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by John Stetson
Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:51 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Recent Submissions: 2012 December
Replies: 154
Views: 166508

Stereoscopic view of an ISS lunar transit

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42892564@N08/8297539832/in/photostream/lightbox/ Stereoscopic images of our moon date back to the mid 1800's. Daguerre tried to image the moon in 1839; a long unguided exposure produced a fuzzy ball. Warren de la Rue produced beautiful full-moon images in 1858 and 1859 ...
by John Stetson
Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:29 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Recent Submissions: 2012 November
Replies: 180
Views: 126309

Stereoscopic view of an ISS lunar transit

ISS lunar transit 101111_(2) persp_12.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/42892564@N08/8297539832/in/photostream/lightbox/ Stereoscopic images of our moon date back to the mid 1800's. Daguerre tried to image the moon in 1839; a long unguided exposure produced a fuzzy ball. Warren de la Rue produced be...
by John Stetson
Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:25 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: cranberry sauce in M33 (APOD 23 Nov 2006)
Replies: 2
Views: 1948

cranberry sauce in M33 (APOD 23 Nov 2006)

Good Thanksgiving morning to everyone, and thank you APOD for the heavenly vision of cranberrry sauce in M33.
by John Stetson
Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:08 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: New designations - artistic error? (APOD 28 Aug 2006)
Replies: 5
Views: 3036

New designations - artistic error? (APOD 28 Aug 2006)

good morning, I love APOD. Today, something appeared to be not quite right. As my friend, Craig Friedrich, noted in an email exchange this AM: "(the artist's image) shows the planets and dwarf planets ... The sun is in the left but the lit side is on the right ..." Was this just an artisti...