Starship Asterisk*

What a spectacular pile of diamonds!

And I'm with you, Beyond: why can't I be rich?
(instead of just good looking?!)




Awesome image!

Impressive!

(when I first saw today's image, I thought: 'close-up of a pink shag pillow....?' )

So I watched the link that is supposed to show the rocks actually moving in the playa, but all it shows is the water slowly moving across the valley floor. There is one part at about 41 sec's, that shows a decent sized rock, and I thought, 'good, now we'll see something exciting!', but the camera op...

FAVORITE-ED!

This video is fantastic! (And you're right, geckzilla - it does look cold! Beautiful, but cold!) I've seen the northern lights, but it was so many years ago it's almost like not seeing them at all. Here's hoping with the approach of solar maximum, I may get to see them again! Awesome A V OD! :mrgreen:

Incredibly detailed, beautiful image! Brilliant!

(Can't believe I've missed this one! I try to visit the Cassini Image Site frequently.)



(^I really like that smilie!)

can a image of the same region be supplies in optical light..? mine eyes do not operate in th infra red It may look something like this , in a fairly large telescope..... (But mine isn't fairly large, and this is just what I found searching online. So if anyone has anything more accurate, feel free...

Thanks, rstevenson. I thought it was some setting or other that I needed to figure out.

And also thanks for the link, owlice. I was familiar with Galaxy Zoo, but hadn't been there in awhile to see there was a 'spin off'. Or just hadn't noticed the link.

G'day all. Pardon my ignorance here but I cannot, for the life of me, identify the "witches head" in this APOD? Should I be standing on my head to see it, or perhaps on my left ear (yes, I've tried both!) but still can't seem to see anything resembling a witch... Thanks in advance. Try st...

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for asking, but when I took the survey linked below the latest APoD's , I answered question 14, and then tried to answer Q 15, but my response to Q 14 was removed. I tried to click the choice for Q 14 again, and my response for Q 15 was removed.....? (All of m...

Beautiful indeed!

And clicking thru the link to Carlos Zelayeta's images, it's almost like watching a time-lapse sequence of the eclipse.
Pretty cool!

Images like this one are some of my favorites! I love the colors of the sky in twilight or early dawn, especially when planets and/or the moon are featured.

Absolutely fabulous image!

zloq, I misunderstood your previous post, and have corrected mine.

It turns out, there is another picture credited to the same photographer and at first I thought it was the same picture, but it is very different. Here is the original APOD: http://www.archive.org/details/shuttle_plume and here is the other image: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/shuttle.htm Your...

What a great APOD!
Fantastic image....
Tons of great links.....


SUPERB!

A green "orb" or patch is seen to the upper left of Aldebaran in the Hyades. The green object looks like a comet. But surely there is no comet there right now? Ann Good catch, Ann. I was going to point out the extreme red colored dots, one slightly left of the faint 'end' (top) of the fir...

Gorgeous image!

*madeitmydesktop*

So, is anyone going to attempt any amateur photometry of 2005 YU55 tonight, in support of asteroid studies? Sadly, my telescope isn't large enough..... (well that , and I'm not set up to acquire images.) :wink: Here's the link with info, if anyone is interested. Happy hunting, asteroid-watching, etc...

The most aesthetically pleasing astroimages I've ever seen are all in black and white, and I only image in black and white myself- for that reason. Ah-HA :!: That's why you changed to Abominable Snowman. Black & white. White fur & black palms and pads on feet. Living color :!: :mrgreen: And...

Several years ago I saw something similar, but since it was rather later in the afternoon and I wasn't sure I was seeing what was really happening, I attributed it to a bit too much :b: :oops: This is really interesting that someone caught it on video, because I've tried several times to describe wh...

Um... This can't be moonset, of a full moon, in the evening, can it? If it is moonset and not moonrise, then it has to be early morning, facing west. If it is evening, it has to be moonrise, in the east. And from the position of Orion, it can't be moonrise, so it must be a full moon, predawn. Well ...

Clicking on the main image goes to http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/image/1110/sh2136_block.jpg which does not exist! You beat me to it, MSP1.... I have only one thing to say about this ghostly APOD--> BOO!! Beyond, is that a good 'BOO'...? :wink: HAPPY HALLOWEEN, APOD-ers! :saturn:

Judging from what Mr. Schedler says about light pollution in his area - At 25 km distance the city of Graz with 250 000 inhabitants is a severe light source, you see its reflection to the thin clouds behind the hill. Typical limiting magnitudes from 40 degree altitide: Mag 4.5 (at humid situations) ...

After reading this article, maybe there is hope that the Voynich manuscript will be 'cracked' soon....

Sam wrote: Second, a question:
Is it possible for an image like this to .... link to a whole world of information?
Sam

I'd say: Sure.


*not that I know how to do it or anything......