Astronomy Now

[arturis]

Apparently this year is the year of astronomy, according to some people, because it's the 400th anniversary of the first use of a telescope to observe the sky

Comments

[tarq]

I'm glad you guys made it out. I'd still like to check that out sometime.

[mollyswanson]

Neat. I'm giving tours at the University of London Observatory these days, so I can show you Saturn and the Orion nebula and such through this awesome telescope that looks like it belongs on a pirate ship. Or rather, I could if you happened to, you know, be on this side of the ocean.

[meus_ovatio]

Perhaps you could align some mirrors and telescopes and radio converters and bounce stuff of the ionosphere or something, so that Matt could look into his telescope and see through your telescope!

[arturis]

Man. Now I'm trying to think of a reason why pirates would need a telescope.

[tharasix]

To see the starrrrrs.

[overbo]

It is pretty amazing how young the telescope is in the grand scheme of human history and how insanely far we've come since.