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- Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:32 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
- Replies: 238
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Re: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
Isn't it interesting how many viewpoints are given about this Manuscript?
- Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:45 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
- Replies: 238
- Views: 69387
Re: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
Antediluvian remnant that was copied from surviving fragments and passed hand to hand through the ages. This volume is written in the original language of the first visitors who arrived and colonized earth. The only hand copy known and being preserved as of this date in time on Earth. Front plate i...
- Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
- Replies: 238
- Views: 69387
Re: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
Did it look like this? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/91032981.html Passing resemblance, yeah. But not really. They're religious writings and not very mysterious. And a lot more skillfully crafted, if you ask me... Just a side note. geckzilla why would you post a link such as tha...
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:22 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
- Replies: 238
- Views: 69387
Re: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
Too bad you banned craterchains, you might have gotten some where with this think tank. The book mentioned in the youtube ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etGlzQtBvXg well the book, The Voynich Manuscript An. Elegant. Enigma, can be found at: http://www.nsa.gov/about/_files/cryptologic_heritage/pu...
- Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Epimetheus (APOD 11 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15475
- Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: NASA'S shoot down of satellite 21 February 2008
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2742
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Time
- Replies: 72
- Views: 19982
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:34 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Time
- Replies: 72
- Views: 19982
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Columbus Laboratory on ISS (19 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9772
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Epimetheus (APOD 11 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15475
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:31 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Distant Solar System (APOD 18 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16128
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:16 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Time
- Replies: 72
- Views: 19982
Orca the discussion in the thread started by emc for the Feb 18/08 APOD, I quote: It is very very very difficult not to imagine that there are at least a few earthlike planets out there with life somewhat similar to ours. My response is: It would be absurd and egotistic to think Earth is the only in...
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:44 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Distant Solar System (APOD 18 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16128
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Crab Neb (APOD 17 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5399
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:56 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Epimetheus (APOD 11 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15475
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:37 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Time
- Replies: 72
- Views: 19982
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Epimetheus (APOD 11 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15475
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/browse/PIA09813.jpg http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/browse/PIA07761.jpg PIA09813: Epimetheus Revealed PIA07761: Cosmic Blasting Zone Hyperion has an unusually low density and high porosity whereas Epimetheus has been described as having possibly more of a bedrock l...
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:21 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Texas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2421
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:14 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Time
- Replies: 72
- Views: 19982
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:00 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Crab Neb (APOD 17 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5399
That image was taken back in October 1999, January 2000, and December 2000. Has there been a consensus as to the distance to the Crab Nebula; it seems to vary from 6000 ly to 6500 ly. Art, the chart does not have the distance to the Crab listed. If the light from the explosion was seen in 1054 AD, t...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:06 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Perseid Meteor Shower Cancelled.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6273
There should be a Perseid Meteor Shower about August 12, 2008 and a Solar eclipse on my birthday and a partical Lunar eclipse on August 16, 2008.
Solar eclipse
Solar eclipse
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:51 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Circumhorizontal Arc [Fire Rainbow]
- Replies: 15
- Views: 16490
Re: FieryIce
What puzzles me is that someone with the moniker, FieryIce, should most likely know or research this topic as it is caused by a very particular alignment of individual ice crystals along with a low sun :-) It seems my moniker has different meanings to different people of differing backgrounds but t...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:36 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Time
- Replies: 72
- Views: 19982
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Texas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2421
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: I Don't "Digg It"
- Replies: 37
- Views: 15961