HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY APOD! (16 Jun 2006)

Comments and questions about the APOD on the main view screen.
Unzy
Asternaut
Posts: 3
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:58 am
Location: Belgium

HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY APOD! (16 Jun 2006)

Post by Unzy » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:19 am

I'm a long time customer of APOD but life does'nt give time to participate to any forum. Whatever it's the occasion to say how much APOD has lighted each morning (just before going to work) since a long time.

Thanks to the staff.

Unzy.

danubeImp
Asternaut
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:05 am
Location: Austria / Europe
Contact:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY A.P.O.D. (16 Jun 2006)

Post by danubeImp » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:24 am

Happy happy 11th

Image Image

birthday

A.P.O.D.




I love it! Thank you! :mrgreen:


Greetings from Linz on the Danube river in Austria / Europe
Your smile lights up the day

lelion
Asternaut
Posts: 2
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:24 am

Greetings, A.P.O.D, from Sofia...

Post by lelion » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:40 am

...Bulgaria :-)

11 great years!

Keep the good work!

Good luck!

And big THANK YOU!

You lit up my life, too :-)

brenda
Asternaut
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:36 am
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne England

first entry (APOD 16 Jun 2006)

Post by brenda » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:41 am

Happy Birthday APOD.
from Brenda

Satri
Asternaut
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:45 am
Location: Montreal, Canada
Contact:

Missing duplicate notification on APOD (16 Jun 2006)

Post by Satri » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:52 am

Hi all :-)

Congratulations to APOD. APOD's great and I've seen seen all of the nice pictures published in the eleven years.

I have only one main gripe with APOD's website: there's no way to know when the picture shown is a new one or a previously published one. Right? Consider this a feature request!! :-) What do others think?

Cheers,

Alex
Geospatial technologies - http://slashgeo.org

User avatar
Indigo_Sunrise
Science Officer
Posts: 440
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:40 pm
Location: Md

Post by Indigo_Sunrise » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:07 am

APoD's been my home page for almost four years now, and everyday it's another interesting image! Keep up all the great work!! :D
And happy 11th!
Forget the box, just get outside.

wixer
Asternaut
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:16 pm

Post by wixer » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:21 pm

Yes, Happy Birthday APOD. I've enjoyed the pictures since 1997 (when I got my first computer). As for repeats, some of us with senior minds probably forgot seeing anything for a second time...and even if we do remember, how lovely to see something the second time around :!:

Teamwak
Asternaut
Posts: 4
Joined: Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:41 pm

Post by Teamwak » Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:45 pm

Happy birthday APOD. Keep up the good work.

jam1945
Asternaut
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:00 pm
Location: Peoria, Arizona 85345

Happy Birthday APOD

Post by jam1945 » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:08 pm

Congratulations on your 11 birthday, you have given me a bazillion wonderful moments, as i live in awe of our magnificent universe, and I wish you many more happy birthdays to come.
J. A. Marjancik

linx
Ensign
Posts: 52
Joined: Sat May 27, 2006 8:02 am

Happy Birthday APOD

Post by linx » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:44 pm

Hi & Happy Birthday APOD

thanks to all who are involved

its great to start & end each new day seeing & learning of wonders from our Universe

Lin

User avatar
Pete
Science Officer
Posts: 145
Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:46 pm
AKA: Long John LeBone
Location: Toronto, ON

Post by Pete » Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:40 pm

Happy B-day APOD! Props to RJN & JTB for presenting astronomy in such an accessible way.

Deak
Asternaut
Posts: 1
Joined: Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:06 am

Happy Birthday APOD Team

Post by Deak » Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:38 am

Yes, Happy Birthday to the great team that puts the site together, day after day. I'm a long time fan, and find you are running a truly classic site. Don't ever change!

randall cameron
Ensign
Posts: 33
Joined: Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:55 am
Location: Sana'a, Yemen

Post by randall cameron » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:26 am

Amen. Great site. Makes my day.

pstraten
Asternaut
Posts: 1
Joined: Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:48 am
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Congrats and Thanks

Post by pstraten » Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:24 pm

Happy Birthday indeed!

