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by Arramon
Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:53 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Astronomical numbers
Replies: 11
Views: 2811

Is that why I always get emails from people saying they are from some family and they have aacounts in the millions already set up for me to receive if I help them transfer funds to my own US bank account...?????? They are detached from the reality of what money is actually worth. Sounds like Yen. 5...
by Arramon
Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:59 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Moon Museum: New Race to Save Space Relics
Replies: 1
Views: 1001

Moon Museum: New Race to Save Space Relics

Moon Museum: New Race to Save Space Relics http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080725-google-xprize.html http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/080725-google-xprize1-02.jpg Sacred ground: Tranquility Base, the Apollo 11 mission's Eagle lunar lander touchdown site. Credit: NA...
by Arramon
Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:54 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: European Team Discovers New Alien World
Replies: 1
Views: 886

European Team Discovers New Alien World

European Team Discovers New Alien World http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080724-new-exoplanet.html http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/080724-corot-02.jpg This artist's view shows the COROT satellite, launched in 2006 to search for extrasolar planets by monitoring chan...
by Arramon
Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:49 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: New Solar System Guide: The Latest Lingo
Replies: 0
Views: 894

New Solar System Guide: The Latest Lingo

New Solar System Guide: The Latest Lingo http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080728-mm-solar-system-guide.html http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/080728-makemake-02.jpg An artist's illustration of Makemake, a dwarf planet out beyond the orbit of Neptune that also qualifi...
by Arramon
Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:45 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Virgin Galactic Unveils Space Liner Mothership
Replies: 0
Views: 822

Virgin Galactic Unveils Space Liner Mothership

Virgin Galactic Unveils Space Liner Mothership http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/WK2-DEBUT1-02.jpg http://www.space.com/news/080728-whiteknight2-rollout.html MOJAVE, Calif. — With all the pageantry of a king's arrival, the WhiteKnightTwo — a huge flying launch pad to supp...
by Arramon
Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:39 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Astronomical numbers
Replies: 11
Views: 2811

Cost for people of Zimbabwe to take a space related trip:

$1,200,000,000,000,000 dollars (zimbabwe currency)


How the hell can a nation have printed notes in the BILLIONS??? Holy cow, spaceman!
by Arramon
Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:25 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Universe(s)
Replies: 5
Views: 1428

Just as no man is an island unto himself..... =) John Donne.... Pretty much, all things in this Universe are a piece of the whole, or 'clods' of the entire 'mass' of everything we consider the Universe (as in not just what we see, but what we don't see and will never see; the entirety of all things ...
by Arramon
Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:09 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Spitzer's M101 (APOD 25 Jul 2008)
Replies: 18
Views: 5589

No Life Possible at Edges of the Pinwheel Galaxy http://www.universetoday.com/2008/07/22/no-life-possible-at-edges-of-the-pinwheel-galaxy/ Using Spitzer's Infrared Array Camera and the Infrared Spectograph to carefully analyze the spectra of the PAHs, astronomers can more precisely identify the PAH ...
by Arramon
Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:58 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Spitzer's M101 (APOD 25 Jul 2008)
Replies: 18
Views: 5589

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E4DB143EF930A25755C0A9669C8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss The first clue of interstellar collisions came in the 1950's when astronomers looked at clusters of stars they knew to be nearly as old as the universe and saw what appeared to be large, ...
by Arramon
Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:18 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Spitzer's M101 (APOD 25 Jul 2008)
Replies: 18
Views: 5589

The space between is far and wide....
by Arramon
Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:07 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Plasma Bullets Trigger Northern Lights
Replies: 8
Views: 2377

Plasma Bullets Trigger Northern Lights

Plasma Bullets Trigger Northern Lights July 24, 2008: Duck! Plasma bullets are zinging past Earth. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/24jul_plasmabullets.htm?list71415 That's the conclusion of researchers studying data from NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft. The gigantic bullets, they say, are lau...
by Arramon
Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:00 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Galaxy Formation Images Based on Hubble Data
Replies: 1
Views: 3271

Galaxy Formation Images Based on Hubble Data

Here is a cool graphical depiction of Galaxy formations based on the Hubble classifications: http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/galaxy-8.gif http://science.howstuffworks.com/galaxy.htm Galaxies come in a variety of sizes and shapes. They can have as few as 10 million stars or as many as 10 trillion...
by Arramon
Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:49 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Ancient Galactic Magnetic Fields Stronger Than Expected
Replies: 2
Views: 1174

