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- Tue May 01, 2012 9:00 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon (2012 May 01)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5406
Re: APOD: Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon (2012 May 01)
Three Higgs Bosons walk into a saloon in the Old West... The bartender said, "We don't serve yer kind here".... The Higgs Bosons drew their six shooter and shot the up the saloon.... When the dust and debris settled, the bartender said, "Well belly up to the bar boys, name yer poison!...
- Tue May 01, 2012 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon (2012 May 01)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5406
Re: APOD: Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon (2012 May 01)
Suggestion: Next time have him sit in a nice, quiet office and tell the information.....it would have been nice to hear what he had to say....as it is.....
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- Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:10 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Aurora Over Raufarhöfn (2012 Apr 30)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6348
Re: APOD: Aurora Over Raufarhöfn (2012 Apr 30)
nstahl wrote:Not for me it isn't. The monuments are man-made. The aurora is natural, and well-explained, not supernatural.Boomer12k wrote:I am sorry, but with a picture like this it is hard not to get religious...
But they did not know that back then....
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- Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:28 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Aurora Over Raufarhöfn (2012 Apr 30)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6348
Re: APOD: Aurora Over Raufarhöfn (2012 Apr 30)
I am sorry, but with a picture like this it is hard not to get religious...
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- Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:48 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Dangerous Sunrise on Gliese 876d (2012 Apr 29)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6020
Re: APOD: A Dangerous Sunrise on Gliese 876d (2012 Apr 29)
Chronicles of Riddick....
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- Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Evaporating Blobs of the Carina Nebula (2012 Apr 23)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7281
Re: APOD: Evaporating Blobs of the Carina Nebula (2012 Apr 2
The APOD picture, "Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble", dated 2009 May 24. Has the entire span of the Great Nebula in Carina as 300 light years....not 30 light years....
Nice close up picture....
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Nice close up picture....
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- Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Flowing Barchan Sand Dunes on Mars (2012 Apr 22)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5056
Re: APOD: Flowing Barchan Sand Dunes on Mars (2012 Apr 22)
It would be cool to see several shots over time and see the movement....
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- Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:09 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Antares and Clouds (2012 Apr 17)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6628
Re: APOD: Antares and Clouds (2012 Apr 17)
Must be some hellacious Solar Winds....
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- Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:11 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Fata Morgana: A Possibly Titanic Mirage (2012 Apr 15)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16934
Re: APOD: Fata Morgana: A Possibly Titanic Mirage (2012 Apr
Would such a phenomena be visible at 11:40 at night, when the Titanic struck the iceberg?
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- Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:40 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Conjunction Haiku (2012 Apr 07)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5048
Re: APOD: Conjunction Haiku (2012 Apr 07)
Universe Haiku
Wonderful Universe,
Large and Great,
Wonders upon Wonders.
6-3-5 or so-ish...but then I am a creative person who doesn't have to follow the mold....
hmmmmm...."Music of the spheres"...Poetry of the Spheres???
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Wonderful Universe,
Large and Great,
Wonders upon Wonders.
6-3-5 or so-ish...but then I am a creative person who doesn't have to follow the mold....
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hmmmmm...."Music of the spheres"...Poetry of the Spheres???
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- Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:17 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M46 and M47: Star Clusters Young and Old (2012 Apr 03)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2504
Re: APOD: M46 and M47: Star Clusters Young and Old (2012 Apr
It's full of stars...
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- Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:35 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Aurora Over Iceland (2012 Mar 21)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4693
Re: APOD: Aurora Over Iceland (2012 Mar 21)
Looks like Alien Doomsday....That is coool...
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- Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Scale of the Universe Interactive (2012 Mar 12)
- Replies: 82
- Views: 437735
Re: APOD: The Scale of the Universe Interactive (2012 Mar 12
They forgot KING KONG.....TEN TIMES AS BIG AS A MAN!!!!
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- Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lick Observatory Moonrise (2012 Mar 10)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3769
Re: APOD: Lick Observatory Moonrise (2012 Mar 10)
Awesome!!!!
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- Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 1579: Trifid of the North (2012 Mar 09)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2856
Re: APOD: NGC 1579: Trifid of the North (2012 Mar 09)
Great picture....looks like a Dinosaur head to me....
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- Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:43 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life (2012 Mar 06)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2941
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Celestial Still Life (2012 Mar 06)
Looks like a Tongue sticking out in the middle.....![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
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- Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Jupiter Unplugged (2012 Mar 02)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4947
Re: APOD: Jupiter Unplugged (2012 Mar 02)
It looks like the music staff with music notes.....Music of the Spheres?
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- Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:28 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A (2012 Feb 26)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7174
Re: APOD: The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A (2012 Feb
I think the Rings could be from earlier ejected material than from the actual explosion itself....a hiccup, then a blast....and the hiccup gets shoved ahead... Possible???
There also seems to be some "dust" of to the left....
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There also seems to be some "dust" of to the left....
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- Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:01 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Sailing Stone in Death Valley (2012 Feb 22)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8119
Re: APOD: A Sailing Stone in Death Valley (2012 Feb 22)
Why don't they just post someone out there for more than a day, and do the observations?
- Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:39 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Message From Earth (2012 Feb 19)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6559
Re: APOD: A Message From Earth (2012 Feb 19)
50,000 years.....um....OK, wake me up when the alarm goes off....
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- Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:47 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: At the West Wall of Aristarchus Crater (2012 Feb 17)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4469
Re: APOD: At the West Wall of Aristarchus Crater (2012 Feb 1
Aristarchus , or more correctly Aristarchos (Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος, Arístarchos; 310 BCE – ca. 230 BCE), was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, born on the island of Samos, in Greece. He presented the first known heliocentric model of the solar system, placing the Sun, not the Earth, at the center o...
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:25 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Meropes Reflection Nebula (2012 Feb 15)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4089
Re: APOD: Meropes Reflection Nebula (2012 Feb 15)
Stunning!!!!
Striations? I thought they were God's Brush Strokes....
Good Job!
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Striations? I thought they were God's Brush Strokes....
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Good Job!
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- Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:34 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Rosette Nebula (2012 Feb 14)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7479
Re: APOD: The Rosette Nebula (2012 Feb 14)
Just how I like 'em....young and hot....
Yeah, I know....my bad...
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Yeah, I know....my bad...
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- Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:25 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars (2012 Feb 12)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3626
Re: APOD: Orion in Gas, Dust, and Stars (2012 Feb 12)
WoW! Awesome picture. Allot like another recent one....
Been too cold and cloudy here to get out the telescope, but Orion is one of my favorite places to look at....
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Been too cold and cloudy here to get out the telescope, but Orion is one of my favorite places to look at....
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- Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:26 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: At the Core of NGC 6752 (2012 Feb 10)
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10818
Re: APOD: At the Core of NGC 6752 (2012 Feb 10)
This is a random TANGENT function I did on the old C64. I inserted a spinning view as it placed the dots. I was trying to make "galaxy" like patterns. But it shows that randomness can make the same strings and loops and circles as in the Cluster.... It did not matter what permutations I ap...