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- Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:50 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan 17)
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Re: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan
Thank you Luigi, I have seen Crux and Canopus. Gonna go try this on my Redshift program.
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:21 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan 17)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3086
Re: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan
Ah ha ! Thank you for your comment. Shows I've never been there and am not thinking. This raises yet another question : so if you can't see Polaris, what do you use to navigate by ?flash wrote: Easter Island is at 27 degrees south. I think if you could see Polaris you'd miss Easter Island by alot.
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan 17)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3086
Re: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan
Thanks again Art, very interesting ! I'll remember that the next time talk to my seafaring friends as it's unlikely that navigational job will ever fall to me
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:23 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan 17)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3086
Re: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan
thank you neufer. is that a big error ? like, would you miss say : Easter Island??
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan 17)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3086
Re: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan
11 hours/(24 hours/day) x 1 circle/day = 11/24 circle or slightly less than a semi-circle ;=) Gottch'a & thanks, just not on my toes and a bit lazy at the hour I looked at the photo :oops: :oops: :wink: Still I am surprised to see what a relatively large diameter there is for the Polaris trail....
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:01 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan 17)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3086
Re: APOD: Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio (2011 Jan
Thank you , very lovely and interesting composition. But why is the Polaris startrail a semi-circle ? instead of a dot or an almost complete circle ...
- Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:21 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: If I was on the moon...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3164
Remember that wonderful picture of the 'earth-rise' taken during the Apollo missions? The earth looked huge but also delicate and so blue. There is nothing like it anywhere else. We all should give our thoughts and efforts to protect this beautiful blue planet we are so luck to live on. (and with al...
- Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Neptune Crescent? Discussion (APOD 18 Jun 2006)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9474
- Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:13 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY APOD! (16 Jun 2006)
- Replies: 27
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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 than...