Astronomy & Space - May 2007

I was just looking at the moon and right beisde the bottom part of the crescent, there is this bright star beside it. What is that?

2007-05-19 16:52:02 · 9 answers · asked by Joe K 6

Why is it that tonight i saw the a star next to the moon

2007-05-19 16:17:45 · 15 answers · asked by Ayanlicious 1

2007-05-19 15:57:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-19 15:44:16 · 8 answers · asked by stephanie s 1

2007-05-19 15:19:23 · 11 answers · asked by Todd 1

2007-05-19 15:18:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-19 15:18:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is a very bright star sitting right beside of the moon tonight. It really stands out-you cant miss it. Does anyone know if thats a star-or possibly a planet? Such as maybe Jupiter or Mars?

2007-05-19 15:07:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-19 15:04:46 · 4 answers · asked by Rebeca R 1

and what are their names?

2007-05-19 15:04:09 · 16 answers · asked by youran_lee 3

What is the bright object to the left tonight?

2007-05-19 14:58:05 · 3 answers · asked by black jack 2

can anyone else ,where its dark, see the star next to the moon right now? it looks cool.

2007-05-19 14:47:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-19 14:40:32 · 11 answers · asked by Heidi K 3

During early evening (before all stars are visible), toward the West, I have noticed a brilliant star. Is this a star, or is it a planet?

2007-05-19 14:36:51 · 8 answers · asked by TravelGirl 2

If you shoot it, that might cause a galactic war. But if you let it take your child, the good folks from child services might be paying you a visit. This is really a no-win situation...

2007-05-19 14:27:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-19 13:59:49 · 7 answers · asked by ?????????????? 1

I seen a drawing of a German V-2 Rocket with all very small pilot compartment that was just big enough for one man to sit in and this made me wonder German Wartime Technology was war more advanced the the world knew, untill the end of the war the world had know idea of the things Germany had the fingers into.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket

2007-05-19 13:57:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Tonight, the moon in sw fl has a bright star on the left.... What star is it??????

2007-05-19 13:46:27 · 10 answers · asked by madizm 1

2007-05-19 11:26:38 · 22 answers · asked by fishfinger 4

Obviously the scope needs to be balanced so that it moves freely (on the German equatorial [G.E.] mount) about both the R.A. and dec. axis (pl. form?), but I don't know much more than that. My instructional manual talks about how to balance the reflecting telescope in R.A. and in dec. (though I could use a little clarification on their instructions) but it does NOT explain why you would put the telescope in either of these positions. I understand that R.A. involves moving the scope around the polar axis, and declination allows you move away from the center of the sky's rotation (practically centered on Polaris) to any star in the sky, except when the tripod gets in the way. How do we balance the scope in each position, and why do we choose one over the other?

Bonus question: With a smaller weight and a larger weight, how are each used in the balancing process and is it okay to switch the weights with the scope still attached to the mount?

2007-05-19 11:11:39 · 2 answers · asked by Andy 4

i saw some kind of birth of the universe like i saw this big yellow explosin that changed every time i whould blink. and when it started to spread i saw things like constolations put together, stars, and a clock. and i saw the surface of mars with a pyrimide like car there and some metalic house behind it with some rivers. i tried to look furthur but i couldent. could this be just an over active imajination?

2007-05-19 10:48:13 · 4 answers · asked by mike 2

2007-05-19 10:42:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I understand the importance to study our earth, but why do we spend so much time and money trying to find out whether life happenned in some galaxy so far away that we couldn't possibly get to it if we even found it? Just curious?

2007-05-19 09:57:29 · 11 answers · asked by zeldaba 2

2007-05-19 09:53:45 · 12 answers · asked by Malty 1

2007-05-19 09:38:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Temperatures on Earth fluctuate wildly because of the atmosphere. How about the tempeture in space around Earth and does it change much? (e.g. within a day and within a year?)

2007-05-19 09:01:11 · 6 answers · asked by norbert 1

the days and weeks

2007-05-19 08:58:18 · 4 answers · asked by yesmar 2

I've heard more than once that space walks are really dangerous because the astronault is only connected the spacecraft by a small line and, if that line is somehow severed, the astronaut would be lost in space. This begs the question: why not just tether the astronaut with a stronger line or a backup? Is this a legitimate concern or are there other aspects of spacewalking far more dangerous?

2007-05-19 08:57:52 · 3 answers · asked by norbert 1

2007-05-19 08:48:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont understand how we map the universe

2007-05-19 08:47:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous