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by Astral_Bob
Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:10 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Moon Dressed Like Saturn (2024 Sep 01)
Replies: 7
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Re: APOD: The Moon Dressed Like Saturn (2024 Sep 01)

" . . .and so the image was taken before sunrise." If you didn't know the phase was waning gibbous, how could one differentiate from a sunset picture?
by Astral_Bob
Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:24 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula (2022 Oct 31)
Replies: 16
Views: 4956

Re: APOD: LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula (2022 Oct 31)

Well, I hope this star-bearing creature of the night has its IR sensors set to maximum.
Ultrasonic radar won't be much use for navigating out there in the deep vacuum. Large-scale Halloween hazard . . .
by Astral_Bob
Wed Oct 19, 2022 2:22 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Milky Way Auroral Flower (2022 Oct 18)
Replies: 4
Views: 2507

Re: APOD: Milky Way Auroral Flower (2022 Oct 18)

At the reflecting lake level it appears as though an owl has come face-to-face with its short ionic lifespan.