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by ranjones1
Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:00 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Earthrise from Moon-Orbiting Kaguya (APOD 20 Nov 2007)
Replies: 20
Views: 10684

Spelling corrected

Looks like someone corrected the spelling of Kaguya in the title of the blurb. But they still missed a typo: "starting" should be "started" near the middle of the blurb. :wink:
by ranjones1
Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:45 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Earthrise from Moon-Orbiting Kaguya (APOD 20 Nov 2007)
Replies: 20
Views: 10684

Kayuga vs Kaguya

I noticed the nickname of the lunar satellite (Kaguya) is misspelled in the the title of the blurb. Must have been written by a Twilight Zone fan. Referring to Cayuga Productions. :-)
--Randy
by ranjones1
Thu May 03, 2007 3:54 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Fire Rainbow?
Replies: 15
Views: 9375

Thanx, FieryIce, for the link.
"Snopes" is short for http://snopes.com -- a pop-up-packed urban legends website.
by ranjones1
Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:20 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Fire Rainbow?
Replies: 15
Views: 9375

Thanx. That answers my question. :-)
by ranjones1
Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:21 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Fire Rainbow?
Replies: 15
Views: 9375

Fire Rainbow?

Today, April Fool's Day, I got an email asking me if I've "ever seen a fire rainbow". This is supposedly the "rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena". Is there such a thing? Google "fire rainbow" for urban legends info. Only Snopes mentions it, and says...
by ranjones1
Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:34 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Hubble Top Ten
Replies: 7
Views: 6883

V838 Monocerotis

That's it. You found it. And I remember reading about the "light echoes". Thanx for tracking down that information.
by ranjones1
Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:23 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Hubble Top Ten
Replies: 7
Views: 6883

Is this the one you are talking about? http://qah.uni-muenster.de/forum_thread.php?id=333 this isn't an e-mail but a BBS That's it. Those are the pix that came in my email. But what is No. 8? The caption says: "No. 8 Starry Night, so named because it reminded astronomers of the Van Gogh painti...
by ranjones1
Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:29 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Hubble Top Ten
Replies: 7
Views: 6883

Hubble Top Ten

Has anyone got that "Hubble Top 10" email with 10 astrophotos reportedly from the HST? There's one in there labelled "Starry Night". It's a nebula I've never seen before... and I can't find it anywhere else. Is it real?
--Randy Jones
by ranjones1
Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:37 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Neptune Crescent? Discussion (APOD 18 Jun 2006)
Replies: 26
Views: 10038

That's enough

Thank you Dr. Harry Velokovski. I'm outa here.
--Randy
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Those who cannot dance say the drum is bad.
by ranjones1
Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:28 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Neptune Crescent? Discussion (APOD 18 Jun 2006)
Replies: 26
Views: 10038

Neptune Discussion

Infrared light is light, yes? Maybe that's what it's referring to.