I've been using Stellarium for years. Great resource.

Puts hand up and admits to being a computer thicky.

Which should I download for use on an Android tablet?

Since you want to criticise publicly, I will respond publicly.

Moderating - Not all moderating is obvious to all posters but you would only need to have read the Terrorism or Night Sky threads to see evidence of moderating.

Game threads - There were game threads in the Sin Bin long before you surfaced and there may well be after you have disappeared. If they don't appeal to you that's fine but equally not all threads need to be about debate.

This is your third dig, the previous two were simply removed. Not sure why you feel the need to have a pop but I suggest that if you don't like or approve of the game thread then you simply ignore it.

Now, if you want to contribute re Astronomy, then you'd be on the right thread ...

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Try this link for the Android version.

Not a new video, but a well-put together animation by the American museum of Natural History that gives a short but fantastic insight into the immenseness of the known universe, it is based on the world's most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas. As for aliens knowing of our presence, if we assume that the speed of light is a speed limit then the bubble shown at 2https://i.prntscr.com/80bb76f6a926469480601e29b4db6284.png" > Watching it is quite a humbling experience if you think about it, but amazing too. https://youtu.be/17jymDn0W6U

Not a new video, but a well-put together animation by the American museum of Natural History that gives a short but fantastic insight into the immenseness of the known universe, it is based on the world's most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas. As for aliens knowing of our presence, if we assume that the speed of light is a speed limit then the bubble shown at 2https://i.prntscr.com/80bb76f6a926469480601e29b4db6284.png" > Watching it is quite a humbling experience if you think about it, but amazing too. https://youtu.be/17jymDn0W6U

Thanks squire, I'll give it a pop.

And FA, as ever, that's mind blowing!

Sorted. I'm short on time ATM so have a word with the other mods regarding technical details.

Food for thought - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this beautiful view of Earth from the spacecraft's vantage point in orbit around the moon. Doesn't look that troubled a place from 250,000 miles, does it?

I've been following the progress of a bunch of amateur enthusiasts who have taken some of the millions of images from the Cassini mission and animated them in full 4k resolution. The images are stunning, and the film they are making is called 'In Saturn's Rings'.

Here's a quick vid of the things we can expect from the full imax release. If you can, stick it on 4k and fullscreen to be blown away by the scenes...

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That is a good find Butcher! The sheer volume of astonishing images from the Pluto mission is overwhelming, but I especially love this mosaic of images - Quote: zigzag "Zigzagging across Pluto astronomy.com/news/2015/12/new-f ... -its-moons

That is a good find Butcher! The sheer volume of astonishing images from the Pluto mission is overwhelming, but I especially love this mosaic of images - Quote: zigzag "Zigzagging across Pluto astronomy.com/news/2015/12/new-f ... -its-moons

The pluto images are simply spectacular. The sheer quality and detail is amazing.

Continued study of a supernova first detected last June leads astronomers to believe it is the most powerful supernova ever detected, at its peak shining with 570 BILLION times the brightness of our Sun.



The rlBBC articlerl is full of incredible info, such as the object may be powered by a "magnetar", approx. the size of London, spinning at the rate of 1000x per second

It's another good result for the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN), but just mind-boggling stuff.

Live feed of Tim Peake's spacewalk today, (Friday 15) the 1st by a UK astronaut astronomynow.com/2016/01/15/watc ... walk-live/

Live feed of Tim Peake's spacewalk today, (Friday 15) the 1st by a UK astronaut astronomynow.com/2016/01/15/watc ... walk-live/

Anyone interested, here's the live launch of SpaceX latest rocket. It goes in 15 mins!

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If you're up and about tomorrow (Wed 19 Jan) before dawn, catch a look at the 5 bright planets in our solar system (Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn) as all will all be visible at once, and aligned very nicely.

If as ever the sky is cloudy, you'll still be able to see these planets, if not in such a nice alignment, until Feb 20th. There must be one clear morning between now and then, surely?

There will be a similar alignment again in in the evening sky between Aug 13-19