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- Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:50 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Veins of Heaven (2014 Jul 31)
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Re: APOD: Veins of Heaven (2014 Jul 31)
That should be "mesospheric" not "mesopheric". You left out the second "s"
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:32 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Gegenschein Over Chile (2014 Jan 14)
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Re: APOD: The Gegenschein Over Chile (2014 Jan 14)
I agree that Sirius is off the picture at upper right. The bright orange star off to the left of (the inverted) Orion is Aldebaran.
We gather that the gegenschein is like a cosmic rainbow. The apparent visual position depends on the position in space of the observer.
We gather that the gegenschein is like a cosmic rainbow. The apparent visual position depends on the position in space of the observer.