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by buzdavis
Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Sharpless 171 (APOD 18 Oct 2008)
Replies: 1
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Sharpless 171 (APOD 18 Oct 2008)

This is a pretty image, but not the number of triplets (like Orion's belt). Is this usual ?
by buzdavis
Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:35 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: The ISS' new robot arm Dextre (APOD 01 Apr 2008)
Replies: 15
Views: 8456

The classic fable of humans mistakenly creating technological evildoers dates back to Frankenstein
Doesn't it go back further than this ? Doesn't the Golem predate Frank ?
by buzdavis
Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:22 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: "Children of the sun" (APOD 16 Nov 2006)
Replies: 5
Views: 2939

"Children of the sun" (APOD 16 Nov 2006)

Note the distinct arc of "stars" from about 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock. Is this feature real or an artifact of some sort ?