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by daniel.reardon
Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:16 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: HESS Telescopes Explore the Sky... (2019 Jan 08)
Replies: 19
Views: 13416

Re: APOD: HESS Telescopes Explore the Sky... (2019 Jan 08)

Now I'm going to have Judas Priest singing 'Breaking The Law' in my head all day, because of this one sentence. They are designed to detect strange flickers of blue light -- Cherenkov radiation --emitted when charged particles move slightly faster than the speed of light in air. Breaking the Cosmic ...
by daniel.reardon
Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:34 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Cerealia Facula (2018 Jul 19)
Replies: 25
Views: 7957

Re: APOD: Cerealia Facula (2018 Jul 19)

The residue is thought to be mostly sodium carbonate and ammonium chloride from a slushy brine within or below the dwarf planet's crust. The term "slushy brine" suggests the presence of liquid water. Is that right, or am I misunderstanding this? I'd have assumed that Ceres would be too co...
by daniel.reardon
Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:04 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Dark Nebulas across Taurus (2018 Jun 26)
Replies: 6
Views: 5576

Re: APOD: Dark Nebulas across Taurus (2018 Jun 26)

This looks like as good a place as any to point out a typo or editing error, so ...
This dust is not known not for its bright glow
... would be the strangest double negative I've ever seen if it were intentional.

Thanks for the daily dose of amazing star-stuff. :ssmile: