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- Tue May 17, 2011 11:45 am
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Astronomically Bad Jokes (Or good)
- Replies: 453
- Views: 119283
Re: Astronomically Bad Jokes (Or good)
Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2-6 years; it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. I thought that most isotopes of Governmentium decayed into Lobbyiestum.I believe that Lobbyiestum acually co...
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:44 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lunar Farside (2011 Apr 09)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3561
Re: APOD: Lunar Farside (2011 Apr 09)
Very interesting info there, Neufer....provides insights I've wondered about from time to time. Thanks for posting it!
~S*H
~S*H
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:14 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lunar Farside (2011 Apr 09)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3561
Re: APOD: Lunar Farside (2011 Apr 09)
Now there's ya some dark humour!"Yes as in the Pink Floyd masterpiece, the "farside" is a comic strip!"
~S*H
- Sun Apr 10, 2011 2:24 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lunar Farside (2011 Apr 09)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3561
Re: APOD: Lunar Farside (2011 Apr 09)
Is it just me, or does anyone else see a huge 'X' across the face? And not as broad or prominent, but a vertical line as well, making it into an asterisk? Ahh, you have discovered our logo, not yet complete. It's a part of our awareness program to generate interest in the forum. Once it's complete,...
- Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:44 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lunar Farside (2011 Apr 09)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3561
Re: APOD: Lunar Farside (2011 Apr 09)
Is it just me, or does anyone else see a huge 'X' across the face? And not as broad or prominent, but a vertical line as well, making it into an asterisk? Makes me think of a carpenter marking the scrap part of lumber before he saws it. Ya reckon maybe this side always is turned away from us for a r...
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:54 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: MESSENGER at Mercury (2011 Mar 31)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3570
Re: APOD: MESSENGER at Mercury (2011 Mar 31)
Uhhhh....I believe the numbers are more like this:
2(rah)+3(ah)+[(roma)+(roma+ma)]+2(ga)+(ooh)+2(la) = bad romance
2(rah)+3(ah)+[(roma)+(roma+ma)]+2(ga)+(ooh)+2(la) = bad romance
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:44 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: MESSENGER at Mercury (2011 Mar 31)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3570
Re: APOD: MESSENGER at Mercury (2011 Mar 31)
But Neufer's mouthful says it a lot better (while I was composing) than mine.
*LMAO*
*LMAO*
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:41 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: MESSENGER at Mercury (2011 Mar 31)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3570
Re: APOD: MESSENGER at Mercury (2011 Mar 31)
can you say in general or more specifically that most of the cratering we see on the rocky planets and moons throughout the solar system occured over a short period of time? do they all have that in common? ~~~~ If you're theororizing, I'd venture much of it concerns the perspective from which one ...
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:29 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: MESSENGER at Mercury (2011 Mar 31)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3570
Re: APOD: MESSENGER at Mercury (2011 Mar 31)
The length of the (Debussy) rays is remarkable. I'd almost bet they represent fractures rather than ejecta. Will be interesting to find if Mercury was ever in a 'brittle' state.
~S*H
~S*H
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:46 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Japans Kounotori2 Supply Ship the... (2011 Jan 31)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14491
Re: APOD: Japans Kounotori2 Supply Ship the... (2011 Jan 31)
Yes, if I really wanted to....but what's my incentive?
- Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:17 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Rippled Red Ribbons of SNR 0509 (2011 Jan 25)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5117
Re: APOD: The Rippled Red Ribbons of SNR 0509 (2011 Jan 25)
... Through the Hubble Space Telescope link I came on this "Pointing Accuracy: In order to take images of distant, faint objects, Hubble must be extremely steady and accurate. The telescope is able to lock onto a target without deviating more than 7/1000th of an arcsecond, or about the width o...
- Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:45 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Rippled Red Ribbons of SNR 0509 (2011 Jan 25)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5117
Re: APOD: The Rippled Red Ribbons of SNR 0509 (2011 Jan 25)
Oh! - the sights it has shown us.... Nearly every time I see images like this, while most marvel at what we see (and I join them), it never fails that a sense of extreme gratitude also crosses my mind that "someone" came to their senses and approved the humanized reservicing mission to Hu...
- Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Rippled Red Ribbons of SNR 0509 (2011 Jan 25)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5117
Re: APOD: The Rippled Red Ribbons of SNR 0509 (2011 Jan 25)
"why wasn't it seen 400 years ago" Maybe it was but how many people were capable of leaving written records of such events in the Southern Hemisphere in 1611? 1611 is when the King James version of the bible was published for the masses Yeah. In the northern hemisphere. Most of the southe...
- Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:39 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: North America and the Pelican (2010 Dec 18)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3581
Re: APOD: North America and the Pelican (2010 Dec 18)
Seriously, it's worth keeping in mind that most of these famous nebulas were named based on their visual appearance through an eyepiece, or from their appearance on early film images, which were B&W, fairly low resolution, and low dynamic range. Many of these objects require quite a bit more im...
- Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: North America and the Pelican (2010 Dec 18)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3581
Re: APOD: North America and the Pelican (2010 Dec 18)
I couldnt see a pelican only North America. Glad you brought that up, Lenka. I've always thought the Pelican looked more like a pterodactyl with that 'monohorned' skull feature. Or, as today's version has been monikered, a 'pterosaur'. (Those IAU freaks will apparently stop at nothing! - right, Ptl...
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Twilight Occultation (2010 Dec 10)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2901
Re: APOD: A Twilight Occultation (2010 Dec 10)
Quick! - somebody post that e-mail about Mars appearing as big as the Moon!!
- Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:44 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Sunset at the Spiral Jetty (2010 Dec 04)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6074
Re: APOD: Sunset at the Spiral Jetty (2010 Dec 04)
ASTRONOMY: Y'know, more & more I've come to think maybe my school-taught-&-long-held definition of 'astronomy' was & has been lo these many years, somehow amiss or outrightly erroneous. Curious; what do others say? What I say? Take Rob's advice! :D O, kind madame....had I taken Rob's ad...
- Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:32 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Sunset at the Spiral Jetty (2010 Dec 04)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6074
Re: APOD: Sunset at the Spiral Jetty (2010 Dec 04)
ASTRONOMY: Y'know, more & more I've come to think maybe my school-taught-&-long-held definition of 'astronomy' was & has been lo these many years, somehow amiss or outrightly erroneous. Curious; what do others say? American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: 1. The scientific s...
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:13 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
- Replies: 165
- Views: 39718
Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
*Invokes Ludlow's Prayer*
- Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:23 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
- Replies: 165
- Views: 39718
Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
Well of course it's above Hawaii. Hawaii's just barely above sea level.
*BIG WINK*
~S*H
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- Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:32 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
- Replies: 165
- Views: 39718
Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
The fact that the question was asked means that it is possible to find a correct answer. ... Well, I have a li'l trouble with your logic ( eg , It's possible for me to ask "How many molecules are in the Great Orion Nebula?".....) but, technically, it's not only possible to find THE correc...
- Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
- Replies: 165
- Views: 39718
Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
Aah....I see. And I agree with it not being one of the ones where an unknown answer's being sought, but rather, a prima facie 'quiz' question. WELL then - perhaps next time I'll just answer, "Yes I can, neener neener!" & be done with it rather than wasting my precious remaining time on...
- Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:19 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
- Replies: 165
- Views: 39718
Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
SO, when do we get to see the answer?? I doubt it can be determined by looking at the picture. This must rank among the silliest of Q & A Asterisk threads. ~~~~~~~~~~~ If it needs reminding, Neuf & Chris, my question comes from the prompt footer posted below the APOD that day - to wit, &quo...
- Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:00 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
- Replies: 165
- Views: 39718
Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
SO, when do we get to see the answer??
~B[
~B[
- Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
- Replies: 165
- Views: 39718
Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)
SO, when do we get to see the answer??