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The other joke and meme thread

Bomb_Tombadil said:
And to continue on this vague topic...
(This is going to start a discussion about refractor telescopes, isn't it...🙄)
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If you insist ... 😁
(though I doubt it will rage over several pages).
Invented in the Netherlands in the early 17th century; the Dutch were also leading in the manufacture of microscopes, master lens grinders of the era.
First used terrestrially, before Galileo turned his to astronomical observations.
Newton built the first practical reflecting telescope in 1668, 60 years after the first patent submitted for a refracting telescope in the Netherlands.
 
Thank you for your lore, Olorgando! I was preparing to defend my post by claiming that, although refractors existed, they were perhaps too weak to see individual vampires at astronomical distances...
I'm glad this wasn't necessary.
 
Bomb_Tombadil said:
Thank you for your lore, Olorgando! I was preparing to defend my post by claiming that, although refractors existed, they were perhaps too weak to see individual vampires at astronomical distances...
I'm glad this wasn't necessary.
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I'm not sure that even the 10-meter reflector monsters like the Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii would be able to pick out a single astronaut in low orbit. Tracking might be an issue due to the high speeds at such low orbits.
Actually, being able to see the faces of the vampires through their visors might violate the relevant fantasy lore more seriously. Vampires and sun don't mix (pace Blade - I have all three films on DVD).
The earth's atmosphere filters out a ton of solar radiation that would be dangerous to any form of life, never mind these sun-wimps vampires. So their visors would have to have some serious invisible shielding to protect them. But aren't they allergic to even visible sunlight?
'Course, there's one aspect of (visible?) astronomy that some people might forget: it takes place at night, as the sun messes it up. But the you can only look at objects emitting their own light, like stars, or reflecting enough star-(sun-)light to be visible - Galileo's four moons of Jupiter. Again there's the issue of vampires reflecting light ...
 
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Erestor Arcamen said:
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A famous instance of being "outruded":
A younger socialite stepped aside to allow Dorothy Parker to go ahead of her to the formal dinner both were attending.
The socialite said, "Age before beauty, Mrs. Parker.’
Dorothy Parker, quick as a flash, replied, "And pearls before swine."
 
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