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by JLewis98856
Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:05 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Aurora in the Backyard (2015 Mar 19)
Replies: 14
Views: 8263

Re: APOD: Aurora in the Backyard (2015 Mar 19)

What's that stuff in the top of the picture that looks like lightening?
by JLewis98856
Tue May 17, 2011 10:17 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Starry Night of Iceland (2011 May 17)
Replies: 26
Views: 8717

Iceland APOD

I am fairly new to astronomy. I have some binoculars and a small refracting telescope (National Geographic model).
Can anyone give me a hint on today's APOD? Where are the Pleiades and where is the Andromeda Galaxy (roughly)?
by JLewis98856
Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:50 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Why people don't believe
Replies: 7
Views: 918

Re: Why people don't believe

Yes! What's with NATURE and SCIENCE? The cost is obscene.
by JLewis98856
Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:35 am
Forum: Classroom: Introductory Astronomy
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 41
Views: 609780

Thank you, RJN

Dear Sir: Thank you for doing the free course. I'm a high school science teacher and been retired since 2000. I check APOD each and every day. Thank you for it also. I am on lecture 8. I am scrambling to keep up with the Wikipedia entries. I explore the math in detail since I am a math major. I foun...