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- Wed May 30, 2018 6:33 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Case of the Backwards Orbiting... (2018 May 30)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 19892
Re: APOD: The Case of the Backwards Orbiting... (2018 May 30)
are there any other known objects that orbit the sun retrograde?
- Wed May 16, 2018 4:26 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud (2018 May 16)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 30332
Re: APOD: Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud (2018 May 16)
Why would it have that lobe above the center? Binary centers of gravity?
- Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:50 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Hubble 25th Anniversary: Pillars of... (2015 Jan 07)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 63930
Re: APOD: Hubble 25th Anniversary: Pillars of... (2015 Jan 0
Is it possible to see any movement over the 25 year interval (a mere instant indeed) at this scale? of the gasses themselves or perspective shift as we float by? my guess is not much. We'll simply have to take a photo every twenty five years for the next several million, and have a pretty amazing ti...
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:30 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 602 and Beyond (2013 Jan 13)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 20537
Re: APOD: NGC 602 and Beyond (2013 Jan 13)
these bright stars are all really outside our own galaxy? (understood that the magellanic clouds are relatively near.) are foreground (milky way) stars visible in this image? wow
- Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:26 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Coldest Brown Dwarf (2011 Aug 30)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4934
Re: APOD: The Coldest Brown Dwarf (2011 Aug 30)
if this WISE data starts to indicate that there's way more brown dwarves floating around than previously imagined, could these obscure concentrations of mass begin to account for the perceived missing mass of galaxies (ala "dark matter") ??
- Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:29 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Star Size Comparisons (2011 Feb 22)
- Replies: 131
- Views: 42049
Re: APOD: Star Size Comparisons (2011 Feb 22)
Arcturus is considered a K-type "orange" giant. at 4300 K its much hotter than "red" giants which burn at under 3700 K.
to J.F. , the video states that there are several hundred billion stars forming our galaxy, not forming in our galaxy.
to J.F. , the video states that there are several hundred billion stars forming our galaxy, not forming in our galaxy.
- Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:12 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Slope Streaks in Acheron Fossae on Mars (2010 Mar 01)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8352
Re: APOD: Slope Streaks in Acheron Fossae on Mars (2010 Mar
my guess is graphite dikes.
- Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:45 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: The COLBERT & ISS Over Earth (APOD 2009 October 5)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3555
Re: The COLBERT & ISS Over Earth (APOD 2009 October 5)
I second that. although its all relative, id want to see the mountains of new zealand right side up! (its an earthling thing)
- Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:15 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: 56121
Re: Cause of Triple Sunrise (APOD 2009 August 4)
Dang stanman, thats definitely the hotel. [google earth 54.421901,18.583513] if you go back a few years the photos even show the east face of the building, revealing the balconies and certain alcoves where a certain window of questionable panage may be hiding. So who wants to call the hotel and ask ...
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:16 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Triple Sunrise Over Gdansk Bay (2009 Aug 04)
- Replies: 338
- Views: 56121
Re: Cause of Triple Sunrise (APOD 2009 August 4)
to GREEN. if the other suns ARE "reflections" bouncing out of the glass, they would indeed still be in focus according the camera, because they are just the same image as the actual sun image, plus an extra few millimeters gained within the window. so thats 93, 000, 000 miles and a little ...
- Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:15 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Triple Sunrise Over Gdansk Bay (2009 Aug 04)
- Replies: 338
- Views: 56121
Re: Cause of Triple Sunrise (APOD 2009 August 4)
Hello Folks. Sorry, but you window paners are all missing something so obvious. If light from the sun is coming in at that angle and bouncing back and fourth inside a double paned window of some sort, the "ghost" suns would appear to the RIGHT of the actual sun. think about it. try a simpl...