thanks, and good luck. Keep us posted. I live in an area with very little light, super dark at night, so this is def something I'm interested in.

[elliseamos]

[Green Habit]

I don't post in here often, but I'll make a note that Phil Plait and his Bad Astronomy blog are awesome. I've been checking there more frequently as Pluto images come in.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.html

[Simple Torture]

[E.H. Ruddock]

beautiful

[Kaius]

Wow. You've really mastered that new telescope.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Wow. You've really mastered that new telescope.

Do you think mankind will ever walk on Pluto, kaius?

[Kaius]

Wow. You've really mastered that new telescope.

Do you think mankind will ever walk on Pluto, kaius?

I don't know why we would want to.

We need to quit f*cking around and start visiting other solar systems.

[EJ]

that's today's desktop background

[E.H. Ruddock]

I don't know why we would want to.

I'd be ok with living a solitary life on Pluto.

[Kaius]

I don't know why we would want to.

I'd be ok with living a solitary life on Pluto.

What would you do for ever?

[E.H. Ruddock]

I don't know why we would want to.

I'd be ok with living a solitary life on Pluto.

What would you do for ever?

read. contemplate the universe. I bet DirecTV signals get there ten years later, so I could watch tv probably.

[LoathedVermin72]

I don't know why we would want to.

I'd be ok with living a solitary life on Pluto.

What would you do for ever?

read. contemplate the universe. I bet DirecTV signals get there ten years later, so I could watch tv probably.

This sounds pretty great. Plus you could bring movies.

[Kaius]

I don't know why we would want to.

I'd be ok with living a solitary life on Pluto.

What would you do for ever?

read. contemplate the universe. I bet DirecTV signals get there ten years later, so I could watch tv probably.

You could be our star system's first line of defense against intruder.

[Norah]

I don't know why we would want to.

I'd be ok with living a solitary life on Pluto.

What would you do for ever?

read. contemplate the universe. I bet DirecTV signals get there ten years later, so I could watch tv probably.

You could be our star system's first line of defense against intruder.

I've never felt safer.