Search found 3 matches

by thebobgy
Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:07 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Lunar Eclipse (APOD 30 August 2007)
Replies: 19
Views: 7495

Actually, I'm more interested in this sentence from today's APOD. "The Moon was up continuously for 14 days in August -- when viewed from the South Pole." But the Moon makes a complete orbit every month. So the Sun is invisible half of each year, and the Moon is invisible about half of ea...
by thebobgy
Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:22 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Iapetus: Black and white? White and black? (APOD 14 Sep 07)
Replies: 20
Views: 7261

Re: Iapetus: Black and white or white and black?

[quote="brianlj"] "Doesn't that look as though Iapetus was a dark moon which has been coated with white material?" I tend to agree brianlj, the link http://www.planetary.org/news/2007/0906_Cassini_Zeroes_in_on_Saturns_YinYang.html tells that their effort to view recent impact cra...
by thebobgy
Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:14 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: At That Distance; red and blue shift (APOD 12 July 2007)
Replies: 16
Views: 5726

12 July, 2007 NGC 6384: "Beyond the Stars" picture

It appears to me that our Galaxy's stars are superimposed over the 6384 Galaxy; if true then it should be stated in the discription don't you think. Thank you.

thebobgy