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by dddavids
Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:28 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: In the Heart of the Rosette Nebula (2023 Feb 06)
Replies: 15
Views: 4514

Re: APOD: In the Heart of the Rosette Nebula (2023 Feb 06)

Does the pink color of the stars indicate that they are all rich in sulfur at the surface?
by dddavids
Mon Aug 30, 2021 3:50 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Orbits of Potentially Hazardous... (2021 Aug 29)
Replies: 22
Views: 6812

Re: APOD: Orbits of Potentially Hazardous... (2021 Aug 29)

If the earth is safe for the next 100 years, then what about Mars and Venus? If there were an impact on one of our neighbors, it would afford many interesting research possibilities.
by dddavids
Tue May 25, 2021 11:10 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse (2021 May 25)
Replies: 14
Views: 2994

Re: APOD: The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse (2021 May 25)

Why does the edge of earth's shadow appear to move across the moon's face from 7 o'clock to 1 o'clock beginning the eclipse, but from 5 o'clock to 11 o'clock ending the eclipse?
by dddavids
Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:54 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Stars or galaxies approaching us
Replies: 2
Views: 999

Stars or galaxies approaching us

Looking at the APOD (3/9/17), and thinking of the HUDF (12/9/04) and the Sloan digital sky releases (10/28/03), I started wondering if there are any objects whose red shift indicates they are approaching our galaxy. Does anyone know the answer to this question? Are these approaching objects evenly d...
by dddavids
Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:49 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Case of the Missing Supernova... (2012 Jan 12)
Replies: 41
Views: 5636

Re: APOD: The Case of the Missing Supernova... (2012 Jan 12)

Putting your cursor over the picture will highlight the central required location for the missing companion star. Could anybody explain to me why the red hydrogen "bubble" is not spherical or why the "central required location" is not in the center of the 2-D image projection? If...