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by mason dixon
Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: GK Per: Nova and Planetary Nebula (2024 Apr 30)
Replies: 16
Views: 3227

Re: APOD: GK Per: Nova and Planetary Nebula (2024 Apr 30)

Is there a timelapse of the Firework nebula growing in size like the Crab nebula?
by mason dixon
Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:41 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: SuitSat-1: A Spacesuit Floats Free (2021 Mar 28)
Replies: 23
Views: 10349

Re: APOD: SuitSat-1: A Spacesuit Floats Free (2021 Mar 28)

So anything just casually tossed out the space station door/airlock will burn up in a few weeks?
by mason dixon
Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:10 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Gemini's Meteors (2020 Dec 17)
Replies: 9
Views: 5860

Re: APOD: Gemini's Meteors (2020 Dec 17)

How was the Geminid shower this year?
by mason dixon
Mon Mar 05, 2018 7:33 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field in Light... (2018 Mar 05)
Replies: 43
Views: 120548

Re: APOD: The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field in Light... (2018 Mar 05)

So with something like the Hubble Deep Field, does someone or software go around to each little blob and let only that light through a prism to get the elemental spectrum?

If the absorption lines move so much due to redshift, doesn't that make it difficult to truly know that the composition is?
by mason dixon
Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:07 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe (2017 Oct 12)
Replies: 28
Views: 12621

Re: APOD: NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe (2017 Oct 12)

Is there a book or website that lists the most fascinating characteristics(such as the blackhole rotating at speed of light here) of each of most visible Messiers and NGC objects? Would love to have a recording of these facts I can play as I'm doing outreach with my telescope.
by mason dixon
Tue Aug 01, 2017 6:25 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Perseid Meteors over Turkey (2017 Aug 01)
Replies: 6
Views: 2634

Re: APOD: Perseid Meteors over Turkey (2017 Aug 01)

Has anyone ever caught a meteor during a total eclipse in a photo? I can't find anything on google.
by mason dixon
Sat Feb 13, 2016 12:14 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Two Black Holes Merge (2016 Feb 12)
Replies: 67
Views: 15455

Re: APOD: Two Black Holes Merge (2016 Feb 12)

So scientists expect to see 2-4 of these merger events a year?

Why wasn't LIGO done 30-40 years ago? This experiment with lasers and mirrors doesn't seem insanely complex.

If the proposed eLISA mission is much more sensitive, what other source type gravity waves could it detect?