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by StarCuriousAero
Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:57 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Space Shuttle Over Los Angeles (2012 Sep 26)
Replies: 45
Views: 8207

Re: APOD: A Space Shuttle Over Los Angeles (2012 Sep 26)

Sad to see the iconic shuttles make their last journey, looking forward to the future of space though, lest we forget the shuttles already have a functioning partial replacement. Manned missions to be coming 2015! http://www.itwire.com/science-news/space/56761-spacex-to-launch-first-commercial-fligh...
by StarCuriousAero
Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:50 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: APOD assessment poll #9
Replies: 98
Views: 295902

Re: APOD assessment poll #9

My first thought was that some of that age cluster between 50-69 must be due to that being the boomer bracket, although after looking up the numbers that no where near accounts for the surge. http://www.nationmaster.com/country/us/Age_distribution Indeed, it must be that this group was the most ener...
by StarCuriousAero
Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:57 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Orbiting Astronaut Self Portrait (2012 Sep 18)
Replies: 21
Views: 12292

Re: APOD: Orbiting Astronaut Self Portrait (2012 Sep 18)

At first sight, I thought "meh, another astronaut picture, doing the self portrait for their facebook no doubt for when they get home" but zooming in on the picture made me awestruck. I love the reflection of the earth and the other astronaut, where in turn we're used to seeing a face, we ...
by StarCuriousAero
Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:38 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Informal Poll
Replies: 35
Views: 35714

Re: Informal Poll

Had to go with all three, because as with most things, the answer is "it depends". Love a good landscape with earth and sky, love a good galaxy shot, and I'm ok with the occasional earth-focused apod. Life would be boring without variety. I do feel this was a silly question though since it...
by StarCuriousAero
Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:59 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite (2012 Aug 29)
Replies: 21
Views: 13128

Re: APOD: A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite (2012 Aug 29)

Have we ever caught an elf on camera? Image or video...? They sound amazing. :D
by StarCuriousAero
Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:01 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Moon Meets Morning Star (2012 Aug 24)
Replies: 20
Views: 3468

Re: APOD: Moon Meets Morning Star (2012 Aug 24)

Absolutley stunning photograph, the clouds are my favorite part in both the picture and and movie, just mesmerizing how the fog moves. Thank you for this wonderful APOD!
by StarCuriousAero
Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:46 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Mars in the Loop (2012 Aug 09)
Replies: 34
Views: 6805

Re: APOD: Mars in the Loop (2012 Aug 09)

The two links "retrograde motion" and "can be seen" REALLY helped me visualize what was going on here exactly, I never quite understood when/for how long the retrograde motion actually occurred (one month didn't seem like long enough). Thanks for those!
by StarCuriousAero
Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Wheel on Mars (2012 Aug 07)
Replies: 34
Views: 8008

Re: APOD: A Wheel on Mars (2012 Aug 07)

mars alien.jpg
This was good for a few laughs if anyone is interested in a venture off the apod site. :mrgreen:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-inte ... er-landing
by StarCuriousAero
Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:48 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Pink Aurora Over Crater Lake (2012 Jul 25)
Replies: 21
Views: 5871

Re: APOD: Pink Aurora Over Crater Lake (2012 Jul 25)

I had the pleasure of driving through Klamath Falls about a month ago, it was actually snowing! Wish I'd had the time for a Crater Lake detour. :-/ This is an incredible shot though, at least I get to see it here! It possibly exacerbates that tinge of regret though with the exceptional beauty...
by StarCuriousAero
Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:13 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Dawn of the Dish (2012 Jul 19)
Replies: 18
Views: 2806

Re: APOD: Dawn of the Dish (2012 Jul 19)

Love how blue-green my favorite set of sisters look in this lovely image... :mrgreen:
by StarCuriousAero
Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:29 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Hole in Mars (2012 Jul 18)
Replies: 48
Views: 9583

Re: APOD: A Hole in Mars (2012 Jul 18)

Why is it so white? Even as a black and white photo shouldn't the surface of mars be more greyish like other HiRISE images? Is it just a higher than normal albedo because it's a different type of sand with higher reflectivity? If so what type is that?
by StarCuriousAero
Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:53 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Outer Shells of Centaurus A (2012 Jul 01)
Replies: 9
Views: 4065

Re: APOD: The Outer Shells of Centaurus A (2012 Jul 01)

Beautiful picture, Centaurus A has always been incredibly fascinating. I'm also glad to see it finally described as a "peculiar" galaxy... since none of those other galaxy descriptions seem to adequately fit.
by StarCuriousAero
Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:17 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Centaurus A (2012 Apr 04)
Replies: 23
Views: 3947

Re: APOD: Centaurus A (2012 Apr 04)

I suppose I prefer to think of Centaurus A as a lenticular, not an elliptical. Elliptical seems like way too much of a stretch for such a colorful galaxy. :D
by StarCuriousAero
Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:41 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 (2012 Mar 25)
Replies: 24
Views: 5256

Re: APOD: Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 (2012 Mar 25)

