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- Fri Jun 16, 2023 5:01 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Sunset to Sunrise over the Baltic Sea (2023 Jun 16)
- Replies: 11
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Re: APOD: Sunset to Sunrise over the Baltic Sea (2023 Jun 16)
Really a cool picture. I wish the description had mentioned the seconds per pixel, so I calculated it with TimeAndDate.com Between 19:04 and 06:35, I got 11 hours, 31 minutes and 0 seconds. At 3600 seconds/hour and 60 seconds/minute, that makes 41,460 total seconds With a width of 3296 pixels, I cal...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:33 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M78 Wide Field (2021 Jan 21)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4815
Re: APOD: M78 Wide Field (2021 Jan 21)
Isn't that image upside down? There is no such thing as upside down in astrophotography. But chirality is a thing, and this photo appears to be mirror-reversed. The photo’s orientation can be found in the copyright link to the photographer. Cousin Ricky: You're right, I misstated my observation, an...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:59 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M78 Wide Field (2021 Jan 21)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4815
Re: APOD: M78 Wide Field (2021 Jan 21)
Notice that in today's APOD picture, there is a black cloud to the right of M78 and it extends into a thin arm cupping beneath M78
If you look at other photos of M78, the black cloud is to the right, but that thin arm arches above M78. I think the APOD image is flipped horizontally. Right?
If you look at other photos of M78, the black cloud is to the right, but that thin arm arches above M78. I think the APOD image is flipped horizontally. Right?
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:46 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M78 Wide Field (2021 Jan 21)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4815
Re: APOD: M78 Wide Field (2021 Jan 21)
Isn't that image upside down?
- Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:38 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Around the World in 90 Minutes (2011 Nov 21)
- Replies: 82
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Re: APOD: Around the World in 90 Minutes (2011 Nov 21)
What is that huge brown dimly-lit patch in the middle of the screen at 0:34?