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- Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:15 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Picturesque Equinox Sunset (2022 Mar 20)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3834
Re: APOD: A Picturesque Equinox Sunset (2022 Mar 20)
Actually I don't really like roads that run exactly east west. I prefer east west roads that are angled some 15 to 20 degrees northwest or southwest. Vice versa the other way for northeast and southeast. That way I don't get the sun in the eyes. It's okay right at sunset as pictured but it is unbea...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:01 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Picturesque Equinox Sunset (2022 Mar 20)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3834
Re: APOD: A Picturesque Equinox Sunset (2022 Mar 20)
I was in north eastern Illinois during last September’s equinox. While I was riding the El near sunset, it occurred to me that it was the day after the equinox, and Chicago’s streets are laid out NS and EW, and sure enough, I got to see Chicagohenge. The only place I’ve ever lived with a NS-EW grid ...
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:26 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Lion in Orion (2022 Mar 07)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4378
Re: APOD: A Lion in Orion (2022 Mar 07)
NGC 2023 is surprisingly dim, and Alnitak is missing completely. I suppose a reflection nebula would be largely suppressed in a narrowband photo, but what accounts for Alnitak’s absence, especially since there are other stars in the photo, notably Sigma Orionis?
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:01 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Record Prominence Imaged by Solar... (2022 Mar 02)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4799
Re: APOD: Record Prominence Imaged by Solar... (2022 Mar 02)
My first thought was, That’s too big to be a prominence!
- Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:58 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Full Moon and the Dancer (2022 Jan 22)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5798
Re: APOD: The Full Moon and the Dancer (2022 Jan 22)
I was never able to picture a face in the Moon until I saw it explained in detail in a book, meticulously matching lunar maria to facial features. And now, in the years since I read that book, I just can't see the face any more. Higher contrast plus lower resolution helps: https://upload.wikimedia....
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Galactic Center in Radio from... (2022 Feb 02)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9368
Re: APOD: The Galactic Center in Radio from... (2022 Feb 02)
The colors are determined by spectral index, so I tried finding out what a spectral index is. My brain started hurting immediately.
- Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:51 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Full Moon and the Dancer (2022 Jan 22)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5798
Re: APOD: The Full Moon and the Dancer (2022 Jan 22)
I was never able to picture a face in the Moon until I saw it explained in detail in a book, meticulously matching lunar maria to facial features. And now, in the years since I read that book, I just can't see the face any more. Higher contrast plus lower resolution helps: https://upload.wikimedia....
- Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Full Moon and the Dancer (2022 Jan 22)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5798
Re: APOD: The Full Moon and the Dancer (2022 Jan 22)
I was never able to picture a face in the Moon until I saw it explained in detail in a book, meticulously matching lunar maria to facial features. And now, in the years since I read that book, I just can't see the face any more.
- Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Full Moon and the Dancer (2022 Jan 22)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5798
Re: APOD: The Full Moon and the Dancer (2022 Jan 22)
I see a dancer mooning the Moon.
- Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Yutu 2 on the Farside (2019 Jan 05)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20132
- Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:19 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Blue-Banded Blood Moon (2021 Dec 01)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 20819
Re: APOD: A Blue-Banded Blood Moon (2021 Dec 01)
Oh, for goodness sake! May we - and this astronomy website - please stop using terms such as "Blood Moon". As shown, APoD is perfectly capable of describing the colours of an eclipsed Moon, without pandering to zombie and vampire fantasists. Nice pic, by the way! John I made an account to...
- Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:47 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 3314: When Galaxies Overlap (2021 Nov 17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4725
Re: APOD: NGC 3314: When Galaxies Overlap (2021 Nov 17)
This image really shows just how diaphanous galaxies are.
- Sun Oct 24, 2021 4:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula (2021 Oct 24)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2945
Re: APOD: Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula (2021 Oct 24)
It’s not a coincidence. It’s the ancient Celtic harvest festival of Samhain that was adapted by the Catholic Church for the purpose of honoring the dead.orin stepanek wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:47 am Always curious how Halloween; All Saints; and All Souls day followed
each other on the calendar!
