/sci/ - Science & Math

why?

>implying you haven't already

Fuck you, I live in a loft.

>light pollution.
I feel ya, bro.

>>3009284
Feels bad, man.

Weirdly, yes, yes I have.

>>3009303
I can only see about 10 stars at best.

Feels bad, man.

from earth space just looks like god took a colorful shit.

no mystical inner workings of that

>>3009294
>light pollution
>astronomy done by doing maths in a lab, not looking at the stars
>we're not in Ancient Greece anymore ;_;

>>3009331
>astronomy
>done by doing math
That's astrophysics bro

i just wanna learn some constellations, feelsbad when i just see the same three stars and wonder what they're called.
i mean, i'd give them names myself, but feelsbad

>>3009337
Well, but these days unless you're the tiny minority of astronomers working at a large institution collecting data, you'd likely be reducing on data/working on raw data collected by a large institution. So, yeah. Computers.

bumpin w/ engineers

>Ancient Greeks could see all the planets in the sky and create a heliocentric model for our solar system by observation alone
>I can barely see the moon on most nights

>>3009284

I've done this every summer since I've been a child.

mfw I just did this tonight during the sunset

It's still spring, but fuck you

>>3009384

>ancient greeks all died of syphylis.
>mfw

>mfw anyone can go to a nearby desert and see the stars devoid of night pollution

also why.jpg -- looking at the stars is for kids

>>3009427
>mfw the nearest desert is 500 miles away.
>and I live in fucking Texas
>not everyone lives by a desert

>>3009284
>with a beautiful, intelligent, funny girl who is in love with you

>>3009427

>looking at the stars is for kids

Fuck you.

That's what I have to say to that.