hey acid, since you got a 'scope i thought you might see if you can watch any of this....

http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... on-2009-06

not sure if you'll be able to see it, but if i had a telescope i'd probably check it out. hopefully, there will be videos of it later.

I will be able to see it, absolutely.. but I need to set up a camera so i can take pictures.

This is for my own records so ill remember:

6:00 PM CST
24mm

Why do I think of The Time Machine when I read this?

lol. oh well! there's really no other place for things like that, except maybe art?

Well, we are time traveling every time we look at the celestial objects through a telescope after all, though it is only into the past. When we look at an object that is a thousand light years away, we are seeing how it looked like a thousand years ago. Who knows how it looks like right now...It's fascinating. Look far enough and you can see starts being created, but at this moment, they might be solar systems. There might be an advanced alien civilization in Andromeda right now (our time), but the only way to verify it is by waiting for 2.5 million years :(

you must have season 2 of the universe...

Naw. When I took astronomy courses at the college (for fun), though it was mostly astrophysics, we always had some fun, profound discussions regarding space and time. The only part that wasn't fun was waiting for 2 hours to use the college telescope for a maximum of 60 seconds. All the local bastards show up hours early whenever the observatory is open, so even if you're a student you have no choice but to stand in line.