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by fuzzycop
Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:33 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Mysterious Green Patches on the Sky (2013 Sep 30)
Replies: 275
Views: 523989

Re: APOD: Mysterious Green Patches on the Sky (2013 Sep 30)

Facts: The camera view is towards the South with North being behind the viewer. The green color invades the view from the South, below a high cloud deck, and appears very uniform in development. Implication: The viewer is seeing very high clouds approaching from the South, reflecting from below the ...
by fuzzycop
Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:15 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Is APOD a blog?
Replies: 40
Views: 19830

Re: Is APOD a blog?

It seemed like it was a blog when there was a daily link to DIGG, until they removed it about a week ago. Now, it seems that no one is permitted to post comments on the daily pictures. It might be nice to redesign the page so that you have the opportunity to post your comments below the photo and cr...
by fuzzycop
Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:21 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Which satellite is this?
Replies: 193
Views: 199988

Maybe this is a military spy satellite?

Has anyone thought that it may be a "secret" satellite that we're not supposed to know about. I'm certain there are plenty of them out there. If it's up there by the military, then certainly the data used to calculate it's exact position would NOT be made publicly available. :roll: