egg|nomz|egg changed the topic of #kspacademia to: https://gist.github.com/pdn4kd/164b9b85435d87afbec0c3a7e69d3e6d | Dogs are cats. Spiders are cat interferometers. | Космизм сегодня! | Document well, for tomorrow you may get mauled by a ネコバス. | <UmbralRaptor> egg|nomz|egg: generally if your eyes are dewing over, that's not the weather. | <ferram4> I shall beat my problems to death with an engineer.
<UmbralRaptop>
floofy
<UmbralRaptop>
Also, air biscuits
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<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: biscuits?
<UmbralRaptop>
That thing that the linked cat is doing with its paws, I've heard it called both "kneading" and "making biscuits"
<UmbralRaptop>
(normally into a surface, though)
<SnoopJeDi>
probably an american expression, since "biscuit"
<kmath>
<kbatygin> An #EXOPLANET result I’m real proud of: my graduate student Elizabeth Bailey and I realized that if Hot Jupiters fo… https://t.co/AYTVNgB25n
* UmbralRaptop
's reaction to the plot could be summed up as "o_O O_o O_O"
<SnoopJeDi>
oh gross, is that symbol put on hashtags now or something?
<UmbralRaptop>
?
<SnoopJeDi>
there's some yellow symbol next to that hashtag
<kmath>
<spacermase> Don't know if it's because that's still not enough sleep, if I'm on the verge of burnout, my hormones are off, I'm… https://t.co/UchvUszpUH
<kmath>
<HistAstro> Late Babylonian cuneiform tablet with astronomical procedure text for the moon; includes a statement of the lengths… https://t.co/rdptboajdC
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: M42
<egg|anbo|egg>
first time with the new ANBOcat
<egg|anbo|egg>
shape \o/
<egg|anbo|egg>
obvious shape
<UmbralRaptop>
pointer error: ambiguous cat
<UmbralRaptop>
Trapezium resolved?
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: yes, even with the 31 mm eyepiece
<kmath>
<mattieuMattieu> Apparently, vandalizing glass windows with (effectively) hydrofluoric acid is a thing. Holy shit, that's just grossly irresponsible.
<UmbralRaptop>
(via bofh)
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<iximeow>
wait, what?
<UmbralRaptop>
I don't know beyond those tweets.
<iximeow>
understandable
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<Qboid>
0d 12h 0m 0s left to event #28: Horizons 3e & Azerspace 2 (Intelsat 38) / Ariane 5 VA245 [at 2018-09-17 22:00:00]. Say '!kountdown 28' for details
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<egg|anbo|egg>
!pet whitequark
* Qboid
pets whitequark
<egg|anbo|egg>
!pet bofh
* Qboid
pets bofh
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<Qboid>
0d 9h 0m 0s left to event #28: Horizons 3e & Azerspace 2 (Intelsat 38) / Ariane 5 VA245 [at 2018-09-17 22:00:00]. Say '!kountdown 28' for details
<Qboid>
egg|anbo|egg: Description: Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA243, to launch the Horizons 3e and Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 communications satellites.
<egg|anbo|egg>
!kd -edit:28 time 2018-09-25T21:53Z
<Qboid>
egg|anbo|egg: Updated event #28: Horizons 3e & Azerspace 2 (Intelsat 38) / Ariane 5 VA245 - Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA243, to launch the Horizons 3e and Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 communications satellites. - 2018-09-25 21:53:00
<UmbralRaptop>
… and that's the last of the coffee.
<kmath>
<qntm> It's funny how many people are worried about potential EU time zone changes. Do you not regularly update your copy… https://t.co/AHQP5wN3IV
<kmath>
<ActualPerson084> AN APP THAT WARNS YOU WHEN A HAND IS REACHING OUT OF THE SHADOWS TO SHOVE YOU DOWN STAIRS OR INTO DANGER ⏎ ⏎ UNLESS YO… https://t.co/rrvNWAkjyT
<kmath>
<skyientist> Attended my first talk since graduating where the Kozai-Lidov mechanism was mentioned. I looked out of place withou… https://t.co/SPicaCHAoT
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: M15 visible in the finder
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: hahaha
<bofh>
what time does M42 appear around?
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: between 3 and 4 for a nice view i think
<bofh>
also I am still amused that one day when it got fairly cold and we were trying to catch iirc nebulae and I solved the being cold problem by taking more stimulants
<UmbralRaptop>
bofh: did you find an old potato masher lying around while walking with egg, it something?