To Art or anyone else who can answer... Has there been any effort to correlate a galaxy's location/trajectory (with respect to us and/or big bang origin) with its type/classification (and hence its "age" if you can call it that)? Is this maybe one of the goals of the galactic zoo project? ...
by StarCuriousAero
Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:42 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Shuttle Plume Shadow Points to the Moon (2011 Nov 27)
Replies: 29
Views: 4869

Re: APOD: Shuttle Plume Shadow Points to the Moon (2011 Nov

Great post zloq, that link you included was hilarious. Sometimes I forget how many crazy/stupid/insane people there are out there... from people believing the moon landings were a hoax to people believing in "moon bases", and that's even some of the more reasonable stuff that's out there o...
by StarCuriousAero
Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:34 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Waterfall, Moonbow, and Aurora from... (2011 Nov 14)
Replies: 46
Views: 9177

Re: APOD: Waterfall, Moonbow, and Aurora from... (2011 Nov 1

Beautiful image Stephane!! I so desperately want to go to Iceland some day, for now I'll have to make do with this as my new desktop background. :D
by StarCuriousAero
Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:32 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Waterfall, Moonbow, and Aurora from... (2011 Nov 14)
Replies: 46
Views: 9177

Re: APOD: Waterfall, Moonbow, and Aurora from... (2011 Nov 1

unless their are two suns or two Moons on this earth this is a fake images please see notes their are other mistakes in this image this is to just name the most obvious APOD: Waterfall, Moonbow, and Aurora from... (2011 Nov 14) See my mobile me page http://gallery.me.com/artist17#100914 for diagram...
by StarCuriousAero
Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:20 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Clouds of Perseus (2011 Oct 21)
Replies: 21
Views: 5768

Re: APOD: Clouds of Perseus (2011 Oct 21)

What a lovely panarama, especially how the nebula on the right is showing up purple! Is this a result of red hydrogen/emission nebula light combining with blue star/reflection nebula light? I don't know if I've ever seen (or noticed) a purple nebula before, hmmm. Think I'll have to crop this image s...
by StarCuriousAero
Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:02 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Draconid Meteors Over Spain (2011 Oct 19)
Replies: 44
Views: 8024

Re: APOD: Draconid Meteors Over Spain (2011 Oct 19)

Why hello there Andromeda!

I counted 43 streaks, but I'm thinking that the extra long streak at the top of the image is in fact two meteor streaks overlaid, which puts my final answer/guess at 44 meteors. Although I wish the answer was 42 to give us another question to that ultimate answer. :-/
by StarCuriousAero
Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:21 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Pleiades Deep Field (2011 Sep 21)
Replies: 20
Views: 5261

Re: APOD: Pleiades Deep Field (2011 Sep 21)

Stellar picture of my favorite stars! I can usually make out 8 of them on a clear night... I never understood why they were the "7" either and always found myself wondering which one was considered the seventh lol... maybe that's what always keep me looking... :-)
by StarCuriousAero
Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:47 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: "discernable" vs. "discernible" (Split from APOD: 2011 Sep 03)
Replies: 18
Views: 12304

Re: "discernable" vs. "discernible" (Split from APOD: 2011 S

It may be a few days late but this seemed relevant to the playful banter here... although I certainly wouldn't be surprised if this isn't new information to y'all. ;-)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12474/12 ... 2474-h.htm
by StarCuriousAero
Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:40 am
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: NASA: WISE Mission Discovers Coolest Class of Stars
Replies: 8
Views: 2329

Re: NASA: WISE Mission Discovers Coolest Class of Stars

What exactly distinguishes a small brown dwarf like this from a planet like Jupiter? Also, has it been ruled out that stars like this aren't at least partially contributing to the elusive dark matter problem? I would very much enjoy a discussion on this topic... :-D
by StarCuriousAero
Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:20 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Views from Cassini at Saturn (2011 Jun 13)
Replies: 25
Views: 5300

Re: APOD: Views from Cassini at Saturn (2011 Jun 13)

Loved this APOD, especially the Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor's raw sound goes well with the raw Cassini footage, I do wish there was a "slow motion" button on vimeo though, I guess I can just pause the video a lot to absorb the images. Was still very cool seeing it sped up though, much in...
by StarCuriousAero
Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:51 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Introducing Comet Garradd (2011 Jul 27)
Replies: 12
Views: 5303

Re: APOD: Introducing Comet Garradd (2011 Jul 27)

Armageddon might be one horribly innaccurate movie, but I do think it would be really interesting to do a manned mission to an asteroid or comet... I realize this would be exceedingly difficult and expensive, but IMO I would appreciate that more than a manned mission to Mars, and it might even be ea...
by StarCuriousAero
Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:25 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Sombrero Galaxy from Hubble (2011 May 15)
Replies: 36
Views: 7810

Re: APOD: The Sombrero Galaxy from Hubble (2011 May 15)

Thanks for today's image. The vast symmetry of that galaxy makes my jaw drop. :!: The extreme symmetry of M104 is in itself proof that this galaxy is "quiet" as far as star formation goes. Take a look at this SDSS image of basically "red and dead" galaxy NGC 4314 by David Hogg: ...