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- Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Crumbling Layered Butte on Mars (2016 Oct 05)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 15339
Re: APOD: A Crumbling Layered Butte on Mars (2016 Oct 05)
Can you imagine a human colony on the surface of this planet? Growing crops, to feed themselves ... somehow? With no water to speak of? Their energy sources being ... what? Not solar power, from a very very distant sun. No water on Mars? Au contraire... There's plenty to be found, but it's locked u...
- Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:13 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Crumbling Layered Butte on Mars (2016 Oct 05)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 15339
Re: APOD: A Crumbling Layered Butte on Mars (2016 Oct 05)
In the center of the scree are more than ten rocks whose surface have multiple round nodules. All the other rocks have flat planes as would be if cleaved from sedimentary formation. What are the nodules? Sedimentary conglomerate? Did Curiosity have a close look to be sure they were not signs of lif...
- Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:47 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Nest of the Eagle Nebula (2016 Oct 04)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10902
Re: APOD: Nest of the Eagle Nebula (2016 Oct 04)
Reminds me of the Drac that Louis Gossett Jr played in Enemy Mine
Perhaps this is where the Drac home world is located
Perhaps this is where the Drac home world is located
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 5:11 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: What did you see in the sky tonight?
- Replies: 1300
- Views: 1047209
Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?
If you live in an area that is currently close to active fires, and the smoke is evident in your skies, the orange color could be from smoke. Wildfire smoke always makes both the Sun and Moon seem redder
- Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:06 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Five Hundred Meter Aperture... (2016 Sep 29)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8700
Re: APOD: Five Hundred Meter Aperture... (2016 Sep 29)
You are an extraterrestrial... you are overseeing Earth... you are from Light Years away... you really going to use....Radio????? Our radio signals dissipate about 1.5-2 light years out, before it blends in with the background radiation....NOBODY is watching Lucy.... and NOBODY else's Radio signals...
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:13 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: ICRAR: World’s Largest Single-Dish Radio Telescope
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5048
Re: ICRAR: World’s Largest Single-Dish Radio Telescope
it also required the forced relocation of more than 9000 valley residents who were compensated approx $1,800 USD each
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 4:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Gaia: Here Comes the Sun (2016 Sep 26)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18715
Re: APOD: Gaia: Here Comes the Sun (2016 Sep 26)
Going by the video, between 10 secs to 20 secs, it appears our Sun (Sol) is part of a Globular Star Cluster. Is that really the case? Or is it a result of insufficient data of the Milky Way so far? I think it's just marking the edge of the data. Absolutely. We're not inside a globular cluster. Trus...
- Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:15 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from... (2016 Sep 13)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11970
Re: APOD: NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from... (2016 Sep 13)
The second NGC 1672 link takes you to a Youtube Video Zoom in which does resemble a Barred Spiral
It also looks like a double ringed galaxy with the rings offset enough to create the illusion of a bar
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:14 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Philae Lander Found on Comet 67P (2016 Sep 12)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 13484
Re: APOD: Philae Lander Found on Comet 67P (2016 Sep 12)
That Big Rock, right in the middle of the image of this rather large Icy Dirtball, appears to indicate layering...Warped Layering
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:12 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: All the Water on Planet Earth (2016 Sep 11)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 24154
Re: APOD: All the Water on Planet Earth (2016 Sep 11)
It was an interesting read though.
The current estimated population of 7.45 Billion would have approx 40sq' each or 5' x 8' on Hawaii
Who wants the Beach Cubicles??
The current estimated population of 7.45 Billion would have approx 40sq' each or 5' x 8' on Hawaii
Who wants the Beach Cubicles??
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:24 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: All the Water on Planet Earth (2016 Sep 11)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 24154
Re: APOD: All the Water on Planet Earth (2016 Sep 11)
You could also take all the human inhabitants and relocate them to the Hawaiian islands with some room to spareta152h0 wrote:how big would this sphere be if you take the volume of every inhabitant of the Earth and create a sphere representing this volume ?
