Thanks. Indeed it must be. I didn't even notice it!Rauf wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:24 am20240408h14crop.jpgjohnnydeep wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:18 pmWhere is this Turkish flag you’re referring to?wilddouglascounty wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:36 am
So is he from Turkey? That's the Turkey flag, right?
I think this is the Turkish flag they are referring to.
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- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:12 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 337
Re: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy (2024 Apr 26)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 599
Re: APOD: Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy (2024 Apr 26)
The HR diagram of the Milky Way..jpgThe HR diagram of the Milky Way-.jpg https://asterisk.apod.com/download/file.php?id=49545&mode=view Cool! Nice work. Well I am not sure. Maybe fitting the temperature scales is better The HR diagram of the Milky Way-3.jpgThe HR diagram of the Milky Way-4.jpg ...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:45 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy (2024 Apr 26)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 599
Re: APOD: Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy (2024 Apr 26)
... Galaxies and globular clusters contain different types of stars. Ann Exactly. Which reasonably suggests that they have entirely different formation processes. The HR diagram of the Milky Way..jpgThe HR diagram of the Milky Way-.jpg https://asterisk.apod.com/download/file.php?id=49545&mode=v...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rings Around the Ring Nebula (2024 Apr 28)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 356
Re: APOD: Rings Around the Ring Nebula (2024 Apr 28)
So, something similar will likely be the fate of our own Sun, correct? From the link - Planetary Nebulae Planetary nebulae (PN) represent the last stages of evolution for low- and intermediate-mass stars whose Main Sequence mass was less than about 8 solar masses. After evolving through the Asympto...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rings Around the Ring Nebula (2024 Apr 28)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 356
Re: APOD: Rings Around the Ring Nebula (2024 Apr 28)
So, something similar will likely be the fate of our own Sun, correct? From the link - Planetary Nebulae Planetary nebulae (PN) represent the last stages of evolution for low- and intermediate-mass stars whose Main Sequence mass was less than about 8 solar masses. After evolving through the Asymptot...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 337
Re: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
Probably not near center, but Cassiopeia should be in the picture. I definitely couldn't spot the familiar W. Ann Cassiopeia is in the picture. Look at the annotated version mentioned in the explanation. The image is a another masterpiece by Tunç Tezel. APOD should be able to spell his name correct...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 337
Re: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
This image really showcases just how tiny this phenomenon really looks to the unaided eye. Still, though, it's a great image! Actually, to the unaided eye, it looks much larger. What this picture illustrates is just how small it actually is, despite the powerful illusion of it appearing much larger...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 337
Re: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
This image really showcases just how tiny this phenomenon really looks to the unaided eye. Still, though, it's a great image!
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:59 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Dragon's Egg Bipolar Emission... (2024 Apr 24)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 566
Re: APOD: Dragon's Egg Bipolar Emission... (2024 Apr 24)
Always nice to see a reference to the book Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward, but the O-type stellar "egg" here is not the same type of egg as the titular star of the book, which is a neutron star. Though HD 148937 may well become a neutron star in a few million years as the end product of...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:15 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Contrail Shadow X (2024 Apr 23)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 583
Re: APOD: Contrail Shadow X (2024 Apr 23)
Interesting discussion on an APOD I was expecting to see none on! And I took the text at it's word, but it's now (pretty) clear to me that the shadow is cast downward, not up. Thanks!
