Starship Asterisk*

This is great!

Scott, actually the cow landed on the moon.


Great APOD!

Ah, good points!

This link, here, states that there are streaks left from tracks of the martain dust devils, but I'm wondering why there are no tracks in today's image? Is it because the image was captured right as the dust devil formed?

Definitely an amazing image, though!

Is it difficult to predict when Venus may occult Mars as seen from Earth? They were obviously very close February 22nd but I can't find a future prediction for another occultation of that type. A Wiki search of "History of Mars observation" lists the below. "On October 13, 1590, the ...

/snip And surely most of the brighter stars belong to Palomar 12 itself? Only the very bright-looking star at bottom center looks like a foreground star to me. This is what I was thinking. Part of the description says: Seen behind spiky foreground stars in the sharp Hubble image So, each of the appr...

All your questions about the White Spot on Ceres have been answered.

That video is freaking amazing!

Plus, they think it may have bounced.

No matter what, this is an awesome acheivement!
Go Philae!

LoveLOVELOVE today's APOD!

Ann wrote:Oh, that's a great picture!

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Very great indeed!

Boomer12k wrote:"...Like a Diamond...in the sky..."

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That's pretty much what I was thinking: another beautiful image of super-sparkly jewels!
Fabulous!

This is a very pretty image.

I watched a good bit of the eclipse from my parking lot at work - though I might've looked a bit strange standing out there with binoculars. Totally worth it, though.

This is an absolutely gorgeous image!

alex.tudorica wrote: But if you have a look at this panorama: https://www.flickr.com/photos/27891676@N05/15252272412/

Good lord! That image looks almost like it was taken during the day! And I mean that as a compliment, since it's so detailed and beautiful. Absolutely the highest kudos to you, Alex. Very awesome!

jimsaruff wrote:Does the moon also go thru a higher and lower seasonal ascension in the skies as the sun?

Google "Analemma"



And Whew! I too, thought the video was super fast!

I would love to be somewhere dark enough to see the zodiacal light. Beautiful image!
And seeing images from the southern hemisphere mixes me up sometimes, as they're 'upside down' compared to what I'm used to seeing!

I don't quite understand the color code. The captions says that "green areas are rich with white-dot galaxies". There are no white dots at about 9 o' clock, which implies to me that the cyan represents "empty". What does, then, the dark blue next to the image center stand for? B...

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RedFishBlueFish wrote:one of the few examples of HDR imaging which does not seem contrived and jarring in effect.

I agree. Very serene, beautiful image. The clouds almost look as though they were painted in.

Is the star WR 124 six light years across, or the image? That is my question, too. One link in the description, this one ., states "WR 124 is ten times the radius of the sun", which sounds more likely, IMO. Interesting image, and though I haven't clicked through all the links yet, the one...

Awesome image. And I liked the compilation video showing the runners-up and honorable mentions.
Very nice!

I'll take people's word for it that this is an interesting APOD. I can't really get to it. Bits and pieces from time to time, but mostly just server timeouts from the Italian source site. How about following the usual APOD approach of the main page image being a static image hosted here, and the cl...

What does the red wavy line signify? And the yellow half-circle at the 'crest' of the wave? Are the thin light blue lines depicting the Milky Way?

This is an awesome map! And thanks for a super-awesome 19 years!
Here's to the next 19!!!!

Ann wrote:It is the same field, but the earlier picture was made without any ultraviolet filters. You can find the B, R and several I's (infrared filters) image here.

Ann

Thanks, Ann. I missed the differences in the filters used.

Oooooh! Love the 'candy dish' description! Very awesome image. *Boomer12k - do you have a link to the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field that you mentioned? When I searched for it, the link I got (here) , looks exactly like the Ultra Deep Field Image. (Could just be my untrained eyes, though.) TIA! :saturn: