the moon phase image on the left

[omnivorr]

I imagine I'm not the first to comment, but isn't it upside down wrt our hemisphere here... it is an Oz-based forum afterall :thumbsup: ..as welcome as those from "up over" undoubtedly are, I'm sure a lil' deference on their part to our "eccentric" world(moon)view would be no more of a stretch than the fact that the forum dates follow the more rational day-month-year format ;)

whatya reckon iceman? do-able?

[Kokatha man]

Struth mate, I don't mind dancing with you but when you start pinching my ideas about what's really arse-up, well!?! - I agitated for Left Ascension (think about that Russ!) and positive Declination back before you even stole those noccies from K-Mart mate!

And this is on top of reading your intro spiel the other night where I reckon you pinched half me own upbringing and outlook/philosophies!!!

Regards, Darryl.

[omnivorr]

Hey Darryl ..are you stalkin' me? :P No.. don't answer that.. enuff innuendo.. you're crackin' me up!
I know I'm not the "brightest" (somewhere between mag+14 and a blackhole?) ..but could you tell me what this "distance" is in poster's stats? whatever it is, I apparently don't have it... Cheers, Russ.

[CoombellKid]

Russ,

If you go into your porfile you can input your coordinates of where you live.
The distance read out lets you know how far away a user is from you. Just
incase you want to abuse them I guess.

regards,CS

[Kokatha man]

Jeez Omnivorr - even that young pup The Coombell Kid's got a length or 2 on both of us as far as distance goes: whaddaya mean you don't have it?!? - 'co(o)rdin to me yuv got 1711 kliks an he's got 1549 - take a look at the flamin stats thingy you're postin on: it's bloody me who ain't got one (not that I know what it flamin refers to!)

ps - what's this stalkin stuff? - somethin you rest those bloody binoculars of your's on?

[omnivorr]

Ahhh..hehe I get it. CoombelKid is 222K from me.. On my screen I see no distance for me, 'cos I'm AT the centre of my universe! :P :D

[iceman]

You're not the first, and you won't be the last, to bring this up :)

The latest thread on this was discussed here (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=23601).

Simple explanation - it's a representation of the current phase, not meant to be a Starry Night Pro accurate view as if you stepped outside and looked up.

[CoombellKid]

You got it :thumbsup: ain't physics great :D

regards,CS

[omnivorr]

Thanks guys :) ...give me enuff time & I'll get 'round to asking ALL the dumb questions :P (tho' I'll try avoid that if I can :D )

[leon]

Hmmm... interesting thread.

leon

[stephend]

So that's what Distance means:D. So you learn about geography while reading about astronomy? That is neat.
I am also wondering if I can put these moon & sun things on my own website?