I never miss a day. If I have to, I backtrack through what I missed.

My day wouldn't seem complete with my evening "fix."

Thanks for so many years :-)
PaulS

Astrostitcher
Asternaut
Posts: 9
Joined: Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:05 pm
Location: Lyon, France
Contact:

Post by Astrostitcher » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:13 pm

I too wake up each day to APOD pictures that take my breath away. How fortunate we all are that you so generously share these with us. And how much fun that you are gracefully flexible in your interpretation of astronomy - I love the variety, I've even gotten my sewing group hooked on this site thanks to the astronomy quilt posted some time back. After years of living under cloudless dark skies I now live in a place where my own observing in limited by bad weather or urban light pollution so I am doubly thankful that you are there to continue to show me the marvels of the heavens when I can't visit them myself. Happy Birthday APOD!

eyecapitain1
Ensign
Posts: 22
Joined: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:17 am
Location: Ohio
Contact:

APOD turns 11 (APOD 16 Jun 2006)

Post by eyecapitain1 » Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:39 pm

Happy Birthday Apod!
And thank you for the grand colage depicting so many great things featured for us all on APOD.
This graphic is beautifull!
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/ ... no_big.jpg
Eye
An interested bystander in the light of discovery

User avatar
BMAONE23
Commentator Model 1.23
Posts: 4076
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:55 pm
Location: California

Post by BMAONE23 » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:21 pm

This image makes me wonder. If you were standing on Mars, What would Jupiter and Saturn look like from that vantage point?

Could you make out any banding on Jupiter? Or would it only appear as an unusually bright star during its closest approach?

Would you be able to tell, by unaided viewing, that Saturn has rings?

Did anyone take a photo of their passing that shows Saturn with visible rings and Mars in the same picture? They appeared to be close enough just a couple days ago.

davenash
Asternaut
Posts: 4
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:46 pm
Location: Cambridgeshire, UK
Contact:

Post by davenash » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:49 pm

I was inspired by APOD to create my own montage:

http://www.davesastro.co.uk/misc/davesa ... ntage2.jpg

All my own work :D

Dave.

User avatar
Pete
Science Officer
Posts: 145
Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:46 pm
AKA: Long John LeBone
Location: Toronto, ON

Post by Pete » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:14 pm

Nice work :) my only criticism is that the telescope bottom looks too cut away. Did you also use only APODs?

Wadsworth
Science Officer
Posts: 131
Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:12 pm
Location: TX

Post by Wadsworth » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:11 pm

^^ By own work you mean your own photos.. correct.

davenash
Asternaut
Posts: 4
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:46 pm
Location: Cambridgeshire, UK
Contact:

Post by davenash » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:09 pm

Pete wrote:Nice work :) my only criticism is that the telescope bottom looks too cut away. Did you also use only APODs?
No, I used only my own photos!

And you're right about the telescope, I wasn't very careful when cutting it out...I don't have the patience :)

Dave

davenash
Asternaut
Posts: 4
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:46 pm
Location: Cambridgeshire, UK
Contact:

Post by davenash » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:10 pm

Wadsworth wrote:^^ By own work you mean your own photos.. correct.
Correct!

Dave

eyecapitain1
Ensign
Posts: 22
Joined: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:17 am
Location: Ohio
Contact:

great work davenash

Post by eyecapitain1 » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:57 am

That's great work Davenash!!!
What progam did you use to compile the shots so seemlessly?
I'd like to have a shot at doing this too.
Eye
An interested bystander in the light of discovery

davenash
Asternaut
Posts: 4
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:46 pm
Location: Cambridgeshire, UK
Contact:

Post by davenash » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:32 am

Hi, thanks...I used The Gimp to make the montage.

Dave

eyecapitain1
Ensign
Posts: 22
Joined: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:17 am
Location: Ohio
Contact:

Thanks Dave

Post by eyecapitain1 » Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:54 pm

Thanks for the info.BTW nice web page.great astrophotography
Eye
An interested bystander in the light of discovery

Post Reply