Star Talk ☆ Let's Hang - All Are Welcome!!

[npixelz]

OH nice.

All the artwork there looks amazing

[Polaris]

Sorry for the random mid-hiatus, exam season is almost over (one more to go tomorrow woooh!! today is my breakday haha).

Did anyone see the SpaceX launch a while back and the follow up video of opening the hatch in the International Space Station to welcome the Dragon crew?

[galled]

I didn't watch it live, but I watched the launch live. Gave me goosebumps!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I saw none of it live but did watch the video after. A giant leap in the right direction for more cost effective space travel. If they can come and go from the moon it is only a matter of time before a moon base could be established!

Speaking of the moon...strawberry moon coming up! Look to the skies!

[npixelz]

Strawberry moon? Whaaaaaaat?

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Of course it is totally overcast here now and I can't see the sky at all!

[npixelz]

What the flipping fling flung fidgety flying feces fudge monkeys is a strawberry moon?

[Lemon Cheesecake]

"Strawberry moon" is actually tonight but it is still overcast where I am ... and it is also supposed to be a penumbral lunar eclipse!

"The Strawberry Moon will be close enough to opposite the sun that it will pass through part of the partial shadow of the Earth, causing an eclipse. During the eclipse, the moon will not be in the sky for most of the Americas, NASA says."

Npixelz: A "strawberry" moon is: " The June full moon also happens to be the last full moon of spring, an occurrence that was named Strawberry Moon by the Algonquin tribes... Less common nicknames for this month's full moon, based on old European naming traditions, are the Mead Moon, Honey Moon, and Rose Moon.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lunar-ecli ... day-night/

[Lemon Cheesecake]

check out the calendar of space events on: https://www.space.com/strawberry-moon-l ... -2020.html

[npixelz]

I see!

Strawberry Moon sounds like an Owl City song or something

[MissAutumn]

I had no idea it was called a Strawberry Moon. I always learn something new here.

[npixelz]

Ikr? This place is full of knowledgeable people!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Thanks to search engines!

[npixelz]

It's not jest the search engines mate, we've got ourselves some real knowledgeable people out here!

[galled]

It's not jest the search engines mate, we've got ourselves some real knowledgeable people out here!

Wholeheartedly agreed!

Winners are some smart cookies! (Would be interesting to know the origins of that "smart cookie" saying...)