Search found 6 matches
- Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Solstice Moon s Eclipse (2010 Dec 23)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2660
Re: APOD: The Solstice Moon s Eclipse (2010 Dec 23)
I don't understand why they wash the starfield out of these pictures. It gives it a very fake and pixelated look around the edges, like someone just put the picture in paint and clicked the background with the fill bucket a few times.
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: The Mystery of the Fading Star (2010 Jan 08)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3173
Re: The Mystery of the Fading Star (2010 Jan 08)
There seems to be a dark spot to the right of the star that reminds me of pictures of molecular clouds I've seen on APOD (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090623.html). I wonder if that might have something to do with it?
- Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Triple Sunrise Over Gdansk Bay (2009 Aug 04)
- Replies: 338
- Views: 52402
Re: Cause of Triple Sunrise (APOD 2009 August 4)
I believe that this phenomenon was truely visible to the unaided eye. If you look at the secondary suns you can see that there are clouds passing in front of them in a non-repetative pattern. I don't think that would happen if it were merely a camera effect. I'm also willing to bet that if you were ...
- Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Unusual Light Pillars Over Latvia (2009 Jan 12)
- Replies: 176
- Views: 188007
Re: Unusual Light Pillars Over Latvia (2009 January 12)
The lights seem to fan out at the cloud line. Perhaps that they're reaching a more densely moist area is the reason they're fanning.
- Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:42 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: At the edge of Victoria Crater (APOD 03 July 2007)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5444
they should just rev up the little guys engines and launch him into the crater, like some sort of badass mechanical evl knevil. Possibly an upgrade would be in order then, some rocket engines and a parachute maybe? Then set it up on Pay Per View to fund the next shuttle launch, cuz that would be the...
- Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: False Color Illusion (APOD 17 July 2007)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6139