Whats the one item you really want to see?

[Matt Scunthorpe]

Title says it all really,

whats the one item or object you really want to see, whether its not visible from earth, or is only theory, such as white holes etc. Or being in view of a black hole, seeing the light being bent. Pretty much a free range in imagination.

For me its terrestrial and very basic, i'd like to see the closest star to the sun - Proxima Centauri - through my scope. Even though it will look like any other star in the sky, i can say to myself, that's the closest star to our sun, and get a lil kick out of it

[atmenterprises]

I've always had a fascination with Saturn, so I'd like to see the rings from a close proximity and see what the defining line is between seeing them as solid rings - as they appear to us here - and as individual pieces.

But a black hole would be my second choice.

[Sepharus]

Anything other then clouds.

[Fordos Moon]

Something living up there, anything, anywhere.

[jam1e1]

The lmc that can be viewed from s hemisphere, also the closest star mentioned above

[Mr Flibble]

1. The Earth viewed from space.

2. The formation of the Earth and the rest of the solar system from the protoplanetary disk.

OK I know that's two and only one of them is possible but what the heck, it's good to have ambition.

[Ags]

I have seen alpha centauri, and it is a nice double. It was one of the few things I could find as a kid.

I can't think of anything I really have to see.

Maybe a pile of astro toys under the xmas tree - there's a sight for sore eyes :-)

[rory]

the milky way from another galaxy.

[jammo]

1. The Earth viewed from space.

That would be cool

........And maybe Wolf 359!!!

[dtr42]

got to agree looking at the milky way from andromeda would be very nice indeed

[Ags]

Errrr, wouldn't it be lot like looking at Andromeda from the Milky Way?

[Cloudwatcher]

Kepler 20f,or any of the non hot jupiter exoplanets would be good...........close up of course.

[dtr42]

i dont know thats why i would like to see it from that view

[Welrod50]

Realistically, I would very much like to see Haley's Comet. Only because I was 10 when it last visited us and although fascinated by the stars, was more interested still, by Star Wars figures and Lego so never saw it. Unless someone invents a pill to make me live longer, I will probably be dead when it next visits us. So near and yet so far. For me, this is regretable.

Clear skies !!

Scott.

[robbie c]

A close up of the Lunar Module of Apollo 11 on the moon just to shut up all those people who said it didn't happen

[Qualia]

If possible, i'd like to take a tweak at the very 'edge' of the expanding universe and see if there was anything beyond it.

[Matt Scunthorpe]

I have seen alpha centauri, and it is a nice double. It was one of the few things I could find as a kid.

I can't think of anything I really have to see.

Maybe a pile of astro toys under the xmas tree - there's a sight for sore eyes :-)

You might need to ask for a bigger xmas tree first

[hwsoderlund]

Betelgeuse going supernova when the skies are clear and it is visible from my location.

[VigdisVZ]

I'm going to go with fair blue skinned alien ladies (or gentlemen if you prefer). First contact cannot come soon enough.

Seriously though, what I would like to see is a manned expedition to mars.

[Alastair Rae]

I'd like to see the Milky Way from inner London. It would require a major power cut and some clear skies, of course, but I live in hope.

[laser_jock99]

A machine that can undetectably cut the feed wiring in street light columns in six places!

[SteveNickolls]

The Apollo 11 landing site in close up, or more realistically either the Small or Large Magellanic Cloud as I doubt I will ever go to the southern hemisphere.

Cheers,

Steve

[sologuitarist61]

Solar Eclipse for me. Was here in Cornwall for the last one and as usual it was cloudy!!

[Peter Drew]

On a realistic level, I'd like to see a serious meteor storm such as some of those in the past from the Leonids, one phenomenon that's missing from my experience.

[DaveGarland]

A comet striking Jupiter from just enough distance to safely eat a bag of popcorn