Starship Asterisk*

https://www.space.com/nasa-spitzer-spac ... n-proposal

What do you think? Do you really think it might be possible to awaken Spitzer again?
If that happens, that would be too great.. I really love Spitzer's IR pictures.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_230517.jpg Sunspot with Light Bridge Explanation: Why would a small part of the Sun appear slightly dark? Visible is a close-up picture of sunspot s, depressions on the Sun's surface that are slightly cooler and less bright than the rest of the Sun. The Sun's c...

Well, time to ask our alien friends in LMC and SMC about how our galaxy looks like :D :lol2: Alien on Oumuamua from SMC.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ʻOumuamua Ann I used a software called SpaceEngine to see how big Milky Way looks like from a hypothesized planet on the LMC.. They have a great ...

Hello and good morning (at least it's morning here). Is there an APOD channel on Telegram? I've been searching and haven't found anything. Telegram is a communication platform available on Microsoft Windows, Android and iOS, with more than 1 billion downloads in Google Play. If there is an APOD cha...

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/close-up-detail-hindu-temple-god-many-armed-female-dancing-figure-goddess-lakshmi-consort-lord-vishnu-four-dances-225922757.jpg Astronomers used to believe that the Milky Way has four arms. Phys.org wrote: The case for a four-armed Milky Way may have just gotten stro...

Which makes sense for a high dynamic range image, given that the Moon is facing the fully sunlit face of the Earth during a solar eclipse, so Earthshine is maximal (and brighter than the dimmest parts of the corona). I've seen Earthshine visually during total solar eclipses. I wonder if that part o...

The photo even captures the surface features of the Moon. Which makes sense for a high dynamic range image, given that the Moon is facing the fully sunlit face of the Earth during a solar eclipse, so Earthshine is maximal (and brighter than the dimmest parts of the corona). I've seen Earthshine vis...

I was 14 when I saw 2001- A Space Odyssey , and it knocked me for a loop. So I went to the library to borrow a book about space. That book told me that all stars are suns . I couldn't believe it. That same night I went out to look at the stars. And I asked myself, if those tiny little lights are su...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_230514.jpg To Fly Free in Space Explanation: What would it be like to fly free in space? At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger , Bruce McCandless II was living the dream -- floating farther out than anyone had ever been before. ...

Hello and good morning (at least it's morning here). Is there an APOD channel on Telegram? I've been searching and haven't found anything. Telegram is a communication platform available on Microsoft Windows, Android and iOS, with more than 1 billion downloads in Google Play. If there is an APOD chan...

Total Solar Eclipse is a rare phenomenon and not all humans are lucky enough to observe it. Unfortunately for me, the last total solar eclipse visible in our country happened in 1999, I wasn't born back then. But fortunately, the next total eclipse will be in 2034, and it's visible in my own city as...

Not true. The Eagle Nebula was named because of the visual appearance (through an eyepiece) of the section also called "The Pillars of Creation" long ago, before any of that other larger structure was even known. Calling the larger structure the Eagle Nebula is quite recent. Only that cen...

I don't think that's correct.. according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nebula and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillars_of_Creation, the pillars of creation are within the Eagle Nebula, and I don't think the astronomers that named this nebula Eagle had equipment strong enough to distinguis...

The somewhat pompously so-called "Pillars of Creation" near the center are dwarfed by this giant eagle! The "Pillars of Creation" are the eagle! Not the large structure seen in this image. They are one and the same. _ http://www.cloudbait.com/images/deepsky/nebula/M16.jpg I don'...

The somewhat pompously so-called "Pillars of Creation" near the center are dwarfed by this giant eagle! The "Pillars of Creation" are the eagle! Not the large structure seen in this image. They are one and the same. _ http://www.cloudbait.com/images/deepsky/nebula/M16.jpg I don'...

Does anyone know which part of the earth are we seeing in that sunlit crescent?? Or which side is north? According to info about the picture, it was taken on Dec. 17,1972 23:00 UTC. The Apollo 17 Timeline shows an astronaut doing a deep-space walk around that time. An article on the deep-space walk...

But, maybe the south pole is actually near the left side. I mean if It was the summer solstice, the crescent would just move a little bit upper or lower on earth right? So just the fact that it's winter solstice wouldn't imply that the right side is the south, and I don't get what you mean the large...

Does anyone know which part of the earth are we seeing in that sunlit crescent??
Or which side is north?

Well, I tried using Stellarium to find out which stars are which.. This is the result. If I have made a mistake, please point it out! To the left of the Venus-Jupiter pair, we can actually see the great square of Pegasus. That was cool. And seeing Scorpius so high in the sky is strange for me. I am ...

I clicked on Discuss on today's APOD, May 11, and got redirected to the Discuss page of May 6. I think there has been a mistake while adding this page's link..

Was that a phone alone, or a phone held up to the eyepiece of a telescope? With a telescope of course.. I don't think any phone can take a picture like that :) Ok, thanks. I have zero experience actually taking pics of anything higher in the sky than the top of a house or tree! It is easy if you ha...

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:55 am

Rauf wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 7:46 am Stunning view! I saw the eclipse last week too
Here is a picture I took with my phone

Was that a phone alone, or a phone held up to the eyepiece of a telescope?

With a telescope of course.. I don't think any phone can take a picture like that

Stunning view! I saw the eclipse last week too
Here is a picture I took with my phone

So what is supernova plural form?? Is it supernovas or supernovae?? Chris will tell you it is supernovas. He has convinced me, too. :wink: I would say that in English, being a descriptive, not prescriptive language, the plural form is determined by usage. And both forms here are common and widely u...

So what is supernova plural form?? Is it supernovas or supernovae??