Starship Asterisk*

This is a lie. Go work for Hollywood. If someone who is not informed went outside expecting to see this, they would believe that astronomy is flawed. Perhaps someone would be kind enough to remove the comment from our lurking "Guest" and my comment too, which I am sorry to say gives it th...

First the kudos! I love APOD and set it as my home page on just about every computer I have to use on a regular basis. Now the caveat, I'm very uneducated in astronomy and physics. I'm curious about the craters, perhaps more accurately about what made them. If the hypothesis is a shallow angel resu...

Shouldn't it be, rather, Messengers First Day ON Mercury Yesterday's and today's APOD; fabulous! Thank you all for comments made, so far. From speed corrections to first day of being back on firma after many years of no firma (Terra Firma to Mercurius Firma?) Having never read Vonnegut, Art has now...

My first thought on seeing today's APOD was that Ann was going to love this one. My second thought was how beautiful the picture was. Third thought was to save it to my computer. Now I think it is time for a cup of coffee.

Opportunity saw its shadow. Was there another six weeks of Martian winter after that?

Why is this image so popular? I would appreciate insight into this. This image did very well on Facebook Sky. So well, in fact, that I APODed it with the hope that it would also be a popular APOD. (No, potential popularity is not the only selection criterion for APOD.) Sure enough, it is also "...

bystander wrote: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34463
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34478

Thank you for both links, and plastering a smile onto my face.

Judy S - You've brought out an image in blue that rocks. Ann had to like it!!! So do I. I love the talent attracted to APOD

I've often wondered as I look at APOD photos whether the apparent light and shadows are what my eyes tell me they are. (And the "Pillars of Creation" seem the most extreme example.) Are there really bright light sources where they appear to be, in this case, behind and above the subject s...

Why does the Hubble telescope have a rectangle sensor and not a round one - or at least a hexagon one? A rectangle or square one seems a waste of a good part of the precision-ground mirror. Thank you for asking such a great question. The two answer/comments made the discuss area very special in the...

Shot with a FILM camera. Was digital a giant step for mankind?

But with all these "star forming regions" I have read about here, I just wonder if anyone has actually seen a new star turned on, or just registered it through the last 100 years of astronomy. Does anyone have a clue to what happens, or is it just guesswork? Stars don't "turn on"...

TTS stands for Telescope Tranportation System. I recall there was also reported that I remember , there is a giant bubble of water floating around " out there ". I hope your TTS also comes with wiper blades for that water bubble Also, I wish all of you a happy 'this time of year' and clea...

Hydrocarbon Lakes - Now to develop a twentieth century style spacecraft using hydrocarbon power which will refuel at the gas stations set up around Titan by our current petrochemical corporations. EPA can regulate the emissions as different planet peoples search for alternative energy forms.

and we'll have fun, fun, fun 'til her daddy takes her broomstick awayyyyy..

Is this one of the things an eye will see, or does it require a camera with a longer exposure time and light gathering capabilities than the eye has? You can see a moonbow with your own eyes when they're sufficiently bright, but the colors are hard to see - as it usually happens with anything low-l...

DrJoeS wrote:That is a cool pic. I have never seen a moon rainbow. Next full moon, I will hope for rain and a chance to see one myself.

Is this one of the things an eye will see, or does it require a camera with a longer exposure time and light gathering capabilities than the eye has?

I am under the impression there are no stars or sky in this picture. Just the worms trying to fools us into thinking we are seeing stars. I have glow-in-the-dark stars and planets on the ceiling above my bed. Always a clear sky over me as I sleep.

I love it! :D Ann Wow Ann! The glass is not half full. It is not half empty. It is OVERFLOWING with unanswered questions and expectations. Thank you for pointing out just some of what I love about S.Asterisk*. We have come a long way and still have a long way to go. Most of the fun in the trip is p...

What does "orbiting" mean in the astronomical sense? Revolving around another object under the influence of that objects gravity? It is my understanding that Rosetta is still using its engines to reconnoiter around the comet in a tetrahedrical pattern before drawing closer and actually in...

From below the Earth, through the sky and to the stars. Nice picture. Nicely conceived.

Another landing coming up. I hope all the engineers have there DUCKS in a row, know how many feet are in a yard and Yards to the meter. For some reason I worry when different countries with different measurement systems get together to work on a project.

Thank you, geck, both for the answer and the article explaining.

UM......Every Supernova Remnant has a Silver Lining????? Interesting that there is very little..."yellow hues"..... :---[===] * Also interesting, not only the small amount of yellow the human eye can see, how much red and blue the human mind has devised to see what is invisible to the eye...

geckzilla wrote:I had an English teacher who insisted it was wrong to use people as the plural form of person.

OK people, everyone, please take a seat on the right. Now will the following persons, please move the the seats on the left.