- Tue Sep 06, 2016 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: OSIRIS-REx: Asteroid 1999 RQ36 (Bennu)
- Replies: 78
- Views: 62583
Re: OSIRIS-REx: Asteroid 1999 RQ36 (Bennu)
You only need be concerned if you find a rather large POD under your bed before you go to sleep
- Tue Sep 06, 2016 4:57 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Whirlpool Galaxy and Beyond (2016 Sep 06)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11829
Re: APOD: The Whirlpool Galaxy and Beyond (2016 Sep 06)
In this DEEP exposure, it is abundantly clear that NGC 5195 is obviously the M51s Good Right Hand. But who is the accusatory finger pointing at??
- Mon Sep 05, 2016 4:05 am
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Landscape vs. Portrait
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6338
Re: Landscape vs. Portrait
Bill, A simple solution would be to have a second monitor that is rotated to portrait. Not only would this provide for viewing portrait oriented images but it also makes web browsing more enjoyable as most web pages scroll in portrait direction Here is a brief description of that process http://www....
- Fri Sep 02, 2016 7:39 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Symmetry: Our galactic neighborhood
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4789
Re: Our galactic neighborhood
Ann,
I love the way your inquisitive mind works
I love the way your inquisitive mind works
- Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:19 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Curiosity at Murray Buttes on Mars (2016 Aug 24)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9953
Re: APOD: Curiosity at Murray Buttes on Mars (2016 Aug 24)
Possibly a nickel/iron meteorite remnant
Although, with the context of the other rock above it, and the strategically placed dark patch which resembles an eye socket, I am reminded of the breathing apparatus of Darth Vader
Although, with the context of the other rock above it, and the strategically placed dark patch which resembles an eye socket, I am reminded of the breathing apparatus of Darth Vader
- Fri Aug 26, 2016 2:18 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Closest Star has Potentially Planet... (2016 Aug 25)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 13992
Re: APOD: Closest Star has Potentially Planet... (2016 Aug 25)
And the Robinson family set off for Alpha Prime only to get Lost in SpaceFred the Cat wrote:Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson fictionally writes of a multi-generational space voyage and the burden it places on those who didn't get a vote to undertake the problems of lifetimes in space. Quite thought provoking.
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Gigantic Jet Lightning over China (2016 Aug 23)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 14201
Re: APOD: Gigantic Jet Lightning over China (2016 Aug 23)
In other words..
Correlation but not causation?
Correlation but not causation?
- Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:52 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma (2016 Aug 22)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9636
Re: APOD: Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma (2016 Aug 22)
Thanks for the further info Neufer
- Mon Aug 22, 2016 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma (2016 Aug 22)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9636
Re: APOD: Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma (2016 Aug 22)
It would look similar to this Antarctic Analemma just different datesGuest wrote:If you were at the north or south pole, would you see just a figure 0 or an inverted U shape?
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150923.html
- Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Perseid Fireball at Sunset Crater (2016 Aug 19)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9588
Re: APOD: Perseid Fireball at Sunset Crater (2016 Aug 19)
The term " persistent train " reminds me of Stephen King's " Blaine the Mono " but much more ephemeral and not nearly as evil. Some seem to last a fairly long time and the physics of the phenomena seems worthy of much more study . Thanks for today's persistent Perseid! :ssmile: ...
- Thu Aug 18, 2016 5:02 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Weather!
- Replies: 2850
- Views: 987514
Re: Weather!
Very dry after several years of extended drought. Though Temp wise, my particular neck of the woods (Sonoma County) is pretty much normal for Summer. We had a Big Fire in Lake County last year (September) that burned much of Middletown and another that burned North of Clearlake at the same time. Now...
- Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:23 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Meteor before Galaxy (2016 Aug 17)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13143
Re: APOD: Meteor before Galaxy (2016 Aug 17)
Andromeda should consider herself fortunate, If the track had been even slightly different (viewpoint anyway) Her heart would have been pierced
- Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:21 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Weather!
- Replies: 2850
- Views: 987514
Re: Weather!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7VN37TAreE0/Tkp2keVFCiI/AAAAAAAADYA/hGZwKZqeKkU/s1600/Malmofestival-09+008.jpg The Malmö festival. Photo: Stefan Stenudd. Lovely day today. Sunny, warm, 21C. We haven't had many of those days in August. The Malmö Festival is in progress, so people are filling the downtown ...
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:06 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: GISS: Venus May Have Been Habitable
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4436
Re: GISS: Venus May Have Been Habitable
What a Happy Face ![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Kind of like Charlie Brown
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Kind of like Charlie Brown