Will you be able to see it tonight?

[ColbertWatcher]

400 Years of the Telescope will be on tonight 9pm (check your PBS listings!)

Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww-qwI2w6r8

Official site: http://www.400years.org/video/video.php

BTW, 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy (http://www.astronomy2009.org/ )

Hubble picture: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/

Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

[CrispyQ]

1. Thanks! I'll check it out.

Love this shot - it looks like a giant flying insect. ;)

[ColbertWatcher]

2. IT'S A UFO!

;)

[Individualist]

10. It reminds me of the doomsday machine in one of the Star Trek episodes

from the '60s.

[leftofthedial]

3. Dude,

I haven't seen it since 1993.

[marybourg]

4. Thanks. If I still have digital TV

I'll watch. My digital box has crapped out on me 2x already. I called the manufacturer and the tech said it's because the stations are switching to digital (???) So I had to re-scan.

[bluedawg12]

5. Cool! Thanks for the heads up!

There are some amazing nebula out there.


NGC 2024, The Flame Nebula
-wikipedia


The Triangulum Emission Garren Nebula NGC 604
-wikipedia

[tridim]

6. Nothing on Dish, I even searched for "Telescope".

:(

[ColbertWatcher]

8. Does Dish carry KCET (LA PBS station)? n/t

[marybourg]

7. I just checked my local listings

And -- if you can believe it, in AZ (the astronomy capital of the U.S.) the program will be shown on:

Sunday, May 03 — 03:30am

8.1 - EIGHT HD Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson narrates this history of the telescope, which was invented in 1609 by Galileo. The documentary features incredible imagery captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, previews planned telescopes the size of stadiums.duration: 60 min
details:


3:30 a.m. ??? Maybe they showed it already and this is for day sleepers at the various observatories. Bummer!!

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Maybe they believe that's when people likely to watch will be awake?

Who knows.

Good thing science also gave us DVRs.

[marybourg]

12. Science hasn't given me one yet. Where do I sign up? nt

[ColbertWatcher]

14. Well, maybe if you PRAYED more, science could been one into your living room!

:P

[supernova]

9. Not tonight, it's NC culture night

on my PBS station.

:P

I search for it. I supposed they'll show it at some rediculously odd time. :crazy:

[csziggy]

13. On the same subject, Astronomy Magazine May 2009 issue is on Galileo

And the history of the telescope. An excellent issue even if you do not normally read that magazine!
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http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx

[ColbertWatcher]

15. It's been a great year for science so far! Go nerds! n/t