Lunar Eclipse (APOD 22 Feb 2008)

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Lunar Eclipse (APOD 22 Feb 2008)

Post by BMAONE23 » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:24 am

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080222.html
This is such a dramatic image of the trio. Is that a Titanic Saturnian Moon just below the ringplane?

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Post by orin stepanek » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:33 pm

It would make a worthy backgroumd pic on my pc. :)
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Re: Lunar Eclipse APOD 080222

Post by neufer » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:26 pm

BMAONE23 wrote:http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080222.html
This is such a dramatic image of the trio. Is that a Titanic Saturnian Moon just below the ringplane?
What appears to be a "ringplane" is some sort of optical effect which also visible around Regulus and other stars. (Only Uranus can point it's polar axis in our general direction.) Titan would indeed lie in the actual ringplane which should nearly parallel the ecliptic and hence nearly pass through an eclipsed moon.
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Post by blargman » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:34 pm

orin stepanek wrote:It would make a worthy backgroumd pic on my pc. :)
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is there a 1920x1200 version? :)

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Re: Lunar Eclipse APOD 080222

Post by Case » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:01 pm

Titan would lie in the line Saturn-Regulus. The dot below Saturn is star HD 91150, by chance of about the same magnitude as Titan (8.25 vs. 8.65).

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Post by BMAONE23 » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:59 pm

THANKS CASE :!:

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Post by diamondblast » Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:34 am

orin stepanek wrote:It would make a worthy backgroumd pic on my pc. :)
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wow this is a great pic I can't stop looking at it.
At first look I thought it's something made by photoshop or something.
I hope it's ok that I will use it as background too. :) This is so impressive I think it will be placed at my office and at home.
If there are more pictures I wold love to see them too.
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