Starship Asterisk*

Something puzzles me. With a speed of 1333.3 kilometers a minute, and a Pluto diameter of about 2,400 kilometers, then New Horizons whizzed past Puto's diameter in just under 2 minutes. Why is the video a time lapse, because 2 minutes is the real time? Also, why does the journey begin in the predaw...

A B S O L U T L Y <> A M A Z I N G ! ! !

That video is short but sweet! :D Ann And it reveals so much. Plus, doing it all in one take.( It might be a while for take 2 ) I started to think about the relative motion(s) required. The movement of our Moon and observing craft. Why the apparent speed/motion of our Star's reflection is similar t...

.... flux .... ....flux .... .... fluxus .... ....superflux .... ....flux .... ....reflux.... ....flux .... .... and formless within the flux .... How fluxstrating All the above posts made for one diversified and intriguing thread. If you/someone had not gone with the "Fluxed Up" bit I wa...

Chris Peterson wrote:Wow. It's the Phoenix Asteroids.

phoenix-asteroids_3962326_GIFSoup.com.gif

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerlund_1-26 is the total opposite of a 'Dark Star'

" These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things "

When In Doubt...' QUASI '

I figure there must be transition zones where Jupiter's atmosphere is compressed into a liquid phase then solid phase below that. If no terrestrial materials are found to be part of Jupiter's make up, what about Metallic Hydrogen as a candidate for a solid surface below all that circulation and turb...

Had to look up Earth's Moon's Golden Handle ...

Evidence of non-terrestrial life...? What are the 3 "Cigar Shaped" objects seen in this image ? The upper 2 could be dropouts in data. The lowest seems inclined and crossing more then one scan line.

If You Look Real Close ...

I was hoping to get the full resolution version. I Clicked on the image, carefully avoiding the red button, to better see the reflection in the astronauts visor. Expecting to see our majestic Milky Way...I got a dead cat.

Thank You, I always wondered what the excited sodium layer would look like. I never thought it could be seen so vividly and be so easy to detect the returning(emitted) photons.

Wow, Ground based optical imaging continues to astound . The above discussion is pretty great too...

Lamb? Lama? Alpaca with a long neck? camel? What animal do you see in lower right of image?

Could be named the 'Race Way' galaxy. That's probably taken ? Kinda sounds familiar. Sure does look like it's spinning fast...Like a 45RPM record, grooves and all. Is all that rotation conserved energy from initial formation? Can energy for all the whirring and spiraling about in this universe exten...

Ann, That is a wonderful post about this wonderful spectacle in the heavens. Got to admit I have A 'thing' for planetary nebula. Images of this phenomenon are one of the greatest achievements of our time!

Most likely hour glass shaped like many planetary nebula. That central ring of??? Stars? Proto-Planets? ...What is that? A future solar system? The two bright stars, with the major diffraction spikes, appear to be associated with, possibly forming, the red rings. Is this true or do they just appear ...

Rays coming from our star are some of the more interesting things imaged. They appear to converge near the position of Earth. Looks like the Sun should be directly behind Earth and Venus. I am assuming those planets are between the probe and the Sun. How could Earth appear 50% illuminated in either ...

Wow, good discussion! I too wondered if co-orbital moons could be considered to orbit each other? Many of the ring particles probably orbit about each other. How big does a moon have to be? Maybe Saturn ends up with thousands(millions?) of moons?

Stevie wrote:The conspiracy theorists will have a field day with the dark rectangles!

More curious than those projection calibration marks is the path winding across and up the floor of Atete Carona ...

Philae picked a nice shady place to rest in peace. :idea: Could the Rosetta craft reflect enough light off it's solar panels to wake the lander? It is fun to imagine maneuvering the space craft into an orbit that complex and orient it to track the sun's reflection at Philae. Has a stationary orbit e...

That is what APOD is all about. If you haven't triple clicked this image please do...WOW !
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160829.html

Is this image looking East ( Sunrise ) or looking West (Sunset) ? I'm trying to figure out which direction is 'Solar System North' or 'Above' the ecliptic is this fine photo ... Answering my own question and positing another ... I had a look at Stellarium And figure this image is a sunset looking W...

Is this image looking East ( Sunrise ) or looking West (Sunset) ? I'm trying to figure out which direction is 'Solar System North' or 'Above' the ecliptic is this fine photo ...