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- Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Do you know
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2569
I was watching the Science channel the other day and it sounds like the plans are to go to the moon and setting up a base there before sending a mission to Mars. I'm not familiar with the time line on these plans. Orin It would make a lot of sense to launch a mission to Mars from the Moon (or even ...
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Extent of space (APOD 23 Mar 2006)
- Replies: 103
- Views: 27908
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:15 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: 2008 calender
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8618
Hawaiian Starlight does.
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStarlight/
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStarlight/
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:10 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Extent of space (APOD 23 Mar 2006)
- Replies: 103
- Views: 27908
You can't apply mathematical functions to ∞ to get a 'product' in the first place; it's not a number. -- snip -- Infinity is not a value. Actually, you can. Mathematics is just a set of rules, and as long as those rules are defined, they can be applied. Arithmetic operations are defined for ±∞ as w...
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Boomerang Nebula - Scale of Universe (APOD 28 Dec 2007)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3055
This symmetric cloud dubbed the Boomerang Nebula .... lies about 5,000 light years away toward the constellation Centaurus. Kovil, you quoted the text from the apod so well, why didn't you copy their links, too. Orin, I think you misunderstood Jon. I think he was merely pointing out that the Boomer...
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:27 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: reflexion on the 1970
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3207
I think I will agree with makc, too. Although, I have seen text generation programs that generated long discourses that were at least syntactically correct and made at least as much sense as a legal document (they could also spell bicycle :lol:). I think that while sinpix may not be a native english...
- Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:13 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: WMAP 25 Sep 2005 (and before)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1483
WMAP Resolves the Universe (APOD 2005 Sep 15)
Universe Measured: We're 156 Billion Light-years Wide! (Space.com 2004 May 24)
You can discuss vacuum energy and almost anything related to cosmology in The Asterisk Cafe.
Universe Measured: We're 156 Billion Light-years Wide! (Space.com 2004 May 24)
You can discuss vacuum energy and almost anything related to cosmology in The Asterisk Cafe.
- Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:47 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Mars "Asteroid 2007" WD5 collision?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6279
Amazing, they are estimating only a 1 in 75 chance of 2007 WD5 impact with Mars on Jan 30, 2008.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-152
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/podc ... -20071221/
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-152
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/podc ... -20071221/
- Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:41 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: HELP WANTED!
- Replies: 69
- Views: 22375
Unusual Silica Rich Soil Discovered on Mars (APOD 18 Dec 07)
I think One more resource and Unusual Silica Rich Soil Discovered on Mars, Dec 18/07 can be combined. I think they are both referring to http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071218.html.
- Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Unusual Silica Rich Soil Discovered on Mars (18 Dec 2007)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5787
- Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:12 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Unusual Silica Rich Soil Discovered on Mars (18 Dec 2007)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5787
Silica, silicon dioxide , forms with the exposure of silicon to oxygen and heat. Dissolved silicon in ground water is vented through hot springs and volcanic vents, combines with oxygen in the surrounding air or seawater forming silica. Silica is not soluble in water, so it precipitates out causing ...
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:36 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: moon joke
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2212
Re: moon joke
I was just wondering about what you exactly need to go screw thing for the space station or other black theo ortbiter.... You need to be a bad cop? my friend tell me no at first, you need a interesting doctorat in orther to be so tired of learning than when you find yourself in the cold having to s...
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:42 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: size of universe
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6249
- Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:12 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9755
- Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9755
... It's likely in the center of the entire Universe, as well, since- in three dimensions- any point in the Universe can be considered the center. OK, Chris, I bite. I have to admit I appreciate your observations and explanations, sometimes I can even see where they're going before you get there. M...
- Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:19 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9755
- Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:09 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9755
It has also served to bring to light, the shear numbers of ignorant people that there are in the world. (and might serve to identify them) Evident in the Flat Earth Society, and Moon Landing Hoaxers Are you trying to say the earth isn't flat? :shock: I suppose next you'll tell me that earth isn't t...
- Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9755
- Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Gibbous Europa (APOD 02 Dec 2007)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5905
- Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Gibbous Europa (APOD 02 Dec 2007)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5905
- Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: size of universe
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6249
The picture I get from information gleened from many discussions in The Asterisk Cafe and Discuss an APOD is that there is no center or edge to the universe. Using your bubble analogy, the universe is the skin of the bubble, not the volume enclosed by the bubble. The size of the universe is in part ...
- Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Earthrise from Moon-Orbiting Kaguya (APOD 20 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10265
Re: Phases of the Moon
I think that would be sunrise. My understanding is that since the same face of the moon is always facing earth, the earth would always appear at the same location in the moon's sky.mr_halstead wrote:OK perhaps I'm just a moron... wouldn't the "earthrise" once a month due to the phases of the moon?
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:06 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes threads
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2151
- Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:55 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: HELP WANTED!
- Replies: 69
- Views: 22375
I think requiring the APOD subject and date would help instead of just the date or today's APOD when posting. For instance today post of Nov. 20 doesn't tell the viewer that the post is about Earthrise from the Moon. Consequently there is another post about Earthrise. :? Orin As Orin says, two Eart...
- Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Earthrise from Moon-Orbiting Kaguya (APOD 20 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10265
Re: Something Odd
Does the earth-rise picture not look a little odd? The foreground shadows indicate a light source on the left, bit the indistinct limb on the earth in the background indicates the light source is on the right... In both the foreground and background, it appears to me the light source is behind and ...