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Solar System Ball Drop (2021 Aug 25)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 102037
Re: APOD: Solar System Ball Drop (2021 Aug 25)
I’m impressed that they used a realistic color for the Sun and showed Venus with its clouds.
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: What did you see in the sky tonight?
- Replies: 1303
- Views: 1080880
Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?
During 40 minutes of looking up last night, I saw one (1) meteor. It had a Perseid trajectory. The sky was really turbid; so much so that I could barely make out the Pleiades as an indistinct fuzzy blob. I drove out to a dark lookout point, because the new neighborhood streetlights are so bright tha...
- Sat Jul 03, 2021 7:51 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Along the Milky Way (2021 Jul 03)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8641
Re: APOD: Along the Milky Way (2021 Jul 03)
I envy Rolf, being able to use an unshrouded truss Dob. I can’t get away from city lights.
- Fri Jun 04, 2021 2:20 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Blood Monster Moon (2021 Jun 04)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2741
Re: APOD: Blood Monster Moon (2021 Jun 04)
Those tree branches against the sky look like cracks in the fabric of spacetime.
- Wed May 12, 2021 9:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lightning and Orion Beyond Uluru (2021 May 11)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5611
Re: APOD: Lightning and Orion Beyond Uluru (2021 May 11)
Nowhere in the description does it say that the photograph was taken in mid-May. Are we reading the same description? It’s right in the middle of the text guys... “What's happening behind Uluru? A United Nations World Heritage Site, Uluru is an extraordinary 350-meter high mountain in central Austr...
- Tue May 11, 2021 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lightning and Orion Beyond Uluru (2021 May 11)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5611
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Exploded Star (2021 Apr 05)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7276
Re: APOD: Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Exploded Star (2021 Apr 05)
In images of the complete Veil Nebula, even studious readers might not be able to identify the featured filaments. Okay, that sounds like a veiled challenge to locate today's APOD in the APOD from 2019-10-31 (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191031.html). Capture.png And it does seem rather challenging...
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:30 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Exploded Star (2021 Apr 05)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7276
Re: APOD: Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Exploded Star (2021 Apr 05)
I’m guessing the Witch’s Broom.APOD Robot wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:06 am In images of the complete Veil Nebula, even studious readers might not be able to identify the featured filaments.
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Ingenuity on Sol 39 (2021 Apr 03)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4911
Re: APOD: Ingenuity on Sol 39 (2021 Apr 03)
Ingenuity has a weight of 1.8 kilograms or 4 pounds on Earth. That corresponds to a weight of 0.68 kilograms or 1.5 pounds on Mars . On Mars, Ingenuity will have a mass of 1.8 kilograms. Even your links make that clear. I don’t know that “weight in kilograms” has any meaning outside our informal us...
- Wed Mar 31, 2021 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M87's Central Black Hole in Light... (2021 Mar 31)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6205
Re: APOD: M87's Central Black Hole in Light... (2021 Mar 31)
Forgive me for being so imprecise here. I'm not much into black holes That's alright, Ann. None of us here are into black holes. If we were, there'd be no way to communicate with any of you outside the hole! Touché. By the way, this is just my thoughts that aren't based on any science article, but ...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M64: The Evil Eye Galaxy (2021 Mar 29)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5174
Re: APOD: M64: The Evil Eye Galaxy (2021 Mar 29)
I haven’t seen Geck a lot here lately, but I am noticing her images around the Web.
- Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:19 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Central Lagoon in Infrared (2021 Mar 19)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4234
Re: APOD: Central Lagoon in Infrared (2021 Mar 19)
I try to guess what I’m looking at before I read the title and description. For this one, I thought this looks like the Lagoon Nebula, but there are too many stars and not enough nebula. Then when I saw “infrared,” it became clear.