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- Sat Mar 31, 2018 2:35 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Camera Orion (2018 Mar 21)
- Replies: 17
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Re: APOD: Camera Orion (2018 Mar 21)
Hi, Chris, I didn't think the term 'real time' needed explanation. What I meant was what you see when you look through the eyepiece of a telescope. Planetary objects like Mars, Jupiter and Saturn can be seen in color as well as some interstellar objects like the Pleiades cluster, but I happen to enj...
- Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:26 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Camera Orion (2018 Mar 21)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 36962
Re: APOD: Camera Orion (2018 Mar 21)
On this subject, "Orion's icons don't look quite as colorful to the eye as they do to a camera." I am reminded of my favorite theoretical astronomy question. The present selection of large telescopes, even the Hubble, all have one thing in common with smaller ones, the necessity for long e...
- Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:01 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Car Orbiting Earth (2018 Feb 13)
- Replies: 44
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Re: APOD: Car Orbiting Earth (2018 Feb 13)
I thrilled at the excellent video coverage of Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket and the deployment of his red Tesla Roadster into an extended orbit beyond Mars. Am I the only one to note the irony of this fantastic event? Recall back in 1977 the launch of two Voyager space craft which are now the furt...