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- Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:20 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: What did you see on the web today?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 120593
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:28 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Fractured North Pole of Saturn's... (2015 Oct 21)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10742
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:20 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky (2015 Oct 19)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4732
Re: APOD: The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky (2015 Oct 19)
Do you think [Springfield Heights Institute of Technology] has an on-line degree available? Sounds like the place for my BS in physics. :doh: You were Principal Kahoutek's mischievous little boy weren't you. They say time runs faster has you get older. In my case I think the clock has a different p...
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky (2015 Oct 19)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4732
Re: APOD: The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky (2015 Oct 19)
Where the ancient mariners saw crosses, I wonder what a new age astrographer might see. Constellation "Bart" ? :wink: Bart already has a Comet named for him. Bart's Comet <<After Bart sabotages Principal Skinner's weather balloon, Skinner decides to punish him by having him help with his ...
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:39 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky (2015 Oct 19)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4732
Re: APOD: The Southern Cross in a Southern Sky (2015 Oct 19)
Today's superlative image is a sight us Northerners have to travel far to witness in person. I like the contrast of the dark horizon and bright sky. But as Art pointed out - not all constellations are experienced alike by all individuals. Just as the stars of the Southern Cross can be made to stand ...
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:37 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Stump Art
- Replies: 106
- Views: 19037
Re: Stump Art
"Pasta"-cles after washing up on the shores of Pentapolis being fed by a group of poor Libyan fishermen of Asian descent?
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 3:03 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Night Hides the World (2015 Oct 16)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13410
Re: APOD: Night Hides the World (2015 Oct 16)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140823.htmlhenrystar wrote:Hey! What about an APOD showing a COMPLETELY socked-in night! Maybe even fog!
Night
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- Thu Oct 15, 2015 3:39 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse (2015 Oct 14)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2863
Re: APOD: A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse (2015 Oct 14)
It is actually ironic that we haven't even documented all the forms of life on our own planet but many of us spend endless time in curiosity about what we aren't likely ever to see.
Go wonder!![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Go wonder!
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- Wed Oct 14, 2015 10:03 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse (2015 Oct 14)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2863
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:11 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse (2015 Oct 14)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2863
Re: APOD: A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse (2015 Oct 14)
Namibia sounds like quite the place for the Days of our Lives – and the nights!
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:13 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9669
Re: Life on Mars
If not cows, how about a lot of bull? I'm sure, Neufer, your talents can find something appropriate. Bull's-Eye on Mars Revealed :!: At least it looks like a Bull's-" Eye "...but possibly it's a source for methane. I think that it's from the other end Art. Possibly 'The Moo rtian'"?
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Elephant's Trunk in IC 1396 (2015 Oct 13)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2520
Re: APOD: The Elephant's Trunk in IC 1396 (2015 Oct 13)
I love how you can see right through the "eye" of the elephant.
http://www.waid-observatory.com/ic1396-2012-10-27.html
It appears the "pupil" has moved. Has the dust cloud moved significantly between images? Maybe just a higher resolution?
http://www.waid-observatory.com/ic1396-2012-10-27.html
It appears the "pupil" has moved. Has the dust cloud moved significantly between images? Maybe just a higher resolution?
- Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:58 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Moon Entering Earth's Shadow (2015 Oct 09)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2816
Re: APOD: The Moon Entering Earth's Shadow (2015 Oct 09)
This image is a nice reflection on shadows, distance and time. I like its composition and applaud the photographer's insight and imagination to capture light in varieties of intensities and dimensions. In black and white, its "color" is left to the eye of the beholder. ![clapping :clap:](./images/smilies/asterisk_clap.gif)
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- Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: La Palma Eclipse Sequence (2015 Oct 07)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2777
Re: APOD: La Palma Eclipse Sequence (2015 Oct 07)
The idea of a quantum of time is very enticing and it seems aptly named. If chronons exist it's tempting to speculate, as you say, their relationship to mass and energy. That brings to mind another formula which is quite famous. Is it possible to define a "second" simply by the rearrangeme...
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:23 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: La Palma Eclipse Sequence (2015 Oct 07)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2777
Re: APOD: La Palma Eclipse Sequence (2015 Oct 07)
Wow. Is this what our sky would look like if time was quantized? It would have quite a different look. Thanks for the unique perspective!
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 5:23 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared (2015 Oct 04)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2533
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:33 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: What did you see in the sky tonight?
- Replies: 1303
- Views: 1135139
Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?
It may be more like "What did you see in the sky this morning?" but it looks like a good week overall for sky viewing.
http://earthsky.org/tonight/use-summer- ... -milky-way
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http://earthsky.org/tonight/use-summer- ... -milky-way
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- Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:27 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9669
Re: Life on Mars
Looks like one of the next rovers might - shoot back. ![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
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- Fri Oct 02, 2015 6:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent on... (2015 Sep 30)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8737
Re: APOD: Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent on... (2015 Sep 3
I think the next robotic craft sent to Mars perhaps ought to be a portable drilling rig. Pick a few likely spots and try going down 100 feet, if necessary. Actually, I'm thinking that NASA will become interested in drilling deeper on lots of Solar system bodies. But for Mars, there is a practical b...
- Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Charon: Moon of Pluto (2015 Oct 02)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13637
Re: APOD: Charon: Moon of Pluto (2015 Oct 02)
Why are they so different?
- Fri Oct 02, 2015 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Charon: Moon of Pluto (2015 Oct 02)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13637
- Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:09 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent on... (2015 Sep 30)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8737
Re: APOD: Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent on... (2015 Sep 3
In September 2008 NASA's Phoenix lander discovered a snow variety of virga falling from Martian clouds. >> I wished they'd spell "virga" as "verga". Some might misread it and think Phoenix had a really unexpected scoop. (Of course those bacteria might need some help on those rea...
- Wed Sep 30, 2015 3:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent on... (2015 Sep 30)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8737
Re: APOD: Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent on... (2015 Sep 3
I had no idea that slippery slopes themselves were so controversial. Let alone the other ethical metaphors listed on the link. Maybe I'd better stick with attempts at a humorous approach like, "Yea. They are ski trails. Just look at the jump on the left..." Are they really dust devil trail...
- Wed Sep 30, 2015 2:11 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent on... (2015 Sep 30)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8737
Re: APOD: Seasonal Streaks Point to Recent on... (2015 Sep 3
Bacteria on Mars would have a unique composition from anything that Earth may have evolved. I would think we would be able to tell a Mars bacterium from an Earth bacterium easily once returned to Earth. Colonizing Mars with Earth bacteria is an ethical dilemma which will need debated prior to human...
- Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:18 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9669
Re: Life on Mars
Before you start contaminating the place – better blow it up first. At least then the microbes might be able to mutate in peace and warmth. ![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
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