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- Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:21 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Happy 50th Anniversary NASA ! (APOD 01 Oct 2008)
- Replies: 19
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First Launch At The Cape
It looks as though there's a pretty good sized rocket blast crater in the foreground. Perhaps what we're seeing in the photo is the first "successful" launch.
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Triffid Nebula, flux capacitor? (APOD 30 Jun 2008)
- Replies: 21
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Flux Capacitor (1.21 Jigawatts)
Today's APOD image (6/30/08), the Trifid Nebula, and the image here of a recreated 1.21 Jigawatt Flux Capacitor:
http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploa ... acitor.jpg
http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploa ... acitor.jpg
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Triffid Nebula, flux capacitor? (APOD 30 Jun 2008)
- Replies: 21
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Flux Capacitor (APOD 30 Jun 2008)
OK, I know this isn't nearly as prolific as other posts, but doesn't this image of the center of the Trifid Nebula look strangely like Doc Brown's Flux Capacitor in "Back To The Future"?
"Great Scott, Marty! We've changed the course of the time-space continuum!"
"Great Scott, Marty! We've changed the course of the time-space continuum!"
- Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Opportunity's Shadow on Mars, 2nd most habitable? (29Jun08)
- Replies: 30
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Shadow Of A Martian Robot - "second most habitable plan
In the caption, Mars is called "our Solar system's second most habitable planet." I suppose there's hope injected into that description, but not science. While evidence exists of several so-called "habitable" conditions such as H2O and other chemicals, temperature range and sunli...
- Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Red color in the edge of a shadow (APOD 21 Jun 2008)
- Replies: 19
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Sublimanimation
Noel C,
You ARE the man.
You rock.
Thanks!
You ARE the man.
You rock.
Thanks!
- Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:46 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Yuri's Planet (APOD 12 Apr 2008)
- Replies: 18
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Yuri's Planet (APOD 12 Apr 2008)
That's all well and good about Yuri Gagarin's legacy and the interesting historical perspective, but...what about the picture? The Astronomy Picture Of the Day? What a great shot! When was it taken and from what spacecraft? I love the long shadows behind the tall clouds.
- Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:34 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Re: Tonight's APOD photo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4764
SN2005ap (APOD 16 Oct 2007)
In the "before" image, a little past half way toward the bright star to the left of the letter A, you see a blotch of light that is not present in the "after" image. Instead, there appears to be a streak, perhaps a tail, going directly toward the supernova. I wonder if SM2005ap i...