Cosmos for Beginners - BBC2 tonight 1 of 6

[Rob]

Did anyone see it?. I really enjoyed it and already signed up for my free posters.

http://www.open2.net/cosmos/index.html

Rob

[WillEyedOney]

I missed the first 2 minutes but watched the rest, thought it was pretty good.

[Ant]

My mum phoned me to tell me about it after it finished

She said that it's a 6 part program, so hopefully I'll get to see it next week.

Trouble is for me is the time - slap bang in the "putting Jamie to sleep time".

Thanks for the heads up on the free poster! Jamie will like that on his play room wall!

Ant

[BWBlackett]

An interesting programme, but not much 'new' info.

He said (and showed) 2 posters at the end of the show, but the website only mentions one.

If you missed it, it should be available for download from the BBC iPlayer website tomorrow.

Brian.

[Rob]

Only 6 parts??.. I saw the interview with Adam on BBc Breakfast before going to work this morning, and I'm sure he said 12??... must be me then

[Akyra]

I was in work while it was on

[proflight2000]

Slightly confused with the content as the presenter ended by saying (when) we ever decide to send messages blah blah, well we have, The Arecibo message was sent toward M13, a star cluster some 25,000 light-years away, which means that it will take 25,000 years to get there. However, the signal will pass near some 30 stars along the way. Now fair enough this is a radio signal type, however the programme seemed to indicate that nothing has been done. was good to watch though.

[GazOC]

We've been sending radio signals for knocking on a century.

[Kai]

Blimey does that mean some poor sod on a star 30 light years away is listening to Terry Wogan

[Whippy]

The OU/BBC are making some cracking 'pop' science programmes right now, just the right balance between science and entertainment. This may sound silly, but Cosmos and the like aren't really meant for enthusiasts of the fields that the programmes cover (such as Coast for Geologists for example) so for stargazers, there isn't going to be a great deal of info but as television for the masses it works a treat and it kept me amused for 30 mins which is all I want from TV.

Darnsight better than Big Brother and Dance X.....

Tony..

[SteelRat]

Missed it - humph

But...

...did anyone see Carl Sagan's Cosmos (edited for rednecks) on Family Guy last night? Awesome stuff - laughed my big hairy but off

[GazOC]

Blimey does that mean some poor sod on a star 30 light years away is listening to Terry Wogan

The first Big Brother will just be reaching Sirius about now!!

[stargazer1980]

Yes i did see that on family guy! I was in stiches! B loody marvelous it was lol

Darren

[proflight2000]

Well as far as I could find out, when you tune an FM radio, the noise you hear in between the stations is infact space noise.

[SteelRat]

Yes i did see that on family guy! I was in stiches! B loody marvelous it was lol

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[Astroman]

Well as far as I could find out, when you tune an FM radio, the noise you hear in between the stations is infact space noise.

That's true, but specifically called the cosmic microwave background, (CMB).

[Akyra]

Well my poster(s) turned up this morning along with a nice magazine type booklet.

The 2 posters are huge!! 8 A4 sheets folded. One is titled Planets, Life & Exploration and the other Astronomy & The Universe

Has anyone else recieved theirs yet?

[kamperman]

If you've got virgin TV it's on catch up on demand cos i'm just a way to watch it

kamperman