Search found 70 matches
- Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Approaches (2024 Sep 23)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1141
Re: APOD: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Approaches (2024 Sep 23)
Thank you Ann! Steve
- Mon Jul 22, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas (2024 Jul 22)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6971
Re: APOD: Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas (2024 Jul 22)
One of the best pictures of dust I've seen in a long time.
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:40 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy (2024 Jan 01)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 96151
Re: APOD: NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy (2024 Jan 01)
Came to say the same.
Happy New Year all!
3 jan, indeed. The year goes by fast enough as it is.
Happy New Year all!
3 jan, indeed. The year goes by fast enough as it is.
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:30 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Chemicals Glow as a Meteor Disintegrates (2023 Jul 24)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3066
Re: APOD: Chemicals Glow as a Meteor Disintegrates (2023 Jul 24)
Is the meteor trail blue gold or yellow green? After 4 decades, I still don't see my clothes the same way as my wife. Just dreaming here - wouldn't it be great if we purposely orbited a bunch of retrograde particles into earth orbit and used them to measure upper atmosphere properties? Might save a ...
- Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:26 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: DART vs Dimorphos (2023 Mar 09)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5025
Re: APOD: DART vs Dimorphos (2023 Mar 09)
Thank you for this summary Ann!Well. I didn't read on after that. And I decided never to read a book by Larry Niven again.
Ann
Now I have no regrets for ever reading this, or Niven.
I once thought Heinlein brilliant, but his mysogyny creates quite the bitter aftertaste.
Steve
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: DART vs Dimorphos (2023 Mar 09)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5025
Re: APOD: DART vs Dimorphos (2023 Mar 09)
Great job NASA...
Let's DO IT AGAIN!
Let's DO IT AGAIN!
- Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula (2022 Nov 01)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4540
Re: APOD: NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula (2022 Nov 01)
Lobster_Blanco_960_some_stars_circled.jpg The star cluster in NGC 6357 is "upside down" compared to a previous APOD. Or maybe it is the previous APOD that is upside down. :wink: Ann I prefer to think that we are the ones who are upside down. The universe knows what it's doing. Steve PS - ...
- Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula (2022 Nov 01)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4540
Re: APOD: NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula (2022 Nov 01)
The star cluster in NGC 6357 is "upside down" compared to a previous APOD. Or maybe it is the previous APOD that is upside down. :wink: Ann I prefer to think that we are the ones who are upside down. The universe knows what it's doing. Steve PS - Oh yes! I logged in to find out why the st...
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 2:35 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Rorschach Aurora (2021 Oct 30)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5416
Re: APOD: A Rorschach Aurora (2021 Oct 30)
When I look at this image upside down, it looks more like a puppy's face than anything else.
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 2:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Rorschach Aurora (2021 Oct 30)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5416
Re: APOD: A Rorschach Aurora (2021 Oct 30)
When I look at this image upside down, it looks like a puppy dog face.
- Sat May 29, 2021 2:39 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lunar Dust and Duct Tape (2021 May 29)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3987
Re: APOD: Lunar Dust and Duct Tape (2021 May 29)
This picture reveals the wheel and fender of their dust covered rover along with the ingenious application of spare maps, clamps, and a grey strip of "duct tape". Why is "duct tape" in scare quotes? I mean, that's the actual name of the stuff. And while I appreciate the adaptabi...
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 2:35 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Aurora Tree (2021 Feb 28)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4919
Re: APOD: The Aurora Tree (2021 Feb 28)
Wonderful shot.
Typo: ... senses and capture ... should be "captured"
Typo: ... senses and capture ... should be "captured"
- Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:21 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Pic du Midi Panorama (2020 Mar 07)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4148
Re: APOD: Pic du Midi Panorama (2020 Mar 07)
I do remember this observatory fondly because of a little known program that appeared when the series 10 OS was introduced on the mac. For the life of me, I can't remember its name or author, but he was rather famous for creating the simulated waves in large-scale hollywood productions. He did it as...
- Sun Mar 01, 2020 4:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Hole in Mars (2020 Mar 01)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8677
Re: APOD: A Hole in Mars (2020 Mar 01)
I'll upvote SteveH on the lava tube skylight hypothesis.
