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Darling?

Milk no sugar. and no creases in my jeans...

Will do.

Euph?

In-your-endo(scope).

I'll get my coat...

The text to this photo said somethign about x rays coming from the centre of the cluster of galaxies, possibly from a black hole located there. A black hole at the centre of the galaxy! Ace!

was a bit cloudy last night for the geminids
thought about getting up again at 2am but couldn't be arsed
anyone see anything ?

with the cataclysmic events on the sun solar flares etc is there any chance things like that are creating a heating of the earth rather than CO2 / methane ?

The text to this photo said somethign about x rays coming from the centre of the cluster of galaxies, possibly from a black hole located there. A black hole at the centre of the galaxy! Ace!

Isn't there a ginormous black hole at the centre of every galaxy? The spiral ones, anyways?

Isn't there a ginormous black hole at the centre of every galaxy? The spiral ones, anyways?

I don't know, is there? It just sounds so epic and poetic. Astronomy still has a certain romance to it for me.

The events aren't cataclysmic though - they happen the whole time - they're not making the sun hotter than it is.

If there were an additional effect, however, it could always be measured & differentiated.

[Edit] I say this without any real degree of knowledge on the matter though.

Scoble?

was a bit cloudy last night for the geminids
thought about getting up again at 2am but couldn't be arsed
anyone see anything ?

I saw nada. I woke up a couple of times during the night and peeped out the window (around 2 and 4ish) and could see nowt. Clouds. What wankers.

[Edit] I say this without any real degree of knowledge on the matter though.

What kind of matter? guffaw

Saw a meteor over London the other night, quite spectacular, very brief.

was a bit cloudy last night for the geminids
thought about getting up again at 2am but couldn't be arsed

^this

Tonight seems clear. I'm off Gemenids spotting.

3 in about 20 minutes, which isn't bad for standing in the middle of Hackney Marshes with a bright Moon. One, at 9.39, was approximately magnitude -2.5 to -3 (brighter than Jupiter).

how many more nights is this happening ? i know monday night was supposed to be the height
is it worth having a look gain tonight or are we out of the meteorite belt / zone

Saw a meteor over London the other night, quite spectacular, very brief.

Saw a shooting star last night about 9.30pm

Bright pink it was and rapid! Quick flash over Pentonville prison frm my back window

ah the views over pentonville prison at night
beautiful

3 in about 20 minutes, which isn't bad for standing in the middle of Hackney Marshes with a bright Moon. One, at 9.39, was approximately magnitude -2.5 to -3 (brighter than Jupiter).

Same as the one I saw?

See above post

Saw loads last night.

Had to wake the dude up to see them, she loved it.

Her new favourite word = Gemenids.

Same as the one I saw?

Almost definitely. It was much brighter than the stars around it, so viewable through a window seemingly.

Saw a shooting star last night about 9.30pm

Bright pink it was and rapid! Quick flash over Pentonville prison frm my back window

I didn't know anything about this whole meteor shower carry on, I was just looking out the window (wistfully with a cigarette holder and can of Kronenburg) and I saw what I thought was a firework flying across the sky for two or three seconds or so - but it didn't burst into firework stuff, it just fizzled out - and it was coming from above rather than following an arc describing a ground launch - so I put two and two together and thought . . . wow, a mother fucking meteor.

First proper one I have seen.

It was a yellowy/pinky affair, possibly gay.

I am no expert, but I reckon they are 'space balls'.