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- Thu Apr 26, 2018 5:13 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Hubble's Jupiter and the Shrinking... (2018 Apr 25)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 59098
Re: APOD: Hubble's Jupiter and the Shrinking... (2018 Apr 25)
I think the popularity of this image on FB is because it is a combination of the familiar and the unfamiliar. The familiar is the iconic disk of Jupiter, and the unfamiliar is that unusual red hue that colors the Great Red Spot and some of the belts. This red was derived, I am told from real infrare...
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 1:56 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Hubble's Jupiter and the Shrinking... (2018 Apr 25)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 59098
Re: APOD: Hubble's Jupiter and the Shrinking... (2018 Apr 25)
Interesting, given that it appears about the least popular here in this forum. Anybody ever compare posting frequency on Asterisk to popularity in external forums? I think the lack of popularity in this forum is partly related to the fact that the Asterisk was down for several hours soon after this...
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 1:22 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Hubble's Jupiter and the Shrinking... (2018 Apr 25)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 59098
Re: APOD: Hubble's Jupiter and the Shrinking... (2018 Apr 25)
This APOD did very well on Facebook, garnering, so far, 3.1K "Likes" and a "Reach" of over 120K, making it currently the second most popular APOD on FB this April. But why? I think there is a lesson buried here about about image popularity, and it would be insightful to uncover i...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Play Saturn's Rings Like a Harp (2018 Apr 24)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 92969
Re: APOD: Play Saturn's Rings Like a Harp (2018 Apr 24)
It has been pointed out to me that this APOD is now highlighted on Metafilter.
- RJN
- RJN
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:35 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Play Saturn's Rings Like a Harp (2018 Apr 24)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 92969
Re: APOD: Play Saturn's Rings Like a Harp (2018 Apr 24)
At the request of the sonifier, I have now linked Matt Russo to SYSTEM Sounds on the NASA APOD.
- RJN
- RJN
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:45 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Blue Horsehead Nebula in Infrared (2018 Apr 23)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 39837
Re: APOD: The Blue Horsehead Nebula in Infrared (2018 Apr 23)
It would be better if today's image was rotated 180°. The horsehead is upsidedown compared to the comparison link(s). I agree, and have now rotated the image in the NASA APOD. Also, I have now corrected the text to say that Nu Scorpii is the reddened star left of center. I apologize for the "o...
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 7:00 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Fortuitous Flash Candidate for the... (2018 Apr 11)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 58962
Re: APOD: Fortuitous Flash Candidate for the... (2018 Apr 11)
In the explanation given I miss the info about how far it`s supossed to be. The word redshift is linked. Please follow the link get the distance in other units! I see this type of hyperlink one of the main utilities of hypertext writing in general -- by linking a word, the hypertext-writer has less...
- Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Nebra Sky Disk (2018 Mar 19)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 63157
Re: APOD: The Nebra Sky Disk (2018 Mar 19)
It has been pointed out in the Facebook comments that, effectively, there are even older cave paintings that might depict stars. See, for example http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/871930.stm . I therefore have modified the first few words of the NASA APOD to indicate that the designation as ...
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 2:53 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus (2018 Mar 04)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 37719
Re: APOD: Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus (2018 Mar 04)
At the request of the astrophotographer, the larger "click through" image has been replaced by one with attribution only in the lower right corner. This refers to the main NASA APOD page. - RJN
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 2:29 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Dual Particle Beams in Herbig-Haro 24 (2018 Mar 11)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 60162
Re: APOD: Duel Particle Beams in Herbig-Haro 24 (2018 Mar 11)
Yes. Sorry. My bad. Oops! Fixed it on the main NASA site. - RJNrichardschumacher wrote: ↑Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:46 am "Dual", not "Duel".
- Wed Mar 07, 2018 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Arcs, Jets, and Shocks near NGC 1999 (2018 Mar 07)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 30234
Re: APOD: Arcs, Jets, and Shocks near NGC 1999 (2018 Mar 07)
Emails indicate that the annotation was done by Sakib Rasool, who is now credited on the NASA APOD.
- RJN
- RJN
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:53 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Passing Jupiter (2018 Feb 26)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 30746
Re: APOD: Passing Jupiter (2018 Feb 26)
After some communication from someone directly involved with Juno, the APOD text on the NASA site has now been changed. Unofficially, the timing of Juno's demise is somewhat unclear but now seems unlikely to occur during summer 2018. For more information, please contact the Juno team directly. We ap...
- Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Jupiter in Infrared from Hubble (2018 Feb 21)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21506
Re: APOD: Jupiter in Infrared from Hubble (2018 Feb 21)
Thanks to bystander for pointing several typos and an html error, all of which have now been fixed in the main NASA APOD. My apologies for the typos!
