Search found 7 matches
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:17 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: More Venus-Mercury Conjunction Images! (Vote for your fave!)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5698
Re: More Venus-Mercury Conjunction Images! (Vote for your fa
Photo 6 : http://i1004.hizliresim.com/2010/4/10/100.jpg http://gaf.gokyuzu.org/ essay /2010-04-09.jpg copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral Ankara, Turkiye I voted for 1 and 4 before I had a chance to check out number 6 nuclear, but this image is outstanding as well. For a beginner like me it is nice to be ab...
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:12 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 7-9
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2920
Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 7-9
M82: Starburst Galaxy in Ursa Major http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/ essay /M82-BYU.html Image acquisition: Michael Joner and David Laney (BYU); image processing: Robert Gendler http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M82-BYUSS.jpg Owlice, This is my favorite image from your collection on this thread...
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:07 pm
- Forum: Classroom: Introductory Astronomy
- Topic: Lecture 03: Universe Scale, and Light II
- Replies: 4
- Views: 194427
Re: Lecture 3
http://en.wikipedia.org/ essay /Joseph_von_Fraunhofer It's so funny how a person whose profession deals with the human eye can make such a great contribution to science overall. I am still relatively new to a lot of these topics, and I can honestly say I am not fully grasping the Fraunhofer Lines, ...
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:19 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: New User!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1131
Re: New User!
Thank you guys so much!
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:01 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: UT: 13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4826
Re: UT: 13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
Submit Your Questions about Apollo, Apollo 13 to NASA Engineer Jerry Woodfill Our essay " 13 Things That Saved Apollo 13 " has raised a few questions for some of our readers about spacecraft design, decisions made during the Apollo program, and general questions about spaceflight. Some of...
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:53 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens (2010 Feb 07)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6457
Re: APOD: The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens (2010 Feb 07
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_100207.jpg The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens Explanation: Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this essay . The c...
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:45 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: New User!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1131
New User!
Hey everybody, Just wanted to say hi and let everybody know I will be poking around the forums a little bit to supplement some independent research I am doing for a class. I go to school at Utah State University, and I am not in the astronomy program, but I have taken a liking to the topic and am do...