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50 astronomy wonders to see before you die

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Helen

Helen

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50. craters on the moon

49. milky way

48. ISS

47. Perseus double cluster

46. orion nebula

45. iridium flare

44. double star Mizar

43. Sundogs

42. Albireo

41. Pleiades

40. Cycle of Algol

39. Hadley Rille (on moon)

38. Andromeda Galaxy

37. Gallilean moons

36. Mercury at twilight

35. Rings of saturn

34. Straight wall on moon

33. Leonid meteors

32. Sunspots

31. Dead volcano on moon (between copernicus and kepler)

30. Ring nebula

29. Lunar eclipse

28. M13 through a LARGE scope.

27. Omega Centauri

26. Disc of Uranus

25. Lunar Halo

24. Phases of venus

23. Jupiters GRS

22. lunar occulation of a planet

21. Sun's green flash

20. Polar caps on Mars

19. Perseid Meteors

18. Dumbell Nebula

17. Ceres

16. Whirpool Galaxy (M51)

15. Solar Prominence

14. Transit of venus

13. Zodiacal Light

12. Northa american Nebula

11. Notilucent Clouds

10. Annual solar eclipse

9. Bode's Galaxy (M81)

8. Magellanic Clouds

7. Gegenschein

6. Transient lunar phenomenon

5. a bright comet

4. Markarians chain of galaxies

3. a meteor fireball

2. Aurora

1. Total solar eclipse

So 34 :lol: (I saw the ISS twice tonight :shocked: ).

We were due to go to Norway last year aurora hunting, but Mike got pneumonia :) .

I should be able to tackle the moon ones soon, and if only Jupiter would rise above the trees behind our garden.....

Helen

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saturn5

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Helen, wanna swap your Total Solar Eclipse for an Aurora and the GRS? :) I'll even toss in Hadley Rille, the Straight Wall and the Zodiacal Light... the dead lunar volcano, too. :lol:

I think this should be moved to Swap Shop. :lol::shocked:

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scotastro

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I think they missed a few -

Veil Nebula - big scope with wide angle EP and OIII

Nova

Supernova - visually

Nacreous cloud (less common and prettier than sundogs)

Moonbow (rainbow caused by moonlight)

Quasar

Any other suggestions?

Mike (44 wonders)

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Helen

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Helen, wanna swap your Total Solar Eclipse for an Aurora and the GRS? :lol: I'll even toss in Hadley Rille, the Straight Wall and the Zodiacal Light... the dead lunar volcano, too. :shocked:

The total eclipse (France 1999) was just AWESOME!! Its not something you 'see' its something you experience and feel. And it was well worth having to sleep in the car the night before because we couldn't get anywhere to stay! We'll scan a couple of pictures in and post later.

We're planning to go to see the one next year - just where is the decision....

It is so worth the effort of getting in the path!!!!!

Helen

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ngc2403

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how about;

all 110 messier object in one night?

watch the same objects setting and rising in one observing seasson?

other watching a mount/telescope setup track and goto objects perfectly all night under cloudless skies?

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Astroman

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50. craters on the moon

49. milky way

48. ISS

47. Perseus double cluster

46. orion nebula

45. iridium flare

44. double star Mizar

43. Sundogs

42. Albireo

41. Pleiades

40. Cycle of Algol

39. Hadley Rille (on moon)

38. Andromeda Galaxy

37. Gallilean moons

36. Mercury at twilight

35. Rings of saturn

34. Straight wall on moon

33. Leonid meteors

32. Sunspots

31. Dead volcano on moon (between copernicus and kepler)

30. Ring nebula

29. Lunar eclipse

28. M13 through a LARGE scope.

27. Omega Centauri

26. Disc of Uranus

25. Lunar Halo

24. Phases of venus

23. Jupiters GRS

22. lunar occulation of a planet

21. Sun's green flash

20. Polar caps on Mars

19. Perseid Meteors

18. Dumbell Nebula

17. Ceres

16. Whirpool Galaxy (M51)

15. Solar Prominence

14. Transit of venus

13. Zodiacal Light

12. Northa american Nebula

11. Notilucent Clouds

10. Annual solar eclipse ("Annular", maybe?)

9. Bode's Galaxy (M81)

8. Magellanic Clouds

7. Gegenschein

6. Transient lunar phenomenon

5. a bright comet

4. Markarians chain of galaxies

3. a meteor fireball

2. Aurora

1. Total solar eclipse

So, that's 45. If I've seen 5 partial solar eclipses and 7 lunar eclipses, does that count as a total or annular solar eclipse? 8)

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Talitha

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Well, some would call it a TLP, but I called it a light shaft between the broken walls of a crater, in turn lighting up a peak opposite. I don't recall the crater offhand, but I'll check when I get home.

TLPs are something totally different.. what you described is a crater ray. :shocked:

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Astroman

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Yes, I'm aware of that, but in many instances, the rays are mistaken for more "mysterious" phenomena. I have had many conversations with people in both camps and remain unconvinced there is a difference.

The event I witnessed was in response to a request from several people to coordinate an observation of just such a TLP from some members of the TLP section of the ALPO, based in Tucson. My analysis differed greatly from theirs, and I was not asked to repeat a similar exercise. Go figure. IIRC, it was Archimedes.

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Trevor

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Interesting……I always thought TLP’s were associated with possible out gassing maybe caused by impacts and changes in the colour of crater floors, however Wiki mentions “short-lived lights”

In which case most Astronomers would have seen short lived lights when viewing or imaging the Lunar surface (as mentioned above by Carol) what it does not say is how short a short lived light has to be to be classed as a TLP.

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Neon

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I've got 12, and I really do need a bigger 'scope (and a larger bank account).

Of those 12 I reckon my two favorites are 41 (Pleiades) and 38 (Andromeda Galaxy), probably because they were some of the first things I saw with my bins and just blew me away.

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part timer

part timer

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Wow, I got 31 :thumbright:

There were a couple of maybes too. NLC for instance which I saw once a few years ago when working night shift. The conditions were poor (both in the sky and at work :D ) so I wasn't totally sure.

I didn't count the phases of Venus either as my horizons have always scuppered the thinnest crescent phase.

The eclipses are just teasing us ! And including the southern hemisphere is a bit cruel too :crybaby:

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roberte76

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19 here but i like the idea of adding some to the list

like what about a non aided visual on a ..............GAMMA RAY BURST :D :D :D :D

and even to top that one in our galaxy please (second thoughts maybe not tooo close on the one in our galaxy due to possible mass extinction)

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jb1970

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Hi all,

Sorry to join in so late on the thread but this is my first post on this forum. I have seen 26 since starting observing about 18 months ago. A few were when I was at Kielder (like the North American nebula) but most from from the balcony of my flat.

Jack

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