Starship Asterisk*

Three words with so much more attached. Poe's death, like the passing of Pluto, left a few questions yet answered about mercury too.

The first object viewed by JWST should be a much debated topic. The Horsehead Nebula in "Near" Infrared would not be a bad object to consider? I'm sure the Pillars might be a highly likely target too.

dynamically, it's harder to get to the inner planets than the outer ones. By my calculation, the specific impulse necessary to get to Venus is only about 86% that needed to get to Mars. And a manned flyby could do a round trip to Venus in just 0.80 years rather than a tedious 1.42 years for a round...

You don't suppose Brahe was catting around? You mean it was not the honorable cut of a sword that robbed Tycho of his nose, but the gangrenous effects of syphilis? Say it wasn't so!!! Ann I think his loss of face :wink: was much more noble the his suspected ultimate demise but probably just as pain...

I wish there was an antonym for serendipitous to describe today’s APOD but I can’t find one. Have to use a quote from Katori Hall, “Serendipity always rewards the prepared.” I'm not sure that it always does but the rest of us got the benefit today! Thanks for the time and effort that went into today...

Love this image! In the insert
are those streams or jets? Streams I suppose but in the end another fantastic Pugh. Thanks once again!

Tyco had a nose for astronomy and kept it to the grindstone working to improve the accuracy of measuring the heavens. If anyone finds it, nosing around, there are people out of joint to find it. Nothing would smell as sweet especially for those needing one . :content: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o013...

Cluck about chickens all you want but this guy is a running chicken. He never runs out of gas and does seem to be the star of the show.

Tyco had a nose for astronomy and kept it to the grindstone working to improve the accuracy of measuring the heavens. If anyone finds it, nosing around, there are people out of joint to find it. Nothing would smell as sweet especially for those needing one.

Honestly, I photographed it and I still cannot see a chicken- maybe the AAO folks were missing their KFC when they named it that night? If it were discovered now it would most likely be named the Gungan or Krumm Nebula :) Glad you liked the image though, cheers! Andy Your Big Chicken isn't running,...

I can't speak to the "Stars" but the" Gas of the Running Chicken" Nebula is evidence of an extremely large chicken nearby and could prove – they can! So keep looking Andy and keep up the good work.

And looking at tomorrow's teaser -maybe stars can to?

As the link today says " Vallis Marineris " stretches 3,000 miles. That would change the US's highway system! Imagine the bridges? :roll: That would change The Intracoastal Waterway system. <<The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a 3,000-mile inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Me...

The morphology of planetary nebulae catches my eye. Their shapes must reflect in why we see such a variety of shapes as the projection of the gaseous outflow is seen from different angles. Too bad we live in the " blink of a cat's eye " Funny-Cat-Photos-Kitten-s-One-Eye-Closed-Is-It-Blinki...

As the link today says "Vallis Marineris" stretches 3,000 miles. That would change the US's highway system! Imagine the bridges?

Ann wrote:

Fred the Cat wrote:Fred's Best Portrait!

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Is that your cat, Fred?

Or is it you?

Ann

He is quite an inspiration to Kathi and me.

The features of newly forming stars in the Pelican Nebula were documented some time ago. The research must have progressed since the early 2000's as the trunk of knowledge starts to open. Could what triggers the process help us develop our own treasure trove of energy :?: The people at Cold Fusion p...

Fred's Best Portrait!

The statement in the "In fact" link "It is very rare however for a galaxy to be completely isolated in space" made me think of the Maytag repairman ad line . Curious I was looking for an example of a lonely galaxy . What other things do bored but curious people think of during th...

All kidding aside from earlier but what a change from Martin's usual APOD images. Search Pugh. Excellent write-up too on how it's possible to create such a landscape. I've been a fan to his deep sky photography and now I'm a fan of more down-to-Earth images too. Thanks!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_A* "Sgr A* contains a cluster of dark stellar objects or a mass of degenerate fermions " That degenerate matter . It's such a deviant form of an ideal gas...The next thing you know they'll be allowing anti-matter to tell us who we voted for in the...

Beau - One tired duck hunter!

This is very akin to a previous APOD which may have had a similar difficulty to find the right words to title such a great photo. Opposing, without going over the top, and questioning the description that the Milky Way and our solar system may be nearing its closest proximity, does this title do the...

Yes, Fred, but in the mirror universe, do bananas bend the other way? I wanna banana! (For scale - how big is this blasted thing?) And, do mirrors there reverse only up and down and not left and right? ;) With a slight curve its facility seems a very a "peeling" place for research . :ssmi...

The answer to why an asymmetric universe is unsettling may one day be discovered to be as simple as a mirror universe. Its odd features may be stranger than we can imagine; even with the best Star Trek writers.