Starship Asterisk*

Hi, Chris, I didn't think the term 'real time' needed explanation. What I meant was what you see when you look through the eyepiece of a telescope. Planetary objects like Mars, Jupiter and Saturn can be seen in color as well as some interstellar objects like the Pleiades cluster, but I happen to enj...

On this subject, "Orion's icons don't look quite as colorful to the eye as they do to a camera." I am reminded of my favorite theoretical astronomy question. The present selection of large telescopes, even the Hubble, all have one thing in common with smaller ones, the necessity for long e...

I thrilled at the excellent video coverage of Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket and the deployment of his red Tesla Roadster into an extended orbit beyond Mars. Am I the only one to note the irony of this fantastic event? Recall back in 1977 the launch of two Voyager space craft which are now the furt...