- RJN
- RJN
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:47 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Car Orbiting Earth (2018 Feb 13)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 39433
Re: APOD: Car Orbiting Earth (2018 Feb 13)
Yes. Please check the links to see this video and a modern re-make.Victor Buonadonna wrote:Does anyone see the connection between this image and the opening scenes in the anime cult movie "Heavy Metal"?
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:07 pm
- Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
- Topic: APOD mirror sites to remain updated during US government shutdown
- Replies: 3
- Views: 58707
APOD mirror sites to remain updated during US government shutdown
Dear Fans of the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) , If the US Government shutdown affects APOD's main NASA site at http://apod.nasa.gov/ , many of APOD's mirror sites will still be updated and operational during this shutdown. A list of these sites can be found here: http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~ap...
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:11 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Unexpected X-Rays from Perseus... (2018 Jan 02)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15650
Re: APOD: Unexpected X-Rays from Perseus... (2018 Jan 02)
Thank you. I have now corrected the spelling of "fluorscent" on the main NASA APOD. After pointed out by an emailer, I also lower-cased the "k" in keV. I apologize for the oversights.moonshadow1 wrote:Check the spelling of fluorescent.
- RJN
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:56 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Sun Halo over Sweden (2018 Jan 01)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13367
Re: APOD: Sun Halo over Sweden (2018 Jan 01)
At 480 kilometers distance, an emailer pointed out that Vemdalen is not really very "near" Stockholm. I therefore tweaked the NASA APOD's text to now say that the ski resort is in "central Sweden". We apologize for the oversight.
- RJN
- RJN
- Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:47 pm
- Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
- Topic: APOD Lectures in early January 2018 in NYC and DC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 68350
Re: APOD Lectures in early January 2018 in NYC and DC
Thanks for the Chicago invitations! I have now contacted one of the above commenters about a possible APOD presentation in or near Chicago near the start of 2019 (as it is too late to organize an event near the start of 2018). Things look promising!
- Sun Dec 24, 2017 3:42 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over... (2017 Dec 24)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15746
Re: APOD: SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over... (2017 Dec 24)
Thanks. Yes, it was "just" a Falcon 9 and not a Falcon 9 Heavy. My mistake. I have now updated the APOD.Guest wrote:Falcon 9, but not Heavy.
- RJN
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:11 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Jupiter Diving (2017 Dec 14)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14684
Re: APOD: Jupiter Diving (2017 Dec 14)
Thanks! This has now been fixed.vichug wrote:"you're view" ??
- Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:47 am
- Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
- Topic: APOD Lectures in early January 2018 in NYC and DC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 68350
APOD Lectures in early January 2018 in NYC and DC
There are currently two APOD presentations that will occur in early January. Both events are free and open to the public. The level of the lectures is appropriate for all audiences, including children and people who are just really interested in science and space. New York City on Friday, 2018 ...
- Tue Nov 07, 2017 7:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Prague Astronomical Clock (2017 Nov 07)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7219
Re: APOD: The Prague Astronomical Clock (2017 Nov 07)
Thanks to feedback both here on the Asterisk and over email, two corrections have been made to the NASA APOD text. First, it is made clear that the times of sunrise and sunset at several latitudes can be read from the clock, and that the solar calendar actually does rotate -- in fact once a year. I ...
- Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Where Your Elements Came From (2017 Oct 24)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 138520
Re: APOD: Where Your Elements Came From (2017 Oct 24)
This URL typo has now been fixed in the main NASA APOD. I apologize for the mistake.FJ Piccino wrote:Hey, all: Just a heads-up. There is a typo in your URL on this one.
Looks like it should be https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1710/N ... e_2000.jpg
BTW great site.
- RJN
- Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: GW170817: A Spectacular Merger Event... (2017 Oct 16)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16421
Re: APOD: GW170817: A Spectacular Merger Event... (2017 Oct 16)
The APOD text (on NASA's APOD web site) has been updated to indicate that ESA's INTEGRAL observatory also saw prompt gamma-rays, just a few seconds after the gravitational wave signal. We apologize for the oversight.
- Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:52 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Unusual Mountain Ahuna Mons on Ceres... (2017 Oct 09)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5936
Re: APOD: Unusual Mountain Ahuna Mons on Ceres... (2017 Oct 09)
Note: "bright steaks" has been corrected to "bright streaks" ("r" added) in the NASA APOD. This was to fix a typo and to correct the seeming assertion that food is particularly easy to come by on Ceres. - RJN