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Contrail Shadow X (2024 Apr 23)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 583
Re: APOD: Contrail Shadow X (2024 Apr 23)
Nice. A prefect match. I guessed you must mean the flag, and I was right:
- The flag of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: bratach na h-Alba;[1] Scots: Banner o Scotland, also known as St Andrew's Cross or the Saltire)[2] is the national flag of Scotland, which consists of a white saltire defacing a blue field. The Saltire, rather than the Royal Standard of Scotland, is the correct flag for all private individuals and corporate bodies to fly.[3] It is also, where possible, flown from Scottish Government buildings every day from 8:00 am until sunset, with certain exceptions.[4]
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 571
Re: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
It seems the link that is supposed to direct to yesterday's APOD instead redirects to the APOD for April 18. That's usually remedied by refreshing (reloading) your browser page. Doing that almost always fixes any stale link issues that I sometimes see. Not working. I don't think it's on my end. zxc...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 571
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:01 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter (2024 Apr 21)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 546
Re: APOD: Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter (2024 Apr 21)
. . 2. What does this mean: The movie is a reconstruction of the 114 minutes between 2018-10-29T20:35:00.000 and 2018-10-29T22:29:00.000 in 125-fold time-lapse. It is based on 21 of the JunoCam images taken, and on spacecraft trajectory data provided via SPICE kernel files. In steps of five real-ti...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:27 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Moon and Smoke Rings from Mt. Etna (2024 Apr 22)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 421
Re: APOD: Moon and Smoke Rings from Mt. Etna (2024 Apr 22)
Wow, that Youtube link is impressive and many of the closeups of the rings could easily be mistaken by those who "want to believe" of being UFOs/UAPs!
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 571
Re: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
Hey there, I'm the author of this composite. These images were captured with my lens on a star tracker in Arkansas. The camera was not level at the time of the exposures because I didn't make any adjustments to the camera during tracking by adjusting where the camera was on the right ascension axis...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:44 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter (2024 Apr 21)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 546
Re: APOD: Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter (2024 Apr 21)
Two questions about some info from the links: 1. Why does the Jove probe spin - stability I guess? But doesn't that negatively impact the ability to take pictures? And how fast is it spinning? https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/juno/spacecraft/ Thanks. Yeah, I found the 1.4 rpm figure in Wiki...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter (2024 Apr 21)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 546
Re: APOD: Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter (2024 Apr 21)
Two questions about some info from the links: 1. Why does the Jove probe spin - stability I guess? But doesn't that negatively impact the ability to take pictures? And how fast is it spinning? [ EDIT: only 1.4 rpm, from the Wikipedia link, which is pretty slow! ] 2. What does this mean: The movie is...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:23 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Facing NGC 1232 (2024 Apr 18)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 499
Re: APOD: Facing NGC 1232 (2024 Apr 18)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/SN1994D.jpg/800px-SN1994D.jpg Ann ThanX Ann for your wonderful comments. What always bothered me about the NASA image of NGC 4526 is the fact that it gives the impression that the supernova is taking place far out next to the actual galaxy. ...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 571
Re: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
Hey there, I'm the author of this composite. These images were captured with my lens on a star tracker in Arkansas. The camera was not level at the time of the exposures because I didn't make any adjustments to the camera during tracking by adjusting where the camera was on the right ascension axis...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:13 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 571
Re: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
Alright, I'll ask: why aren't the two "diamonds" on the same line through the center of the eclipse? The centers of the Sun and Moon are coincident at totality, so why aren't the two diamond colinear with the center? The centers of the two bodies are only coincident at mid-totality if you...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 571
Re: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
Alright, I'll ask: why aren't the two "diamonds" on the same line through the center of the eclipse? The centers of the Sun and Moon are coincident at totality, so why aren't the two diamond colinear with the center?
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:06 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Great Carina Nebula (2024 Apr 19)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 627
Re: APOD: The Great Carina Nebula (2024 Apr 19)
I had no idea that NGC 3324 referred to the Keyhole Nebula. Guess I was wrong about it referring to the Gabriela Mistral Nebula. You’re correct and the APOD text is wrong. NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, located northwest of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)[3][4] at a ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Great Carina Nebula (2024 Apr 19)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 627
Re: APOD: The Great Carina Nebula (2024 Apr 19)
As usual, I'm failing to place this apparent close-up in the larger image shown here: https://cdn.esahubble.org/archives/images/screen/heic0707a.jpg I'd guess it's the black V slightly to the left and downward from the center, but the angle of that V doesn't seem to match? APOD 19 April 2024 detail...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Great Carina Nebula (2024 Apr 19)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 627
Re: APOD: The Great Carina Nebula (2024 Apr 19)
As usual, I'm failing to place this apparent close-up in the larger image shown here:
I'd guess it's the black V slightly to the left and downward from the center, but the angle of that V doesn't seem to match?
I'd guess it's the black V slightly to the left and downward from the center, but the angle of that V doesn't seem to match?