Starship Asterisk*

Hello everyone! I want to see what APOD is about on 2007 May 22. But unfortunately it requires flash player and Chrome doesn't support it anymore. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070522.html Does anyone know a solution? I tried ctrl+U to see the page's source. I tried to find a flash file to download b...

I still don't get how is that related to your location's latitude... It's always below my horizon. I was dense (and opaque) enough not to get your joke! Thanks for explaining! :lol2: Ann I almost feel ashamed not to realise what he meant :? And Johnydeep's comment did help to confuse me more :ssmile:

My skies are dark enough. The problem here is that at 38° north, the Earth is rather opaque. Umm, what do you mean by opaque? There's a deep opacity interfering with observing the Coalsack from my location. It always seems to be in the way... I still don't get how is that related to your location's...

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:02 am

Ann wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 4:37 am Wow. Imagine having such dark skies that you can see the Coalsack as the head of an enormous cosmic bird!

My skies are dark enough. The problem here is that at 38° north, the Earth is rather opaque.

Umm, what do you mean by opaque?

Well, I know my drawing is not pretty, but it looks like a beast to me.
Look at those huge arms.

Guest wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:18 pm

Rauf wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 9:12 pm Can anyone tell me what that big city to left is, at approximately 1:00?

Definitely 100% it's Cairo, the long stream is, as described in the description, the bright Nile river

Thank you, that makes sense. Now I'm wondering which direction is ISS moving to. Southeast maybe?

Can anyone tell me what that big city to left is, at approximately 1:00?

Such a beautiful view, I always wanted to visit Sweden one day.
And Happy 28th birthday APOD!! I am really thankful for everyone who helps APOD to keep running. APOD is actually older than me

There are maybe 10 stars within 10 lightyears from Earth. Imagine it being 50,000! The night sky would never be black, but instead have a ‘milky’ glow, perhaps even perpetual daylight, and be absolutely covered with stars that could shine as bright as a full moon. But (inter)stellar radiation might...

Who is the goofball that named this the shark nebula? One person's goofball, another person's genius. :wink: Anyway. There is a nice galaxy in the APOD, UGC 11861: APOD 14 June 2023 detail annotated.png I liked the galaxy so much that I started looking for other pictures of it, but to my surprise, ...

Is it possible to capture two unrelated satellites in one frame? Like having ISS and HST in one picture together?

Yes, it is OK if you create an APOD channeld on APOD. That would be great! If done well, this could be considered a social media mirror similar to others that exist already. Please be sure to identify APOD and link back to the main APOD site at NASA. - RJN Thank you very much! I am already working ...

Noctilucent clouds June 4 to 5 2023.jpg Okay, crappy picture. And not a very impressive display. But I did see some noctilucent clouds last night. I woke up at midnight, having been asleep since about ten. I stumbled out into my kitchen, took a quick peek outside, noticed a brightening at the horiz...

APOD - A Day Ahead??? For the last few days, I noticed that the link https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap.html takes me to the APOD for tomorrow - June 5, 2023. But today is June 4, 2023. I click on Previous icon - < - at the bottom of the page then I see today's APOD. Please help. I start my day with APO...

I think “ Plus Ultra is a good name for Flammarion’s book picture. It is latin and frequently used from Renaissance. It could be translated as going beyond; this is is humanity’s main driver, always going beyond Earth’s end or knowing ourselves further, and is perfectly represented in the picture. ...

How big is the explosion or the size of the nebula? If there's were a neighbouring starsystem with a earth like planet what would happen to it? The expanding cloud of material left over from the supernova now appears approximately 10 light-years (3 pc) across from Earth's perspective. That's the cu...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2306/M101_hst1280.jpg 3 armed background galaxy in M101 APOD November 27 2021.png 3-armed background galaxy behind M101! What I like best about today's APOD is the lovely little three-armed galaxy behind M101 (at 10 o'clock)! :D Ann Lovely! It's like a little spider...

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:42 pm Non-sequitur: hey, where's the APOD for 6/1? Nothing at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230601.html yet...

I'm thinking the same. I hope dear editor is okay!

This video is more than fascinating, I find it emotionally moving. (well chosen music on top of it! which I usually turn off to watch in silence but not this time) Yeah, to think how many years it takes for a galaxy to form, from basically sub-atomic particles to atoms and nebulae and stars and pla...

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 4:56 pm

Ann wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 4:55 pm And I was sort of hoping Chris would chime in. But he hasn't.

Ann

Ding ding.

Thanks a lot for your answers. I am much less confused now
Time to stop thinking a little and let the beauty of the picture sink me in

Beautiful picture :ssmile: but why is there a rift on it's halo? Maybe that part is blocked by something and doesn't get the energy it needs to be ionized, or maybe there is nothing to be ionized and glow at all? Well, planetary nebulas are not my forte (at all). Also, the choice of mapped colors f...

Beautiful picture but why is there a rift on it's halo?
Maybe that part is blocked by something and doesn't get the energy it needs to be ionized, or maybe there is nothing to be ionized and glow at all?

Dactyl is so close to Ida that despite it's size, it actually looks almost as bright and big as the moon looks in our skies! And with the things I've read about it, it appears that solar eclipses possibly happen often on Ida's surface, as Dactyl cast it's shadow on the stoney asteroid. And think ab...

Dactyl is so close to Ida that despite it's size, it actually looks almost as bright and big as the moon looks in our skies! And with the things I've read about it, it appears that solar eclipses possibly happen often on Ida's surface, as Dactyl cast it's shadow on the stoney asteroid. And think abo...

I know the metric system has advantages, but this case I think "mile" in diameter is better. Of course, dactyl is also a foot or a finger and the Greeks counted three or ten of them. And it has two craters, named after the Dactyls Acmon and Celmis. Great photo. too. The first time this on...