Example for Merging Magnetic fields: http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6849/arpbz7.jpg This recent APOD image is a good example of the interaction I mean from above, of what may be happening to the magnetic field lines of these two galaxies as they merge. http://www.holoscience.com/news/img/m82.jpg...
by Arramon
Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:26 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Ancient Galactic Magnetic Fields Stronger Than Expected
Replies: 2
Views: 1174

Ancient Galactic Magnetic Fields Stronger Than Expected

Ancient Galactic Magnetic Fields Stronger Than Expected http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ancient_Galactic_Magnetic_Fields_Stronger_Than_Expected_999.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v404/n6779/images/404732aa.2.jpg M82 Magnetic Field Mining the far reaches of the universe for clues about ...
by Arramon
Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Is the death of 'baby red' so unusual? (APOD 24 Jul 2008)
Replies: 15
Views: 5583

I don't get it. Yesterday it was some rocks, and today it's just some clouds. They told me this is the place to go to see videos of dancing people. SO WHERE ARE THE DANCING PEOPLE? I'm so confused... Under the red spots... wayyyy off base.... look for the topic with the 8 pages so far called..........
by Arramon
Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: High Cliffs Surrounding Echus Chasma on Mars (23 Jul 2008)
Replies: 37
Views: 15182

Yesss.... the spice must flow....
by Arramon
Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:10 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Happy People Dancing On Planet Earth (APOD 22 Jul 2008)
Replies: 112
Views: 36020

*gotta be home to view it as well* ;) I wouldn't call anyone 'whiners' just because they have something wrong with something thats been done, even if its not wrong for the reasons they think. They just want to increase their post counts and seem like they are contributing. =) And since someone start...
by Arramon
Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:50 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Happy People Dancing On Planet Earth (APOD 22 Jul 2008)
Replies: 112
Views: 36020

I guess I'm lucky I can't view the flash image since our work computer wont allow us to upgrage to version 9 without Admin permission..... =D hehehehe INDIGO SUNSET: You have some pretty weak comebacks... those are funny to read though. =b And APOD will never ever have a shortage of space images to ...
by Arramon
Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:27 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Spitzer Reveals 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy
Replies: 1
Views: 876

Spitzer Reveals 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy

IMAGE ADVISORY: 2008-138 July 21, 2008 Spitzer Reveals 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy The Pinwheel galaxy is gussied up in infrared light in a new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ssc2008-14a_small.jpg The fluffy-looking galaxy, officially...
by Arramon
Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:08 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Jupiter over Ephesus (2008 Jul 18)
Replies: 24
Views: 6626

Jupiter and the moon were lovely last night at The Police concert in Wheatland, CA, Sleep Train Amphiteater. The full moon and Jupiter were just above and to the left of the stage the band played on, giving a wonderful sight. =)
by Arramon
Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:36 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: NASA's Deep Impact Films Earth as an Alien World
Replies: 1
Views: 948

NASA's Deep Impact Films Earth as an Alien World

NASA's Deep Impact Films Earth as an Alien World http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/260354main_EPOXItimelapse3.jpg Series of images showing the Moon transiting Earth, captured by NASA's EPOXI spacecraft. Credit: Donald J. Lindler, Sigma Space Corporation/GSFC; EPOCh/DIXI Science Teams During a full...
by Arramon
Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:12 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: was this someone here?
Replies: 3
Views: 1279

OMG!! You have to be kidding me!!!!!!! http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/side/5453748.html Maj. Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, said no F-16s or other aircraft from his base were in the area the night of Jan. 8, when mos...
by Arramon
Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:57 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: was this someone here?
Replies: 3
Views: 1279

I get sick whenever I read junk like this: After talking to witnesses, MUFON investigators ended up looking into 300 reported UFO sightings spanning several weeks and said most were probably planets, cloud formations or stars. ARE WE THAT STUPID!!!??? Are you kidding me??! Can we not tell a planet, ...
by Arramon
Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:48 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Multi-Spectrum Glasses?
Replies: 10
Views: 3606

Okay okay... so then glasses/goggles equiped with this type of filter can have a knob that finely tilts the interference filter lense and changes the viewable spectrum of the incoming light. Nice..! But how far out can you view incoming light and actually tune the wavelengths to view certain section...