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- Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:41 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submission Gallery: Lunar eclipse, 2011 December 10
- Replies: 63
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Re: Submission Gallery: Lunar eclipse, 2011 December 10
Friends tell me the eclipse was beautiful in Hawaii, my home state. Does anyone have photos from there to post?
- Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:11 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: A Seemingly Square Corona, Sun's Crown (APOD 08 Aug 2008)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11787
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:08 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: A Twisted Solar Eruptive Prominence (APOD 01 Jun 2008)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4939
Re: A Twisted Solar Eruptive Prominence
Yikes! Me, too. How many thousands (?) of miles did this prominence protrude out from the sun? Or, put another way, what percentage of, say, the distance to Mercury's orbit did it protrude?astrolabe wrote:
I found this particular APOD rather terrifying..
Are there even larger prominences on record?
Cherie
- Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:30 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: split from Light Echoes from V838 Mon (APOD 03 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 113
- Views: 22268
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:55 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Distant Solar System (APOD 18 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15829
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:13 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Shelf Cloud (APOD 22 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 19889
- Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:02 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Shelf Cloud (APOD 22 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 19889
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: COCOON NEBULA (APOD 14 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3198
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:59 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Closest active galaxy (APOD 10 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5388
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:35 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Closest active galaxy (APOD 10 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5388
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Closest active galaxy (APOD 10 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5388
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:56 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Closest active galaxy (APOD 10 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5388
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:15 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: The Milky Way at 5000 Meters (APOD 04 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12903
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:13 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: The Milky Way at 5000 Meters (APOD 04 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12903
- Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:05 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: The Milky Way at 5000 Meters (APOD 04 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12903
- Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:56 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: The Milky Way at 5000 Meters (APOD 04 Jan 2008)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12903
Milky Way at 5000 meters
Noel expresses my thoughts exactly. This image blew me away and made me wonder ...how far away from earth would a satellite need to be (and how long would it take to get there) to take a full view (as opposed to edge on) photo of the Milky Way? Alternately, since we are on an outer spiral arm, I'm g...