Starship Asterisk*

Stand-in, mannequin, time traveler, Massai Spirit, or whatever . . . this is a great shot!

2,000 a week! Sure . . with a digital camera. My first photos were with a hand-me-down folding camera that used 116 roll film. I had to save up enough money to buy a roll of film, black and white of course, and got eight shots on a roll. Then, took the film to the drug store to get it developed. Tha...

How is it determined that the meteor is the size of a grain of sand? Just curious.

The tour provided by Dave Jurasevich of the Las Campanas Observatory was especially interesting. Thanks for the tour, Dave. Nice job.

Tszabeau wrote:

r.webber@zen.co.uk wrote:So Jupiter is on its way to Pluto. Dreadful grammar error!

Your door is a jar.

My door doesn’t seem to be a jar. What kind of jar do you have? None of my doors have a lid. I can see through all of my jars. Besides, what good is a door if you can see through it?

Then, are those thingies up there thingyus? or thingyii?

old dude wrote:Nice picture, but kind of boring. Why is there no Milky Way and a thunderstorm in the background? Okay, I get the 'no thunderstorm part', but why no Milky way?

It's behind the camera.

I’m relieved that the guy who packed the parachute was paying close attention to what he was doing!

DRBUCK917@ wrote:I hate to show my ignorance but how many miles from the sun is Jupiter?

A fun website to visit, and so is the actual model at Cornell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagan_Planet_Walk

The last pint I had was about the same as all the others before it. But it was just as good. Think I’ll have another!

Indisputable evidence of a prehistoric dance . . the “Nano-Raptor Stomp” !

daddyo wrote:Amazing picture, I wonder how he got up there?

Photoshop

Me thinks I would take a mulligan.

Another outstanding contribution by Robert Gendler!

The galaxy appears to have at least two (or more) spiral arms. Why has only one seem to have been drawn out by the tidal forces and not the others as well? Any explanations or theories? (This is the best image yet of Arp 188. Great job of processing.)

I’m curious about the dates “July 26, 63139”, “Sept 17, 13425”, and “March 27, 224508”. If those are years, they will be a long time from 2014! Am I missing something? By the way, excellent images. I think you're adding something :?: I had overlooked a link within a link. These seemingly ridiculous...

I’m curious about the dates “July 26, 63139”, “Sept 17, 13425”, and “March 27, 224508”. If those are years, they will be a long time from 2014! Am I missing something?

By the way, excellent images.

Jason Jennings has been long overdue for an APOD for many years now! APOD is not a contest, however much some people want to think it is, and no one is "due" an APOD. That stupid notion needs to die; please do not resuscitate it. Thanks. Okay, you made your point. I don’t believe, though,...

FloridaMike wrote:

jsanchezjr wrote:.... we also know without a doubt how is our galaxy when we can watched from the outside, sure, if ever possible.

Yes, we are awaiting the return of V'ger to confirm this.

I don’t think I’ll wait up for that to happen, but I’ll leave a light on anyway.

Aye, it’s a long way to Tipperary!

What is the significance of the term “open” in open star cluster? Is there also a closed star cluster? Is there some reason to not just call them a star cluster? Just curious.

Do take the time to view some, or all, of Christoph Malin’s timelapse videos. They are amazing!

Sheesh! (again)

An amazing image. Simply amazing!

Another spectacular image from Cassini. What a magnificent performance over the past nine years!