Actually there was a spam link which has now been carefully edited out and the original post sequestered.johnnydeep wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:58 pm Seriously? Even the Dunsany reference? And there's not even a spam link in that response, so what would be the point?
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- Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:03 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Beautiful Comet Nishimura (2023 Sep 11)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9208
Re: APOD: Beautiful Comet Nishimura (2023 Sep 11)
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:22 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: UCL: New Theory Seeks to Unite Einstein’s Gravity with Quantum Mechanics
- Replies: 0
- Views: 22185
UCL: New Theory Seeks to Unite Einstein’s Gravity with Quantum Mechanics
New Theory Seeks to Unite Einstein’s Gravity with Quantum Mechanics University College London | Mark Greaves | 2023 Dec 05 A radical theory that consistently unifies gravity and quantum mechanics while preserving Einstein’s classical concept of spacetime is announced today in two papers published s...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Plane Crossing Crescent Moon (2023 Dec 04)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12163
Re: APOD: Plane Crossing Crescent Moon (2023 Dec 04)
The opposite of decrescent is increscent, not crescent. Both are crescent. Decrescent is waning, while increscent is waxing.dmp86 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:55 am Nice photo, but that's a decrescent moon, or the photo has been mirrored.
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:48 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 December
- Replies: 0
- Views: 24534
Found Images: 2023 December
Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:47 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 December
- Replies: 100
- Views: 212091
Submissions: 2023 December
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- Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 November
- Replies: 25
- Views: 70458
Found Images: 2023 November
Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:16 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 November
- Replies: 62
- Views: 268609
Submissions: 2023 November
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- Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:15 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Gone in 60 Seconds: A Green Flash Sunset (2023 Oct 25)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 21021
Re: APOD: Gone in 60 Seconds: A Green Flash Sunset (2023 Oct 25)
It's just people.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:53 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: ESO: Most Distant Fast Radio Burst to Date (FRB 20220610A)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 60314
ESO: Most Distant Fast Radio Burst to Date (FRB 20220610A)
Astronomers Detect Most Distant Fast Radio Burst to Date ESO Science Release | 2023 Oct 19 https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/eso2317a.jpg An international team has spotted a remote blast of cosmic radio waves lasting less than a millisecond. This 'fast radio burst' ( FRB ) is the mo...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:54 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Moon Io from Spacecraft Juno (2023 Oct 23)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24382
Re: APOD: Moon Io from Spacecraft Juno (2023 Oct 23)
... Oh, and - I forgot! Today's APOD, featuring Io! https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2310/IoFlyby_Juno_960.jpg How red it is!!! Is this "true color"? Would Io look like this if we could see it up close with our own eyes? Anyone? ... Another image, probably from the same data: PIA25885: Ju...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:32 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 October
- Replies: 38
- Views: 89736
ESA: ‘S’ is for ‘Spiral’, ‘AB’ is for … ‘Weakly Barred’ (IC 5332)
‘S’ is for ‘Spiral’, ‘AB’ is for … ‘Weakly Barred’ ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2023 Oct 16 https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/screen/potw2342a.jpg This glittering image shows the spiral galaxy IC 5332 , which lies about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor, and...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:14 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 October
- Replies: 38
- Views: 89736
ESA: Perched on Top of the World (NTT)
Perched on Top of the World ESA Picture of the Week | La Silla | 2023 Oct 16 https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/potw2342a.jpg Standing majestically at the top of a hill at ESO’s La Silla Observatory, surveying the watercolour scenery of another sunset in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is th...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 October
- Replies: 38
- Views: 89736
NOIRLab: Rainbow on Maunakea (Gemini)
Rainbow on Maunakea NOIRLab Image of the Week | Gemini | 2023 Oct 11 https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/screen/iotw2341.jpg From the vantage point of Gemini North , one half of the International Gemini Observatory , operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, a small rainbow can be seen sprouting from...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:24 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse (2023 Oct 09)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8873
Re: APOD: A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse (2023 Oct 09)
"Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse Comes to the Americas on October 14th
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- Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:19 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 October
- Replies: 38
- Views: 89736
ESA: LINER on Collision Course
LINER on Collision Course ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2023 Oct 09 https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/screen/potw2341a.jpg This Picture of the Week prominently features two galaxies: NGC 3558 in the lower left, and LEDA 83465 in the upper right. Both galaxies lie roughly 450 million...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:08 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 October
- Replies: 38
- Views: 89736
ESO: An ExTrA Special Planet Hunter
An ExTrA Special Planet Hunter ESO Picture of the Week | La Silla | 2023 Oct 09 https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/potw2341a.jpg The white pearl on the left side of this Picture of the Week is one of the Exoplanets in Transits and their Atmospheres telescopes — ExTrA for short. Locat...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:39 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 October
- Replies: 38
- Views: 89736
ESA: Leaving on a Jet
Leaving on a Jet ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2023 Oct 02 https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/large/potw2340a.jpg This spectacular image shows a region called G35.2-0.7N, which is known as a hotbed of high-mass star formation. The kind of stars that form here are so massive that they...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:31 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 October
- Replies: 38
- Views: 89736
ESA: Glowing Rosy in the Dark (IC 1284)
Glowing Rosy in the Dark ESO Picture of the Week | VST | 2023 Oct 02 https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/potw2340a.jpg There are two different types of nebulae brought to you in this Picture of the Week. Each appears with a distinct colour in the visible sky and are captured here usin...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:10 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 September
- Replies: 45
- Views: 69507
ESA: NIRCam’s View of NGC 6822
NIRCam’s View of NGC 6822 ESA Webb Picture of the Month | 2023 Sep 27 potm2309a[1].jpg A huge, dense field completely filled with tiny stars. A few of the star images are a bit larger than the rest, with visible diffraction spikes; two foreground stars are large and bright on the right side. Many s...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 September
- Replies: 45
- Views: 69507
NOIRLab: Maunakea’s Shadow (Gemini North)
Maunakea’s Shadow NOIRLab Image of the Week | Gemini North | 2023 Sep 27 https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/screen/iotw2339a.jpg This image, taken at sunrise, shows the blue shadow of Maunakea in Hawai‘i, home to the Gemini North telescope, tapering into an eerily symmetrical triangle...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:46 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 September
- Replies: 45
- Views: 69507
ESA: What’s in a Name?
What’s in a Name? ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2023 Sep 25 https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/screen/potw2339a.jpg This Hubble Picture of the Week includes the pithily-named galaxy SDSS J103512.07+461412.2, visible in the centre of this image as a dispersed sweep of dust and stars w...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 September
- Replies: 45
- Views: 69507
ESO: A Laser Show on Paranal (VLT)
A Laser Show on Paranal ESO Picture of the Week | VLT | 2023 Sep 25 https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/potw2339a.jpg It’s hard not to get sucked into this Picture of the Week, taken using a long exposure at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in the Chilean Atacama Desert . Above the mountaint...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:16 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 September
- Replies: 45
- Views: 69507
NOIRLab: Galactic Face-off (NGC 454)
Galactic Face-off NOIRLab Image of the Week | CTIO | 2023 Sep 20 https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/screen/iotw2338a.jpg Far, far away in the constellation Phoenix , two interacting galaxies meet in an epic battle spanning a hundred thousand light-years, captured here with the Víctor ...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 1:53 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 October
- Replies: 38
- Views: 89736
Found Images: 2023 October
Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 1:52 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 October
- Replies: 158
- Views: 464778
Submissions: 2023 October
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