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Nothing makes you feel more insignificant, but so fascinating at the same time. Yes, I got my computer out during the break between lecture and lab just to write this out since now we're at the chapter on Cosmology.

Astronomy is extremely fascinating. I always like hearing things about it, since my knowledge on the subject is pretty limited.

Stargazing is great, it helps me take my mind of things, and makes me realize how meaningless my worries are. I've recently gotten a good pair of binoculars just to look at the night sky, they help out quite a bit.

I'd like to visit one of those preserved dark sky parks sometime if I was ever given the chance.

I'm not able to see much from Houston, but the view is amazing from my wife's grandparents lake house. Hopefully when I go to Colorado at the end of the month the view will be nice.

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I never really took an interest.

Used to be pretty good at constellation spotting. I do have a nice large book on constellations that I can dig into when I feel the need.

Y'know, I can instantly spot the Big Dipper no problem, but even though I know where the Little Dipper is relative to Big Dipper, I have not been able to find it. Bleh.

One thing I'd like to see is the night sky, no moon, no light pollution. I heard that it's spectacular and that the sky really is full of stars, instead of the crappy "I can barely see Orion's belt" sky in the city.

One of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen was when I was on a night-hike in Northern Michigan woods. I was in the woods for about an hour with absolutely no flashlights or anything, so my night vision was super crazy and my eyes were hypersensitive to light. The moment I got out of the woods, I looked into the sky and saw the most stars and galaxies and meteor I've ever seen, ever. I just lay down in the field and stared for what must have been an hour and a half, it was so breathtaking.

I love astronomy. Nevertheless, I can never seem to recognize any constellations besides the Big Dipper and Orion.

I love astronomy and space, yet at the same time it's incredibly depressing that we will never ever ever ever EVER know even a fraction about what is actually out there.

And this link is pretty cool too. The Scale of the Universe 2

Tagged for you. ;)

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Baaaaw thanks for the tag.

Yes, I went to a star party over in West Texas, and that night when I looked up at the sky was the most breathtaking thing ever... and it's huge... 13 billion light years of a field of view, and we can only see a fraction of it, just a handful of diamonds scattered across the deep sky.

I saw the Ring Nebula that night, as well as so much of the Milky Way, and we had a solar session in class where I saw the prominences and some sunspots.

xD I can spot the Andromeda Galaxy, various planets, and then Orion. And of course the Big Dipper and Polaris.