Search found 3 matches

by GoodFoodStove
Thu Sep 26, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (2024 Sep 26)
Replies: 30
Views: 1491

Re: APOD: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (2024 Sep 26)

markc wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2024 5:27 pm Wow - 100 stars per 3 cu light years!
Actually it is 100 stars per 27 cu light years.
APOD Robot wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2024 4:06 am
...100 stars could be contained in a cube just 3 light-years on a side.
So the cube is 3 by 3 by 3.
by GoodFoodStove
Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Southern Moonscape (2024 Aug 30)
Replies: 9
Views: 1708

Re: APOD: Southern Moonscape (2024 Aug 30)

In this picture I see little to no asymmetry in the craters that I would expect if the impactor hit at an angle other than 90 degrees to the surface. Now that I think of it, this seems to be common to most of the pictures I have seen of other cratered surfaces. Am I missing something? Or is it the n...