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: ACTUALLY I AM GOING TO USE FINE CONTROLS TO PUT M15 IN THE CENTRE OF THE FIELD OF VIEW NOW
<bofh>
thankfully neither of us found any unexploded ordnance. we did, however, see a bunker almost falling into the English channel,
<UmbralRaptop>
hm
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: ow, right, that's how it's called in en
<egg|anbo|egg>
the sleeve,
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: also M15 is at 51 deg alt so I'm lying down on one of the lawn chairs to look into the eyepiece :-p
<bofh>
I mean that does work,
<bofh>
(prolly the most comfortable approach too)
<egg|anbo|egg>
yeah, the eyepiece is way too low for the armchair and i couldn't fold myself for that long if crouching
<egg|anbo|egg>
s/lawn chair/deckchair/
<Qboid>
egg|anbo|egg meant to say: bofh: also M15 is at 51 deg alt so I'm lying down on one of the deckchairs to look into the eyepiece :-p
<egg|anbo|egg>
or chaise longue?
<egg|anbo|egg>
whatever, those things
<egg|anbo|egg>
haha long chair,
<bofh>
long long chair,
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: UmbralRaptop: admittedly i could do a meridian flip and then the eyepiece would be higher, but it's kind of more comfortable like this :-p
<bofh>
I'm looking forward to the day I get asked to port mpegaudio.c to FreeType,
<bofh>
(by which I mean I probably will run screaming into the wilderness if that happens)
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: halp the rotation of the earth is driving the eypiece into my face
<egg|anbo|egg>
!choose get back inside|stare at more stars
<Qboid>
egg|anbo|egg: Your options are: get back inside, stare at more stars. My choice: stare at more stars
<egg|anbo|egg>
;choose get back inside|stare at more stars
<kmath>
egg|anbo|egg: get back inside
<egg|anbo|egg>
stabbity choose get back inside|stare at more stars
<bofh>
stare at more stars :p
<UmbralRaptop>
^
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: okay but which
<UmbralRaptop>
M57?
<UmbralRaptop>
Double cluster? (finder mainly)
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: double-double
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: m57 is west
<egg|anbo|egg>
hm, double cluster might be feasible but 58 deg alt seems challenging
<bofh>
egg|anbo|egg: ooh, thanks for reminder
<UmbralRaptop>
hrm. α-Per assoc?
* egg|anbo|egg
endlessly amused at seeeing ALGOL on star charts
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: will try doubledouble
* UmbralRaptop
errors due to associating double-double with ε-Lyr
<bofh>
Oh right isn't ALGOL β-Per?
<bofh>
الغول,
<UmbralRaptop>
Yeah
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: double-double should fit in the main scope with the hand grenade
<egg|anbo|egg>
(this eyepiece is silly,)
<egg|anbo|egg>
a satellite just flew through
<egg|anbo|egg>
!wpn satellites
* Qboid
gives satellites a giant graph
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: the double-double cluster is pretty
<UmbralRaptop>
yay
<egg|anbo|egg>
UmbralRaptop: i should probably zz though
<egg|anbo|egg>
otherwise i'll fall asleep next to the zzzcope
<UmbralRaptop>
That. sounds chilly
<egg|anbo|egg>
yes
<egg|anbo|egg>
well, not that much, goes down to 15 deg C
<egg|anbo|egg>
but still, I'd rather sleep inside,
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<bofh>
yeah, sleeping inside sounds preferable, there are still insects outside,
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<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: meh, haven't seen anything annoying as far as insects go
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: shittonnes of Pyrrhocoris apterus and unidentified odonates
<bofh>
I guess it is fairly late in the year for that. Also ANBO is fairly not bad insect-wise, modulo those flying ants (and even those weren't too bad)
<egg|anbo|egg>
Unidentified Flying Odonata,
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: well, there are wasps in august
<bofh>
yuck
<egg|anbo|egg>
i mean, it's august, that's wasp month
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: one came into my plate and started carving some andouille, flew off with a piece the size of her thorax :-p
<egg|anbo|egg>
well-fed wasps,
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: also there were a couple of F-18s in may
<bofh>
so when I was in AMS that day I got a pain au chocolat and a wasp flew into the damn bag that it was in
<egg|anbo|egg>
hah
<bofh>
managed to chase it out of the bag w/o getting stung, that was ""fun""
<egg|anbo|egg>
often you can wait them out while being very still
<bofh>
(my perception of wasps is pretty similar to suelle malen's)
<egg|anbo|egg>
bofh: "there are still insects outside" << also i've been observing, there are moths inside,
<bofh>
egg|anbo|egg: have you caught any,
<egg|anbo|egg>
no, but now that you mention it, the deep fryer should still be out,