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- Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:29 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Active Comet ISON (2013 Nov 16)
- Replies: 27
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Re: APOD: Active Comet ISON (2013 Nov 16)
Confirmation of the breakup of the nucleus of the comet ISON in two fragments Image captured by Jean-Francois Soulier yesterday morning, Nov. 16, between 0500 and 0600 UT and processed by Toni Scarmato. http://s9.postimg.org/olj9pf3sv/1475775_10202581152513171_731475629_n.jpg Break up of the nucleus...
- Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Active Comet ISON (2013 Nov 16)
- Replies: 27
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Re: APOD: Active Comet ISON (2013 Nov 16)
Important update about ISON: "Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION CBAT Director: Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University; 20 Oxford St.; Cambridge, MA 02138; U.S.A. e-mail: cbatiau@eps.harvard.edu (alternate cbat@iau.org) URL http://www.cba...
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:14 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A View from Next Door (2012 Oct 18)
- Replies: 64
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Re: APOD: A View from Next Door (2012 Oct 18)
I remember that Javiera Guedes (Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California) in 2008 published a paper in the Astrophysical Journal with the results of simulations ( using the softwares Mercury and Systemic) which indicated that Alpha Centauri B could offer conditions to the f...
- Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:53 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Geostationary Satellites Beyond the Alps (2012 Apr 11)
- Replies: 22
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Re: Background constellations? (Re: Geostationary Satellites
Thanks for the tip about where to look for the geostationary satellites. I'm trying to identify the background constellations, but I'm flummoxed. Can somebody help me get oriented? I marked a few references in the first frames of the video, some geosats positions are also marked ( click on image to...