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- Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:14 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: IC 2948: The Running Chicken Nebula (APOD 18 Apr 2008)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3807
IC 2948: The Running Chicken Nebula (APOD 18 Apr 2008)
Today's APoD - IC 2948: The Running Chicken Nebula - found here: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html mentions 'Thackeray's Globules'. Are these similar to 'Bok's Globules'? Or are any of these 'globules' so named for whomever discovers them? I haven't researched these 'globules', but will...
- Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: M55 (globular) & star clusters (APOD 02 Apr 2008)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9951
Maybe you could try:
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
- Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:47 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: NGC3718+3729
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2616
- Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:43 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: washington nasa observe cosmic explosion GammaRB (28Mar2008)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9676
- Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Whatever happened to Bubbles? (APOD 26 Mar 2008)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3398
- Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:24 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: The World Has Lost the Amazing Sir Arthur C. Clarke 20080319
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4108
- Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:15 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion (APOD 18 Mar 2008)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2932
- Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:30 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Planetary alignments (APOD 10 Mar 2008)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2113
Thanks, Henk. And apologies for not being more clear. While I understand that Venus and Mercury will align more frequently, as their orbits are considerably shorter, I was meaning an alignment of the naked eye planets, (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter), as were shown in the second and third li...
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:06 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Planetary alignments (APOD 10 Mar 2008)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2113
Planetary alignments (APOD 10 Mar 2008)
Today's APoD - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080310.html - got me wondering: when will we have another alignment like the one linked to in the description, with the words planetary - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020510.html , and conjunctions - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020429.ht...
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: When Particles Collide (APOD 25 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 19918
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:50 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Mimmim Bimbim patent number 1132
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2972
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1132 - caption? (13 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4260
Thank you, orin, for the tutorial on link-inserting! As you can tell, I had just copied/pasted the address from the webpage! :oops: And as for looking at it under magnification, I only looked at the hi-res image by clicking on the image itself, but it's definitely worth further investigation - so I ...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:55 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Mimmim Bimbim patent number 1132
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2972
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1132 - caption? (13 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4260
Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1132 - caption? (13 Feb 2008)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Now, reading the description, I am wondering what the "fascinating background galax[y]" is at about the nine o'clock position, on the far left....? What a beautiful galaxy! *Of course, the entire image is gorgeous, but that galaxy really leap...
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Shelf Cloud (APOD 22 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 19889
npsguy said: My 2 cents is that you are right in your criticism but this is just one web site out of many with astronomy images. My suggestiong to anyone who needs to get their daily 'astronomy fix' and APOD didn't quite 'deliver the goods' is to go to some of the Mission websites that NASA runs an...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Winter Night at Pic du Midi (APOD 25 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6019
While today's image is a beautiful one, I'm wondering if it seems odd to anyone else that there is so much light coming from those windows? There is an awful lot of light pollution evident in the image already, and I'm curious why the measures aren't taken to limit any further light pollution. :? Or...
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Shelf Cloud (APOD 22 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 19889
I too find the images of stars, galaxies, dust clouds, etc., to be some of the best APoD's, but I do think that the more 'terrestial' images spark a lot of discussion as well. Case in point are: The APoD that depicted a strange light in a harbor in Australia, which many individuals were called upon ...
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:20 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: 2008 calender
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8725
For anyone interested: I kept forgetting to come back here and post, but I received my calendar and it's pretty cool! Although, it took some getting used to since it's much smaller in size than the images I see on the computer screen! And it won't replace the APoD site for me either, as I especially...
- Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Mercury / MESSENGER APOD of 2008 January 16 Updated
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14365
- Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: 2008 calender
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8725
- Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:15 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: 2008 calender
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8725
So now I'm wondering about the images included in this calendar that NoelC and bystander referred to: are they all the images from 2007? Or even years prior to that? Or are they going to be what we see here on APoD proper this year? And if so, should we go ahead and buy it anyway? :lol: :lol: :lol: ...
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:19 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: what was that?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3806
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:03 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Stars and Dust through Baade's Window (APOD 19 Dec 2007)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4124
From here: http://astro.umsystem.edu/apml/ARCHIVES/JUL03/msg00221.html Hi all, One of the richest star clouds in the Milkyway is not really an isolated star cloud, but a window to the Milkyway beyond: http://www.psiaz.com/schur/astro/filmimagepages/baade1.html comments? Chris Schur Astrophotograpy ...
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: 2008 calender
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8725
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Stars and Dust through Baade's Window (APOD 19 Dec 2007)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4124