Starship Asterisk*

APOD Robot wrote: The close pass reduced Juno's orbital period around Jupiter from 53 days to 43 days. Really? :shock: How is that possible? Ann [/quote] Ann, The OP says Juno's orbital period was reduced, not Gany's. For some reason I had to read it twice before I understood it correctly as well. ...

What is that in the picture at the end of the video? (bottom left) Is the lights/object at the bottom left at the end of the video might be associated with the curvature of the earth in the event the video was taken from a high altitude aircraft or even the space station. Does anyone know for sure?

Iksarfighter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:46 am Hi,
Is this sky circle polar centered ?
TY,
Manu

In my opinion, yes it would most likely be centered over the pole ... but I am far from qualified to say.

jimbo48 wrote: ↑Sat May 12, 2018 10:00 pm Anyone notice that all the black holes are on the left side of Sgr A*?
Why is that? Is it related somehow to possible counterclockwise rotation with the left side coming at us?

Why the left-handed polarity???? Anybody understand this?

Anyone notice that all the black holes are on the left side of Sgr A*?
Why is that? Is it related somehow to possible counterclockwise rotation with the left side coming at us?

Thanks Chris.

Is it just me ... or does the feature in the photo described as "Jupiter" look more like the Andromeda galaxy? I really think it is. Can anyone confirm?

With close examination of the full size image I see two other globular clusters besides M4. One just to the left of M4 (above and to the right of Antares). The other is near the top of the image directly above M4.
Can anyone else confirm that these are globulars as well?

There are several faint galaxies in the background.
Anybody know the designation of the bright galaxy below the comet in the frame?

If I was a conspiracy theorist, I'd be asking what was covered up on the lower right side of the image using the duplicate tool / copy/paste. :lol2: I noticed this obvious copy/paste also. Anyone have a link to the original Hubble archive photo so we can see what was "pasted over" by Bill...

Does the Pleiades cluster really contain over 3,000 stars???
The picture surely does not indicate this. Does someone have a citation for this?

Flase wrote:Is that a planetary nebula just to the left of the star near the centre, or is that just an artifact of refection in the lens?

I am wondering about that also. Sure looks like a planetary nebula. Anybody know for sure?

If you scroll to the extreme right edge you will be rewarded with a nice bonus in this photo ...
the far distant Andromeda galaxy just above the plane of our Milky Way!