A pet peeve of mine this week: the opening scene of the 1997 movie “Addicted to Love”. This has stuck in my craw for 20 years and I finally get to unload on it.
Michael Siegel
Michael Siegel is an astronomer living in Pennsylvania. He blogs at his own site, and has written a novel.
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That was really great. Thanks.
On solar observing, we had a guy back in astronomy club who shelled out for a really good hydrogen alpha filter. It was stunning to see the sun that way. I highly recommend it, for those who’ve never had the chance.
My favorite personal astronomy achievement was clearly resolving the arms of M51 in my 8″ dob. It was really dark and stable night, and I guess I got lucky collimating on that occasion.
Anyway, I’m sure that seems like small beans to a pro, but I was excited to have done it with my own equipment and my own eyes.
I look forward to your next post.Report
No small beans. Love little telescopes and stargazing. Glad you’re having such success!Report
God, that was a terrible movie.Report
I’ll take your word for it, since I’ve never seen it.Report
Picture this: you go to a film thinking it’ll be harmless entertainment: a rom-com with two actors as likable as Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick. Only what brings them together is stalking their exes.Report
I feel like that’s a trope at this point.Report
Well …
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StalkingIsLoveReport
You make me wonder about daytime viewing of stars. If I understood correctly, a telescope of the scale seen in the movie clip, if pointed in the exact right direction, could make out Betelgeuse during the day? I’ve heard that pilots in the southern hemisphere can use Canopus to navigate during the day, although to the naked eye on the surface Canopus isn’t visible. …Or is it the case that there is only ever going to be exactly one star visible during the day, and it’s the one that’s **causing it to be day in the first place**?Report
The amount of atmosphere scattering starlight matters, so the higher you go, the more visible stars will become, even in daylight.Report
One of my wishes is to someday fly that high, just to look up. Sadly at my age it’s pretty unrealistic. All the same, I’ll always have the dream.Report
I always figured that would be one of the best parts about a space elevator, being able to gradually watch the sky thin.Report
If I have the choice of looking at the sky or Kelly Preston, I know which one I’m picking.Report