Where am I?
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Is it relevant that the jewels seem to be PEARLS? Not diamonds?
And I'd still not have a clue what the astronomical significance might be.
.... Ponder.... Pause.... Oh, I don't know... I might have ... But not if the significant jewels are pearls!
Margarita
And I'd still not have a clue what the astronomical significance might be.
.... Ponder.... Pause.... Oh, I don't know... I might have ... But not if the significant jewels are pearls!
Margarita
"In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS
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It is not at all relevant that the jewels are pearls, no! But the fact that there are jewels at all is crucial. And their "container" is actually equally important!MargaritaMc wrote:Is it relevant that the jewels seem to be PEARLS? Not diamonds?
And I'd still not have a clue what the astronomical significance might be.
.... Ponder.... Pause.... Oh, I don't know... I might have ... But not if the significant jewels are pearls!
Margarita
Ann
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The CONTAINER??! oh help - I need another cup of coffee to wake my brain up!
Is the MIRROR of significance?
Did you play the guessing game of 'Hot or Cold' when you were a child? Also called "I spy with my little eye something beginning with ..[letter of alphabet]" . When you made a guess you would ask 'Am I hot or cold?'.
So - am I hot or cold??
M
Is the MIRROR of significance?
Did you play the guessing game of 'Hot or Cold' when you were a child? Also called "I spy with my little eye something beginning with ..[letter of alphabet]" . When you made a guess you would ask 'Am I hot or cold?'.
So -
M
"In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS
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I'm afraid you are quite cold, Margarita.
I can tell you that my two objects are located in a constellation that is quite famous. I, however, have never seen this constellation, and you probably haven't either.
One of my objects is very easy to see in binoculars. It is not an obscure object, and it has a well-known name.
Ann
I can tell you that my two objects are located in a constellation that is quite famous. I, however, have never seen this constellation, and you probably haven't either.
One of my objects is very easy to see in binoculars. It is not an obscure object, and it has a well-known name.
Ann
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Mmm. OK - thinking cap back on. And that coffee I've been promising myself!
M
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"In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS
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Oh- what a dimwit!MargaritaMc wrote:Mmm. OK - thinking cap back on. And that coffee I've been promising myself!
M
The Jewel Box and the Coalsack Nebula in the Southern Cross!
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I was fixating on having read about those diamond stars and planets!
Now I really am going to get that coffee!
M
"In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS
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Welcome back with the next puzzle!
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I just have to post a picture of the Jewel Box, so that you can see it. This delightful image is by Robert Gendler.
If you want to see the Coalsack and the Jewel Box together in Crux, then check out http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=100. Look at page 5 of the March 2013 Recent Submissions, and scroll down to the 13th picture from the top. Here you can see Ian P's great picture of Crux. The Coalsack is the large dark splotch at middle-lower left, and the Jewel Box is the small bright compact cluster at about nine o'clock.
Ann
If you want to see the Coalsack and the Jewel Box together in Crux, then check out http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=100. Look at page 5 of the March 2013 Recent Submissions, and scroll down to the 13th picture from the top. Here you can see Ian P's great picture of Crux. The Coalsack is the large dark splotch at middle-lower left, and the Jewel Box is the small bright compact cluster at about nine o'clock.
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Thank you for my lovely cup of coffee!
And here is my question: Margarita
And here is my question: Margarita
"In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS
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Okay, Margarita, I'm musing aloud!
The picture shows a snake, or rather, two snakes. Snakes, when tamed, have been symbols of healing in antiquity. There is a story in the Old Testament about Moses healing the Israelis with a snake.
Is there a symbol of healing in the sky? Not that I'm aware of.
There is, however, a "snake constellation". In fact, there are two. There is Serpens Caput, The Snake's Head, and Serpens Cauda, The Snake's Tail. The picture shows Serpens Caput on the right, Serpens Cauda on the left, and Ophiuchus, the Snake-carrier, in the middle.
Well, Margarita, that's as far I can think right now!
Ann
The picture shows a snake, or rather, two snakes. Snakes, when tamed, have been symbols of healing in antiquity. There is a story in the Old Testament about Moses healing the Israelis with a snake.
Is there a symbol of healing in the sky? Not that I'm aware of.
![Image](http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/serpens.jpg)
Well, Margarita, that's as far I can think right now!
Ann
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Okay, I see that Hippocrates, the "father of medicine" and an incredibly important name in medicine during antiquity, has had a crater named after him on the Moon.
Ann
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Something wrong here, Ann. Everytime i click on the viewtopic you gave, i always end up at the top of page 5 of the March 2013 submissions with a picture of Aldearan, Epsilon Tauri, Jupiter.Ann wrote:I just have to post a picture of the Jewel Box, so that you can see it. This delightful image is by Robert Gendler.
If you want to see the Coalsack and the Jewel Box together in Crux, then check out http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=100. Look at page 5 of the March 2013 Recent Submissions, and scroll down to the 13th picture from the top. Here you can see Ian P's great picture of Crux. The Coalsack is the large dark splotch at middle-lower left, and the Jewel Box is the small bright compact cluster at about nine o'clock.
Ann
No sack of coal or jewels.
To find the Truth, you must go Beyond.
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Not Hippocrates.Ann wrote:Okay, I see that Hippocrates, the "father of medicine" and an incredibly important name in medicine during antiquity, has had a crater named after him on the Moon.
Ann
If you can discover what that symbol is called and whose symbol it was then you should be halfway there.
M
PS. The symbol is the whole thing - staff, snakes and wings
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"In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS
Re: Where am I?
Yes, but you have to scroll down to the 13th picture from the top!Beyond wrote:Something wrong here, Ann. Everytime i click on the viewtopic you gave, i always end up at the top of page 5 of the March 2013 submissions with a picture of Aldearan, Epsilon Tauri, Jupiter.Ann wrote:I just have to post a picture of the Jewel Box, so that you can see it. This delightful image is by Robert Gendler.
If you want to see the Coalsack and the Jewel Box together in Crux, then check out http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=100. Look at page 5 of the March 2013 Recent Submissions, and scroll down to the 13th picture from the top. Here you can see Ian P's great picture of Crux. The Coalsack is the large dark splotch at middle-lower left, and the Jewel Box is the small bright compact cluster at about nine o'clock.
Ann
No sack of coal or jewels.
Ann
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Oh! Hermes? That is, Mercury?MargaritaMc wrote:Not Hippocrates.Ann wrote:Okay, I see that Hippocrates, the "father of medicine" and an incredibly important name in medicine during antiquity, has had a crater named after him on the Moon.
Ann
If you can discover what that symbol is called and whose symbol it was then you should be halfway there.
M
PS. The symbol is the whole thing - staff, snakes and wings
Ann
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Give the lady a BIG HAND!!
OVER TO YOU
Margarita
PS - I'm off for a siesta now, after a HUGE lunch!
PPS - the staff of Hermes is called a
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"In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS
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Hey - when I was a kid, I loved Superman, really. So I bought a lot of Superman comics, much to my mother's consternation. Sometimes in the Superman comics, Superman joined up with the Justice League, and one of the members of the Justice League was the Flash. The Flash wore a really tight-fitting red dress and yellow boots with wings on them. He had "wing things" over his ears, too. I thought he looked pretty stupid because of those "ear wings".
Later, however, I thought that the Flash was probably modelled after Hermes, messenger for the gods. And Hermes, of course, was Mercury to the Romans.
Ann
Later, however, I thought that the Flash was probably modelled after Hermes, messenger for the gods. And Hermes, of course, was Mercury to the Romans.
Ann
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Ah... When i first read it, i thought it was 2-different things. I was "got" by that one.Ann wrote:Yes, but you have to scroll down to the 13th picture from the top!Beyond wrote:Something wrong here, Ann. Everytime i click on the viewtopic you gave, i always end up at the top of page 5 of the March 2013 submissions with a picture of Aldearan, Epsilon Tauri, Jupiter.Ann wrote:I just have to post a picture of the Jewel Box, so that you can see it. This delightful image is by Robert Gendler.
If you want to see the Coalsack and the Jewel Box together in Crux, then check out http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=100. Look at page 5 of the March 2013 Recent Submissions, and scroll down to the 13th picture from the top. Here you can see Ian P's great picture of Crux. The Coalsack is the large dark splotch at middle-lower left, and the Jewel Box is the small bright compact cluster at about nine o'clock.
Ann
No sack of coal or jewels.
Ann
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Ann wrote:If you want to see the Coalsack and the Jewel Box together in Crux, then check out http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=100. Look at page 5 of the March 2013 Recent Submissions, and scroll down to the 13th picture from the top. Here you can see Ian P's great picture of Crux. The Coalsack is the large dark splotch at middle-lower left, and the Jewel Box is the small bright compact cluster at about nine o'clock.
Beyond wrote:Something wrong here, Ann. Everytime i click on the viewtopic you gave, i always end up at the top of page 5 of the March 2013 submissions with a picture of Aldearan, Epsilon Tauri, Jupiter.
No sack of coal or jewels.
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 76#p195576Ann wrote:Yes, but you have to scroll down to the 13th picture from the top!
For a wide field image of the Coal Sack, Jewel Box, and Mimosa
Opening up a Colourful Cosmic Jewel Box
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0940/
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic0913/
A wide-field image of the region around NGC 4755 (the Jewel Box, κ Crucis) constructed from data from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The bright star is Mimosa (β Crucis), one of the four stars in Crux, the Southern Cross. The darkness towards the bottom of the image is part of the Coal Sack, a vast area of obscuring dust easily visible to the unaided eye. The field of view is approximately 2.8 degrees x 2.9 degrees, or about 40 times the area of the Full Moon.
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OOH! NICE picture!! Doesn't do me any good for a clue
, so i think I'll just enjoy the picture for awhile.
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![Image](http://st.depositphotos.com/1003854/1275/v/380/depositphotos_12752878-Little-girl-with-white-dwarf-bunny.jpg)
But NEITHER OF THE OBJECTS I'm asking about is a white dwarf!
Ann
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Well, even though the diamond picture doesn't show one, is there such a thing as a dwarf whirlpool nebula?
To find the Truth, you must go Beyond.