If you had a strong enough telescope, that could look around the earth , could you see your back- side ?
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No! Because even if you can look around the world, when it ends up to your back-side, you won't be able to see your back.
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do you really think they dont have telescopes? if they have the tech to transverse solar systems then dont you think they can devise a device to look at us from afar? after seeing what a warring species we are it seems theyd rather study us from afar. we're dangerous.
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Well you would need light boxes, mirrors and prisms\n\nyou could ask them to do all the things to do with angles of light going through the prisms\n\nand you could ask them to build periscopes\n\nI can't remember my optics very well but if its possible then you could ask them to measure the magnification of the curved mirrors.
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Yes, but to a degree. The horizon line is going to be different, so you will see some of the stars, although a bit displaced, that the Northern hemisphere sees, and you will see a lot more that is only visible to the Southern hemisphere.
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Im afraid my eyes arent good enuf to see that far... Its an unaswerable question
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Most modern telescopes come with a guidance computer. You can just enter the name of the body you're looking for and the telescope will adjust accordingly. \n\nIf you don't have one of those, the best thing to do is follow the course of the sun. Planets are on the same plane, so they will more or less follow the same path that the sun does. \n\nExcept Pluto. He's just nuts.
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No matter how big or small a telescope is, photons of light still have to touch the 'scope mirror in order to be seen and/or photographed.\n\nIt's interesting, though, to realize that with these big telescopes we're seeing extremely distant objects as though we'd been physically transported thousands of light years closer to them. For example, if you're looking through a 20-power telescope at some galaxy that's 10,000 light years away from Earth, the view through the telescope is as if you're only 500 light years away.\n\nGod is spelled B-I-G B-A-N-G\nPBrax@netscape.com
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Yes you can see them -- as other have pointed out they are seen as object that moves across from sky in a matter of a minute of so -- far faster and completely steady unlike an air plane -- once you have seen one you will know.\n\nThey are best seen just after sun set (or just before sun rise) where it is dark at ground level but due to the curvature of the earth still sun light 100 mile above.   At this point you can clearly see the stateliest as the passes though sun light and become bright as a star.\n\nThe link below will search (click on the SkySearch) though a database of ~300 satellites which are easy to see, and give you a time for when you can see them locally.\n\nMake sure that you 1) provide the accurate information of where you are going to be looking, as a few miles does make a difference to both whether you can see them but also to the time, and 2) make sure you have a clock which is right to the second as that helps you look for the right thing.
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None, they up in the Sky, best seen at night. The Earth does revolve around a Big Star that can actually be seen in the day and not night. Make for a good Word Play/Riddle question. ;-D
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WHEN YOU ARE ON EARTH U CANT FIND ANY POINT. YEAH I THING IS POSSIBLE. U CAN PURCHASE A GLOBE AND ROTATE IT. U WILL FIND ROTATION THERE.!
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If nothing else,you can use this but I am not positive.  "A telescope can refract images."
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Yes, with the aid of a powerful enough telescope, you can see the US flag that was put there during the Apolo 11 landing.
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Even if the universe does curve around, maybe you'll see the side of your head.  I'm not sure how distorted it would look either.  Like a previous poster said, you'd have to wait until the light made full circle so you'd be dead by then.  You'll have to leave a passdown for the next shift.
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You know, I can look in any direction and see living proof that we are not alone on this PLANET. \n\ngoober.
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Definitely! If you know where to look you can see them with the naked eye. Take your scope out in the darkest area you can find.I.E, the country. The easiest ones to find are spirals. They may look a little fuzzy but you should be able to see the spiral.
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Side view could be profile; strip of land is isthmus (strait is actually water)
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If it is a south facing mountain, then that is the south side of the mountain.  In other words, if you were to be standing on that mountain, and had your back to it, you would be looking toward the south.