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by Doc Cherokee
Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:56 pm
Forum: Ship's Log: APOD Retrospectives and Collections
Topic: APOD Collection: Sun Pillars
Replies: 5
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APOD Collection: Sun Pillars

:drgreen: :drgreen: I'd love to see the mathematics behind Sun Pillars; glorious!
by Doc Cherokee
Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:55 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Perseid Below (2011 Aug 17)
Replies: 29
Views: 7471

17/8-11 APD: meteor/ISS p.o.v.

Spent a rainy Friday nite in Tulsa, watching many great sites and listening to the the sounds of stars falling thanks to NASA/Air Force et al. Will look up sites and report later. Went out the 14th/4-6am (CST), and saw 1 large and 2 small, at TU campus.
But todays APD was the icing on the cake.
by Doc Cherokee
Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:00 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Comet Garradd and Messier 15 (2011 Aug 06)
Replies: 26
Views: 5383

Re: APOD: Comet Garradd and Messier 15 (2011 Aug 06)

Drgreen: PBS had program, on history of telescopes, which included Messier's. It was so large and cumbersome, his sister actually wrote notes and sketches, while he dictated from his precarious perch above. It was a very interesting program.
by Doc Cherokee
Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:12 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Favorite APOD
Replies: 208
Views: 3096138

Re: Favorite APOD

Every day, is usually an extraordinary adventure in the links that my 'daily fav', inspires. But today's ISS pic of Atlantis re-entry, is my favorite shuttle shot of the whole project. Also, my fav ISS/pov, all time. What a way to go. The end of a wondrous era that thanks to NASA, et al, has produce...