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- Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Geminids from Gemini (2021 Nov 16)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5137
Re: APOD: Geminids from Gemini (2021 Nov 16)
So, does this "cometeor" cross the Earth's orbital path at the (relatively) same location every time (well, considering that the "cometeor" and the Earth are moving with The Sun on its journey around the Milky Way)? Or are these pebbles the remains of just one crossing? If a larg...
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Geminids from Gemini (2021 Nov 16)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5137
Re: APOD: Geminids from Gemini (2021 Nov 16)
Thanks Ann!
I've saved your ANNotated image to my Pictures folder!
(Edit: I hope it wasn't too much work for you)
I've saved your ANNotated image to my Pictures folder!
(Edit: I hope it wasn't too much work for you)
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 281: Starless with Stars (2021 Nov 19)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3309
Re: APOD: NGC 281: Starless with Stars (2021 Nov 19)
As opposed to Pacman, today's APOD to me looks more like a creature from the depths of an ocean!
(or a Parana!)
(or a Parana!)
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 2:33 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Geminids from Gemini (2021 Nov 16)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5137
Re: APOD: Geminids from Gemini (2021 Nov 16)
Thanks for the ANNotation, ANN!
I was unable to find Castor and Pollux in such a busy, topsy-turvy composite!
EDIT: I would like a file of your ANNotations, that would make skyhopping much more enjoyable!
I was unable to find Castor and Pollux in such a busy, topsy-turvy composite!
EDIT: I would like a file of your ANNotations, that would make skyhopping much more enjoyable!
- Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:27 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Unwrapped: Five Decade Old Lunar Selfie (2021 Sep 27)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5409
Re: APOD: Unwrapped: Five Decade Old Lunar Selfie (2021 Sep 27)
nuefer quoted: "the Ephesian authorities not only executed Herostratus, but attempted to condemn him to a legacy of obscurity by forbidding mention of his name under penalty of death. However, the ancient historian Theopompus, who was not Ephesian but rather Chian, mentions the name of Herostra...
- Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:54 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: North America and the Pelican (2021 Sep 16)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3461
Re: APOD: North America and the Pelican (2021 Sep 16)
Is that how the different arms of The Milky Way are determined?
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Mars Perseverance Sol 0 (2021 Feb 19)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8015
Re: APOD: Mars Perseverance Sol 0 (2021 Feb 19)
Woo-hoo! So, even the low res hazard avoidance camera - with a protective cover still on, mind you - can take a pretty good picture! Other than happening to catch a current "live" organism crossing the field of view, of course! (And yes, I read most of neufer's two posts about the advaned...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 14: A View from Antares (2021 Feb 04)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7738
Re: APOD: Apollo 14: A View from Antares (2021 Feb 04)
Kinda curios; is there any data of how far Shepherd hit that ball? Miles & miles not really a answer! :mrgreen: Orin, my good man, I'm surprised that you seem to have overlooked the fact that on The Moon optical phenomena behave differently than here on Earth, OR that the SI distance unit for &...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:47 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 14: A View from Antares (2021 Feb 04)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7738
Re: APOD: Apollo 14: A View from Antares (2021 Feb 04)
Continuing the focus on the scientific golf experiment Shepard conducted...
So, Johnny Carson lied during his monologue when he told us that Shepard hit "a crater in one!"?
![Crying or Very sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
So, Johnny Carson lied during his monologue when he told us that Shepard hit "a crater in one!"?
![Crying or Very sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Colorful Quadrantid Meteor (2021 Feb 02)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9469
Re: APOD: A Colorful Quadrantid Meteor (2021 Feb 02)
I agree that the photo is magnificent. But I have a question. Was the meteor going left to right, or right to left? Is it possible to tell from the photo? From the trail colours? I'm guessing, (dangerously) that it traveled right to left, because it encountered the Oxygen and Nitrogen as it plunged...
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Asteroids in the Distance (2021 Jan 31)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6881
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Southern Sky from 38,000 Feet (2021 Jan 30)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5222
Re: APOD: Southern Sky from 38,000 Feet (2021 Jan 30)
As the Gum Nebula appears to be rather pink, I'm guessing it is the popular Raspberry flavor.
But, I'm not willing to sample it to find out.
It looks like it was stuck there by someone who was tired of chewing on it.
But, I'm not willing to sample it to find out.
It looks like it was stuck there by someone who was tired of chewing on it.
