Comments on: Bad Astronomy welcomes Exploradome http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: ty http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79740 ty Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:33:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79740 I would love one of those! And a backyard! I would love one of those! And a backyard!

]]> By: Budget Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79739 Budget Astronomer Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:16:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79739 Having a small dome is nice. I considered the Exploradome, but in the end installed a Skyshed POD. It sure is nice not having to set up and take down every night! Having a small dome is nice. I considered the Exploradome, but in the end installed a Skyshed POD.
It sure is nice not having to set up and take down every night!

]]> By: Jewel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79738 Jewel Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:44:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79738 I wish I had a yard! And a scope big enough to warrant a dome. Maybe someday. :-) I wish I had a yard! And a scope big enough to warrant a dome. Maybe someday. :-)

]]> By: Michael Lonergan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79737 Michael Lonergan Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:25:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79737 Michelle: " I might have to invest in one someday. I mean, my neighbors installed that annoying light last year. You know, the type that is just overpowered and lights YOUR backyard? Yea. That type." Shotgun Michelle:

” I might have to invest in one someday. I mean, my neighbors installed that annoying light last year. You know, the type that is just overpowered and lights YOUR backyard? Yea. That type.”

Shotgun

]]> By: Ken B http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79736 Ken B Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:09:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79736 I have a feeling that IRONMANAustralia is just having a bit of fun, though I'm not entirely convinced he's not serious. In any case, I liked the comment about the meteorite and the neighbor's floodlights. (Coming this Fall on FOX -- "The Meteorite and the Floodlight".) That said, I have to put my $0.02 in and say that seeing something with one's own eye (even if it's not with the "naked eye") is completely different than looking at a picture. (Even if those pictures are pretty cool.) And it applies outside of astronomy as well, as anyone who has visited the National Air and Space Museum or the National Archives in Washington, DC, can attest to. (The Apollo 11 command module. A rock from the Moon that you can touch. The Declaration of Independence. The Constitution. And so on.) I have a feeling that IRONMANAustralia is just having a bit of fun, though I’m not entirely convinced he’s not serious. In any case, I liked the comment about the meteorite and the neighbor’s floodlights. (Coming this Fall on FOX — “The Meteorite and the Floodlight”.)

That said, I have to put my $0.02 in and say that seeing something with one’s own eye (even if it’s not with the “naked eye”) is completely different than looking at a picture. (Even if those pictures are pretty cool.)

And it applies outside of astronomy as well, as anyone who has visited the National Air and Space Museum or the National Archives in Washington, DC, can attest to. (The Apollo 11 command module. A rock from the Moon that you can touch. The Declaration of Independence. The Constitution. And so on.)

]]> By: Ken B http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79735 Ken B Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:54:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79735 Michelle:<blockquote>I might have to invest in one someday. I mean, my neighbors installed that annoying light last year. You know, the type that is just overpowered and lights YOUR backyard? Yea. That type.</blockquote>Taller fence. Shiny material. Parabolic shape. 'nuff said. Michelle:
I might have to invest in one someday. I mean, my neighbors installed that annoying light last year. You know, the type that is just overpowered and lights YOUR backyard? Yea. That type.

Taller fence. Shiny material. Parabolic shape. ’nuff said.

]]> By: BigBob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79734 BigBob Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:35:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/26/bad-astronomy-welcomes-exploradome/#comment-79734 > Pleasuredomes only in Xanadu. The 'Stately' ones yes, but the 'Deluxe' version is available in most good stores. Bob(Big) > Pleasuredomes only in Xanadu.

The ‘Stately’ ones yes, but the ‘Deluxe’ version is available in most good stores.

Bob(Big)

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