APOD for 30 Oct 2007 not astronomy related
APOD for 30 Oct 2007 not astronomy related
The APOD pic I received for 10/30/07 was not astronomy related, it was a pic of a cat looking into a flower pot. For real! What's up with that? I don't have any other wallpaper set on my computer.
Thank you.
Thank you.
APOD pic for 10/30/07 not astronomy related
I have seen animated GIFs before with APOD but as RhoEps said they remain static. I can recheck my settings but I believe that since this is the first occurrence there must be something else going on.
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- iamlucky13
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Well, something's going on, because I see a comet transposed next to Jupiter. I looked, but I couldn't spot a kitten
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071030.html
When I first read your title I was a little confused. "That's not astronomy" gets said fairly often, typically when the APOD is of some atmospheric phenomena. I couldn't fathom how a comet would not be considered astronomy.
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The size of the coma has definitely been growing over the last couple of days, but does anyone know if the comet is getting brighter? Friday or Saturday I saw the magnitude quoted as 2.8. All I've seen since then is 3 (rounded, I assume).
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071030.html
When I first read your title I was a little confused. "That's not astronomy" gets said fairly often, typically when the APOD is of some atmospheric phenomena. I couldn't fathom how a comet would not be considered astronomy.
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The size of the coma has definitely been growing over the last couple of days, but does anyone know if the comet is getting brighter? Friday or Saturday I saw the magnitude quoted as 2.8. All I've seen since then is 3 (rounded, I assume).
"Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man." ~J. Robert Oppenheimer (speaking about Albert Einstein)
Would be curious to know where it grabbed it from since both lanceman and I see the same picture, and I'm pretty sure this wasn't already residing on my machine.
If I go to the APOD site and manually set the picture to be my background it works just fine.
I suspect the residents of Comet 1-7P/Holmes are attempting to hide their existence...
If I go to the APOD site and manually set the picture to be my background it works just fine.
I suspect the residents of Comet 1-7P/Holmes are attempting to hide their existence...
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APOD pic for 10/30/07 not astronomy related
How do I get an official answer on this? That is after all the reason I posted this message in the first place.
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Re: APOD pic for 10/30/07 not astronomy related
No taunting intended; I clicked on the curicity link and saw your cat! I also was able to download Jupiter and the comet and set it as my walpaper with no trouble. Have you tried to redo the picture?lanceman wrote:How do I get an official answer on this? That is after all the reason I posted this message in the first place.
Orin
Orin
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Smile today; tomorrow's another day!
check the image in question with the one that Nancy indicated. (the second hyperlink of the text under the curiosity hyperlinkNancy D wrote:In the explanation, the word "curiosity" contains a link to the cat picture.
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Seems that APOD has just acquired a skittish trait.
See the previous day's APOD (http://www.afscme.org/issues/1363.cfm 29th Oct)) and click on the 'sunglasses' link in the last line.
John
See the previous day's APOD (http://www.afscme.org/issues/1363.cfm 29th Oct)) and click on the 'sunglasses' link in the last line.
John