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Recycling Cassiopeia A (2021 Jan 23)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8936
Re: APOD: Recycling Cassiopeia A (2021 Jan 23)
So, the description is misleading.
Thanks.
P.s. in regard to an earlier comment by neufer.
Phillips also makes Root Beer Schnapps.
I hope to sample some, someday...
Thanks.
P.s. in regard to an earlier comment by neufer.
Phillips also makes Root Beer Schnapps.
I hope to sample some, someday...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:17 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Recycling Cassiopeia A (2021 Jan 23)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8936
Re: APOD: Recycling Cassiopeia A (2021 Jan 23)
"Collapsing from vast cosmic clouds, their nuclear furnaces ignite and create heavy elements in their cores. " I'm a bit puzzled by this sentence in the description. It has been my (newbie) understanding that "heavy elements" are created not during the ignition/burning phase of t...
- Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:21 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Very Large Array at Moonset (2020 Oct 09)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4965
Re: APOD: The Very Large Array at Moonset (2020 Oct 09)
IIRC, The VLA is also shown in the beginning of the movie "2010"Case wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:46 am The VLA (along with Arecibo) is also known to be featured somewhat prominently in the movie Contact. (The movie Contact itself is based on Carl Sagan’s novel of the same name.)
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Driving to the Sun (2020 Oct 03)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7583
Re: APOD: Driving to the Sun (2020 Oct 03)
It worked for Kirk when he brought back (forward) the whales!praxnex@gmail.com wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:37 pm Would gravity decrease time by accelerating car toward sun?
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 5643: Nearby Spiral Galaxy from... (2020 Oct 05)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 20818
Re: APOD: NGC 5643: Nearby Spiral Galaxy from... (2020 Oct 05)
It looks like to me that the core of galaxy has tipped edgewise to us.
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Orion Nebula in Oxygen, Hydrogen,... (2020 Oct 04)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3347
Re: APOD: Orion Nebula in Oxygen, Hydrogen,... (2020 Oct 04)
Do you mean this one?johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 3:07 pm
Anyone else see the eagle dead center looking up and to the left? (EDIT: I meant left, not right!)
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:13 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: What did you see in the sky tonight?
- Replies: 1303
- Views: 1135347
Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?
And now that you know Sagittarius, you can roughly locate the place where Sag A* lurks, the 4.1 million sun massed supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy :!: Actually, this was my underlying purpose! Kindly regarding your signature comment about "ex nihilo" I respond: "B...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Breaking Distant Light (2020 Sep 20)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4383
Re: APOD: Breaking Distant Light (2020 Sep 20)
Or stacks of gold coins viewed edge on?orin stepanek wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 5:55 pm
Looks like the gears in an old clock; and it's about time!![]()
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:17 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: What did you see in the sky tonight?
- Replies: 1303
- Views: 1135347
Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?
Last night, (2020-09-16 20:30 Local) I was walking the dog, I looked up at Jupiter and Saturn, and then at the stars to their West.
For the first time in my life, I made out the "Teapot" asterism!
The feeling was like I had checked off an item on my (non-existent) "Bucket List".![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
For the first time in my life, I made out the "Teapot" asterism!
The feeling was like I had checked off an item on my (non-existent) "Bucket List".
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:57 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Hobbies
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23843
Re: Hobbies
Dilettante: woodworking, auto repair, electronics repair, gardening, astronomy, model railroading, collecting old woodworking tools, computers...
- Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:50 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Halo for Andromeda (2020 Sep 03)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7905
Re: Flowers for Algernon
<<Flowers for Algernon is the title of a science fiction short story and a novel by American writer Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. The novel...
- Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Halo for Andromeda (2020 Sep 03)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7905
Re: APOD: A Halo for Andromeda (2020 Sep 03)
So, how does the AMIGA project know that what its measuring is due to the halo around Andromeda as opposed to the likely halo around the Milky Way through which all the light from the tell-tale quasars must travel before we can measure it? The Milky Way doesn't have a halo, because you know, humans...
- Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:50 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster (2020 Sep 09)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6344
Re: APOD: Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster (2020 Sep 09)
"and the clarity of the observer's eyesight."
Yes, in my case, the Pleiades is a blur on a line to the West of Aldebaran and Orion's Belt.
Subaru!
Yes, in my case, the Pleiades is a blur on a line to the West of Aldebaran and Orion's Belt.
Subaru!