# What celestial object am I seeing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celestial-object-am-i-seeing/439199>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 26, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celestial-object-am-i-seeing/439199 "2008-02-26T07:01:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celestial-object-am-i-seeing/439199/21 "2008-02-27T07:30:50Z")

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[QUOTE=bonzer]  
It’s better than that - she’s actually got an observing run on Chandra coming up in the next few weeks and she’s now all enthusiastic about using that site to follow the satellite in real time as it takes her data for her.[sup]\*[/sup]  
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Well, its not like I can actually go to the telescope… 😛

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> \*[sub]Presuming she’s pointed it in the right direction.[/sub]

😛 It was only once. For half an hour. [sub]In 2003[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celestial-object-am-i-seeing/439199/22 "2008-02-27T08:41:52Z")

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Please do make a point of returning to the thread with your observations.

(Okay, so I actually just wanted to post that I’m getting a kick out of Jimmy posting a link that tweaks Angua, and then her S.O. _outs_ her to him on it…)

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