Tomorrow's APOD

[stephen63]

I often try to guess tomorrow's picture based on the clue given, and think it would be fun to share the rationale behind our guess!

[Moonlady]

After I spend much time to hack the cryptic description about tomorrow's APOD, I think I succeed and we will see tomorrow:
Mercury!

[stephen63]

After I spend much time to hack the cryptic description about tomorrow's APOD, I think I succeed and we will see tomorrow:
Mercury!

Good call! I think you're right.

[geckzilla]

I get scared when I see the Open Space ones. That means there isn't one yet. What if it doesn't get done by midnight? A scary thought.

[stephen63]

Clue for tomorrows APOD: pixels in space.

Reminds me of Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot".
"A mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam"

Earth imaged by Voyager 1 through Saturn's rings.

[geckzilla]

(C) AP

Yup, I'm sure the Associated Press owns the copyright to that image.

I think pixels in space is another one similar to open space. Too vague to make any determination.

...and, looking again, it's been updated to the exact name of the object in the next APOD. Talk about spoilers.

[neufer]

(C) AP

Yup, I'm sure the Associated Press owns the copyright to that image.

Not the original image, of course, but clearly the AP has exaggerated the Earth color.

I think pixels in space is another one similar to open space. Too vague to make any determination.

...and, looking again, it's been updated to the exact name of the object in the next APOD. Talk about spoilers.

I think pixels in space is another one similar to open space indicating
that no final determination had yet been made about tomorrow's APOD.

[Beyond]

Now wait just a comet picking minute... today's APOD: 4-planet sunset, lists tomorrow's APOD as Sharpless 115. So just where the heck did the idea of pixels in space come from for tomorrow's APOD
Once again I'm . Did i once again miss something with my far sightedness

[Chris Peterson]

Now wait just a comet picking minute... today's APOD: 4-planet sunset, lists tomorrow's APOD as Sharpless 115. So just where the heck did the idea of pixels in space come from for tomorrow's APOD :?: :?:
Once again I'm :? . Did i once again miss something with my far sightedness :?: :?: :lol2:

That which was near changed while you were staring into the distance...

[neufer]

[size=150][color=#0000FF]BEYONDER LAND[/color][/size]

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Now wait just a comet picking minute... today's APOD: 4-planet sunset, lists tomorrow's APOD as Sharpless 115. So just where the heck did the idea of pixels in space come from for tomorrow's APOD
Once again I'm . Did i once again miss something with my far sightedness

That which was near changed while you were staring into the distance...

[Beyond]

Now wait just a comet picking minute... today's APOD: 4-planet sunset, lists tomorrow's APOD as Sharpless 115. So just where the heck did the idea of pixels in space come from for tomorrow's APOD
Once again I'm . Did i once again miss something with my far sightedness

That which was near changed while you were staring into the distance...

Hmm... perhaps for tomorrow's APOD, a ? mark or the word surprise should be used. Then everyone would find out what it is when they see it. If someone didn't care for doing it that way, they could always request and receive a refund.

[Beyond]

[size=150][color=#0000FF]BEYONDER LAND[/color][/size]

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Now wait just a comet picking minute... today's APOD: 4-planet sunset, lists tomorrow's APOD as Sharpless 115. So just where the heck did the idea of pixels in space come from for tomorrow's APOD
Once again I'm . Did i once again miss something with my far sightedness

That which was near changed while you were staring into the distance...

NO, NO, Neufer! That's the blue of Ann, NOT the green of Beyonder land.

[Chris Peterson]

NO, NO, Neufer! That's the blue of Ann, NOT the green of Beyonder land.

I'm afraid images don't get any redder than that one!

[Beyond]

Or reader
It is a fair example of a stare at Beyonder land though, except that if the starer was actually seeing Beyonder land, the mouth would be open a lot wider in amazement

[neufer]

Or reader

It is a fair example of a stare at Beyonder land though, except that if the starer was actually seeing Beyonder land, the mouth would be open a lot wider in amazement

[Beyond]

ha-ha-ha, um... no. He doesn't have that elevated stare of amazement. He has a look of shock that comes from all of a sudden finding himself beamed over to the Starship Asterisk*, away from the crooks that he was beating up on. Maybe you'd better not tell him you did it. He may still have stuff left over from one of the movies.

[Beyond]

Tomorrow's APOD (6/21/13) is listed as 'Solstice Scene'. I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess the sun will be in it.

[bystander]

The day and night sides of Earth at the instant of June 2013 solstice (2013 June 21 at 5:04 Universal Time (12:04 a.m. EDT). At this instant the noonday sun shines at zenith over the tropic of Cancer, near the border of China and Vietnam.

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Tomorrow's APOD (6/21/13) is listed as 'Solstice Scene'. I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess the sun will be in it.

• Why would you say that? The instance of the June solstice occurs when most of the Western hemisphere is in the dark.

[geckzilla]

As long as no cat-burning takes place, I'm fine with whatever... some Swedes dancing embarrassingly around a maypole would be amusing.

[bystander]

A May pole in June?

[Ann]

As long as no cat-burning takes place, I'm fine with whatever... some Swedes dancing embarrassingly around a maypole would be amusing.

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

Something like this?

Ann

[Beyond]

The day and night sides of Earth at the instant of June 2013 solstice (2013 June 21 at 5:04 Universal Time (12:04 a.m. EDT). At this instant the noonday sun shines at zenith over the tropic of Cancer, near the border of China and Vietnam.

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Tomorrow's APOD (6/21/13) is listed as 'Solstice Scene'. I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess the sun will be in it.

• Why would you say that? The instance of the June solstice occurs when most of the Western hemisphere is in the dark.

ha-ha, now you're doing a me. I didn't say that i would see it. I said that I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess the sun will be in it.
Isn't the sun always in a solstice, whether or not you actually get to see it solstice.

[stephen63]

Stonehenge?
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/days ... -solstice/

[stephen63]

14 full moons ago:
I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess Supermoon?
6May2012 03:33 Moon at Perigee: 356954 km

[Beyond]

14 full moons ago:
I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess Supermoon?
6May2012 03:33 Moon at Perigee: 356954 km

Good choice You need the extra light to help illuminate the end of that long limb to help you keep from getting and falling off it.