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- Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:08 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe (2009 Nov 21)
- Replies: 39
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Re: Silver Dollar Galaxy NGC 253 (2009 Nov 21)
I think Mark has every right to his questions, even in commenting in a way that addicts would find viral. Discussion is the black hole of civilizations. Science gave us abortion, and said it was good, after all we are either all atheists or fools. Now we see the most fervent opposition to abortion c...
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Galaxy rotation, Spiral Galaxies in Collision (20 Apr 2008)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8572
- Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:04 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9848
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:03 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Extent of space (APOD 23 Mar 2006)
- Replies: 103
- Views: 28127
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:41 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9848
Hi Bamone Gosh this is beginning to take on the appearance that space is all in the imagination of mathematicians. Calculations of wobbles and strobes that indicate something is there. It seems to take trick photography, artist renditions, and graphic designers to convince us. When the first man wal...
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:42 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Extent of space (APOD 23 Mar 2006)
- Replies: 103
- Views: 28127
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:09 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9848
Stunning!!! Bravo, Bravo. A scientific knowledge base, with the ability and willingness to share with the humble masses. Thank you Chris, you're a gem in a river of stones! You're explanation is very acceptable indeed, and the props are fantastic. Might I for a moment draw your attention to this APO...
- Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9848
Welcome aboard Chris/Lucky I have agreed earlier that the coma light is sunlight. Very nice picture. Are you saying the bright light in the HST coming from the core is sunlight too? That bright? I have also pointed out Hubble's variety of filters (settings) something on Hubble that can see and prese...
- Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9848
PassionateBomba wrote: Looking at this orbit it seems to pass through or close to the asteroid belt. Maybe Holmes shakes a few pieces loose for us from time to time. Seems also like its erratic orbit could be Jupiter's influence. Case wrote: The mass of the comet and the mass of the astroid belt obj...
- Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:17 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9848
HOlmes light
If you substitute 6.7% in my comment, then it would read; 6.7% pull in another direction in the void of space would be quite significant. (see above; also not a pro typer) ;) Wiki? Now there's a scientific reference if ever was one! However, lending it some credibility by virtue of your knowledge, i...
- Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9848
Comet light and course
Now I'm just a thinker, not a pro I believe orbits are somewhat erratic. Like a finger print, all alike but none the same. Next summer Earth will be a little closer or a little further from the Sun at equinox than last year. A little pos/neg of the solar plane. This may depend on the location of the...
- Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:28 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9848
comet light
Well 59 reads and doesn't anybody know? The comet coma is lit by the Sun. These ice and dust particles are of a mass that can be see by the naked from almost as far away as halfway between Jupiter and Mars. That is a fairly dense field of debris. Enough one would think would decrease Sun light from ...
- Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:59 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: comet holmes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2260
Where is Holmes
I mis typed, do it all the time
"FACE" NNE
look "down to the RIGHT"
Sorry about that[/b]
"FACE" NNE
look "down to the RIGHT"
Sorry about that[/b]
- Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:57 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9848
Comet Holmes from Hubble Space Telescope (APOD 28 Nov 2007)
Not a pro. In today's APOD, a close up of Holmes nucleus from Hubble. The Coma is dust lit by the Sun. Why is the Nucleus so bright? It seems to emit its own light. The reflection of the dust should actually block light from reaching the nucleus, thus making it dimmer? In answer to finding Holmes, m...
- Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:51 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: comet holmes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2260
Where is Holmes
Just after dark, NNE Look up and find bright stars shaped like a misformed "W" Go down to the left a little, after a gap about the size of the entire "W" you will see 3 stars not quite in a row. The center star is the brightest. The comet is just above and right of the center sta...