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by LocalColor
Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:50 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: APOD assessment poll #5
Replies: 105
Views: 108976

Re: APOD assessment poll #5

I "voted" other as I didn't understand the question or options. We use IE8 to view APOD. The link has been in our favorites for many years - since we got internet access up here (at least 3 computers ago!) When I share the daily APOD, I go to to the archives to get the url for that day to ...
by LocalColor
Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:07 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: In the Shadow of Saturns Rings (2012 Jul 03)
Replies: 25
Views: 5976

Re: APOD: In the Shadow of Saturn's Rings (2012 Jul 03)

Glad to see APOD back on its regular place. Wonderful photo today!
by LocalColor
Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:01 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Power Outage affecting July 1 APOD
Replies: 26
Views: 84277

Re: Power Outage affecting July 1 APOD

We have frequent power outages up here in the mountains when it storms. (We have a back up generator.) Sympathy for all those affected by this major outage in the east, our friends said it was a wild storm.

Thanks for the mirror link for today's APOD.
by LocalColor
Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:51 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: APOD assessment poll #4
Replies: 56
Views: 84943

Re: APOD assessment poll #4

I can't say that APOD has increased my interest in NASA because I've always been very interested in NASA. But APOD is an absolute delight, and it's often my launch pad into other discoveries on NASA's web site. Thank you! Ditto for us. We are both interested in NASA and astronomy in general. APOD h...
by LocalColor
Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:24 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Venus Transits the Midnight Sun (2012 Jun 20)
Replies: 30
Views: 4264

Re: APOD: Venus Transits the Midnight Sun (2012 Jun 20)

Lovely APOD today!

We are at 44.9650 N latitude and 4800' (1463M) elevation. Our seasons pretty much correspond to the Solstices and Equinoxes - due to the elevation. (It got below freezing last night.) Looking forward to summer so we can stop burning wood at night to keep warm!
by LocalColor
Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:31 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: APOD assessment poll #3
Replies: 73
Views: 40937

Re: APOD assessment poll #3

We were both interested in astronomy and science in general before we got the internet. Found APOD in 2004 when we first got the internet up here in the "boonies" and one of the first links we ever saved in the "favorites". I would not say it makes us more interested in science, ...
by LocalColor
Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:56 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: APOD Turns 17 (2012 Jun 16)
Replies: 45
Views: 7801

Re: APOD: APOD Turns 17 (2012 Jun 16)

Happy Anniversary APOD. You have been a daily window to the universe for us.
by LocalColor
Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:15 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Live: Watching for Venus to Cross... (2012 Jun 05)
Replies: 49
Views: 6235

Re: APOD: Live: Watching for Venus to Cross... (2012 Jun 05)

Bought a special solar filter, and its cloudy and raining in Central Idaho. :cry:
by LocalColor
Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:24 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision... (2012 Jun 04)
Replies: 41
Views: 8436

Re: APOD: Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision... (2012 Jun 04

Chris Peterson wrote: ... Of course, since the Sun will be well on its way to the red giant stage by then, life on Earth will no longer exist in any case.
Good point!
by LocalColor
Tue May 15, 2012 12:39 am
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: APOD assessment poll #1
Replies: 49
Views: 122101

Re: APOD assessment poll #1

Have been visiting APOD every day since 2004 (when we first got the internet.) Thank you for making each day more interesting.
by LocalColor
Thu May 10, 2012 8:53 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Green Flash and Super Moon (2012 May 10)
Replies: 26
Views: 4828

Re: APOD: Green Flash and Super Moon (2012 May 10)

Wonderful catch! Congrats on it making the APOD.
by LocalColor
Mon May 07, 2012 12:38 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Gallery: Supermoon 2012
Replies: 27
Views: 56127

Re: Gallery: Supermoon 2012

Moonrise over Golden Gate May 5, 2012 in Central Idaho copyright by Local Color http://local-color.smugmug.com/AIR/The-Sky/Nightime-Gems/i-fj4Xp9J/0/M/120505Moonrise-over-Golden-M.jpg Larger size: http://tinyurl.com/7yn5xt5 40 seconds later and different exposure... http://local-color.smugmug.com/A...
by LocalColor
Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:27 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Conjunction Haiku (2012 Apr 07)
Replies: 26
Views: 4773

Re: APOD: Conjunction Haiku (2012 Apr 07)

It has been cloudy where we live in central Idaho so we missed the early April conjunction. This photo of conjunction was back on March 24. Venus, Jupiter, Pleiades and the new moon. http://local-color.smugmug.com/AIR/The-Night-Sky/i-7ph5fmf/0/XL/IMG4358March-Evening-XL.jpg Larger image: http://tiny...