It might be that we don't see any other skylights because they:
1) Happen infrequently, especially so the more time passes from their formation, and
2) Once open, they are filled in from above. (instantaneously in geologic time frames)
It might be that we don't see any other skylights because they:
1) Happen infrequently, especially so the more time passes from their formation, and
2) Once open, they are filled in from above. (instantaneously in geologic time frames)
- Tue May 28, 2019 6:11 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Stars, Dust, and Gas near NGC 3572 (2019 May 28)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4715
Re: APOD: Stars, Dust, and Gas near NGC 3572 (2019 May 28)
Absolutely stunning. Maybe it's just me, but when rotated 180 degrees the image is more attractive.
- Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:53 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus (2019 Mar 27)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6985
Re: APOD: NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus (2019 Mar 27)
Really? "Contrasty" ? Seems pretty descriptive to me. You have another adjective you prefer? High contrast would be better. I try to respect the fact that all the other languages APoD gets translated into may not have the same range as modern English. Keeping things simpler is not only be...
- Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: AZURE Vapor Tracers over Norway (2019 Apr 08)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4808
Re: APOD: AZURE Vapor Tracers over Norway (2019 Apr 08)
I'd like to know more about Yang Sutie. Great shot, great timing!
- Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:47 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus (2019 Mar 27)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6985
Re: APOD: NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus (2019 Mar 27)
Really? "Contrasty" ?
- Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:17 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: InSight Lander Takes Selfie on Mars (2019 Jan 21)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3634
Re: APOD: InSight Lander Takes Selfie on Mars (2019 Jan 21)
This is what Insight looked like LAST MONTH. ... If taken today, SEIS would be seen on the image surface. PLEASE consider getting the English / writing department involved. The way this paragraph is written can be interpreted as having SEIS already on the surface, confusing anyone without a better u...
- Fri Dec 14, 2018 1:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Swimming on Jupiter (2018 Dec 14)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5217
Re: APOD: Swimming on Jupiter (2018 Dec 14)
Perhaps it's a promotion for the latest blockbuster movie....
https://www.aquamanmovie.com/trailer2
puts skywriting to shame.
https://www.aquamanmovie.com/trailer2
puts skywriting to shame.
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tail (2018 Dec 11)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4970
Re: APOD: Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tail (2018 Dec 11)
Also agree with Chris and Ann about these colors relative to 2014-08-25. As a writer, I also like the text from 2014 as well. In today's caption, we have an incomplete phrase: "The intruder galaxy itself, estimated to lie about 300 thousand light-years behind the, can..." Steve PS - I stil...
- Thu Nov 22, 2018 2:33 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Portrait of NGC 281 (2018 Nov 22)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2474
Re: APOD: Portrait of NGC 281 (2018 Nov 22)
Stunning and wonderful as always. However, sentence three reads: The eye-catching shapes looming in this portrait of NGC 281 are sculpted dusty columns and dense Bok globules seen in silhouette, eroded by intense, energetic winds and radiation from the hot cluster stars. It might read easier if you ...
- Fri May 25, 2018 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Galaxies Away (2018 May 25)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11495
Re: APOD: Galaxies Away (2018 May 25)
Help. I'm lost in all this incredible variety that I can't find the lens.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 4:45 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Play Saturn's Rings Like a Harp (2018 Apr 24)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 93372
Re: APOD: Play Saturn's Rings Like a Harp (2018 Apr 24)
Absolutely fantastic. I'm going to start playing much more of Russo's renditions.
For those who can't figure out how to enjoy the spectacle, perhaps THIS link could mollify them...
... for now.
Thank you Professor Russo.
For those who can't figure out how to enjoy the spectacle, perhaps THIS link could mollify them...
... for now.
Thank you Professor Russo.
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 6:57 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field in Light... (2018 Mar 05)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 119923
Re: APOD: The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field in Light... (2018 Mar 05)
Very cool. Looking forward to checking out ASoM.
But my cursor indicated one pixel was a star in the milky way. I thought the HUDF was purposely taken to avoid all of those buggers.
But my cursor indicated one pixel was a star in the milky way. I thought the HUDF was purposely taken to avoid all of those buggers.