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- Sun Sep 04, 2016 2:13 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Landscape vs. Portrait
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Landscape vs. Portrait
Which orientation do 99.99999999% of ALL computers use for their monitors? Uh ... Landscape. Then why would any image that doesn't have an obvious Earth horizon be placed on APOD in Portrait? I get it: I can download and rotate on my own, but when I'm asking my students to evaluate or explain or eve...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:23 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Saturn at Equinox (2014 Sep 21)
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Re: APOD: Saturn at Equinox (2014 Sep 21)
I don't believe that is Saturn at Equinox. Let me clarify: I DO believe it is Saturn; it just ain't Equinox. The shadows of the rings are "below" the plane of the rings, implying the Sun is "above" that plane. Since it is a composite of lots of images, perhaps ONE of those was tr...