Starship Asterisk*

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 3:34 pm
Way to blow the mood, Chris.

MarkBour wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:44 am Then there's those "Starships" that fly from the "Starbase" in Boca Chica. Now that's what I call hyperbole.

Mark, yes, both hyperbole as well as hyperbola in those hyped and oftened photographed flights!

This got me to thinking about a couple of famous comments: Whoa, Mark's and Johnny's fleeting profundities require some serious deep thinking. My attempt at a simple eggcorn regarding the obvious Easter-posted crucifixion-like Shuttle image seems much ado about nothing in retrospect. Just remember ...

A cross the space divide

Ah yes, Roscoe Road, Rockton, IL. Have Six Vernal Equinox past so quickly?

Am I just having a pareidolia or is this a black eye for January 7th.

Coincidentally, a friend showed me Ventusky last night, and I was looking at it just a few minutes before seeing this APOD. Judging from what's happening outside my window right now, it seems pretty accurate and up-to-the-minute. Try it out at ventusky.com. It was developed by InMeteo, from Pilsen ...

However, I do find the "overlay" acronyms a bit non-intuitive; probably even for the average geek. The menu is fairly easy to find. Maybe it's broken for you, but when I hover the acronyms more details appear. It would indeed be confusing to most without explanation. No, that works, but i...

This is a very innovative and impressive almost real-time data visualization of weather! Weather or not it is ground breaking, I'm not sure. However, I do find the "overlay" acronyms a bit non-intuitive; probably even for the average geek. The menu is fairly easy to find. Nice combination ...

neufer wrote: Or the APOD featured traveler is moving at about (1.0 - 1.3x10^-24) times the speed of light
while measuring seconds using his own veerrryyyy slow clock.

... or her slow clock... or... not sure...

Tdere is another Wolf ere ? Ja, virtually... but traveling at about 6 kpc/s :?: :rocketship: If my math is not mistaken, this means this APOD featured traveler is moving at about 617 billion times the speed of light. It certainly puts into question interstellar travel let alone intergalactic travel...

ta152h0 wrote:Tdere is another Wolf ere ?

Ja, virtually... but traveling at about 6 kpc/s

Did that when I was 18. Around 1971'... In Meditation, left my body, Regardless of what you think, delusion, or illusion, imaginary, or conscious dreaming,... :---[===] * I don't discount that! There's much more to the Universe than astronomy: http://henry.pha.jhu.edu/The.mental.universe.pdf I was ...

Absolutely. We're not inside a globular cluster. Trust me, we'd notice! Son: Mom, why is the sky so bright? I can't sleep! Mom: I know, son. It's all those darn stars in the sky. Son: Mom, why is the sky so bright? I can't sleep! Mom: I know, son. We live at 56N and the Sun doesn't set until 10 PM....

Ah, the beauty of Jupiter. What a great photo this old Voyager image is. And what a pity that Juno is apparently not going to give us anything like that kind of photos. Nevertheless, Juno will undoubtedly give us a lot of new information about Jupiter, and I'm eagerly waiting for it. Ann Ann, If we...

This is my 2nd day using this "discussion". I don't see the 1st post I made. ... I found my 1st post. Thanks for the suggestions & comments. 50/50 thoughtful & irresponsible responses. Hoping for more thoughtful... After all Astronomy\y is usually for the Scientifically minded rea...

FINDING universal circles of color beyond the veil...

Keep in mind this is how we are viewing the entire Universe outside of planet Earth and sometimes on Earth, as demonstrated by this APOD! It's why everything looks so flat. Perspective flies out the window. Geck, thanks for keeping us on a universal perspective! A funny thing in Google maps for tha...

Okay, the wolf tracked the rascal down! --- https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4118081,-89.0874939,3a,60y,266.5h,70.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sctCeKJOWnJWGA2bujYEo5w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 Roscoe Road! How certain are you of this? The precise location your link leads to has some good features. Right ...

Okay, the wolf tracked the rascal down! --> https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4118081 ... 56!6m1!1e1

Roscoe Road!

I'm going to go out on a limb here...the pictured road? Forest Hills Road...perhaps somewhere near...11250 Forest Hills Road Which by the way, is home of the best optics maker in the solar system, bar none. I think you're getting very warm. The address you listed is the home of Roland Christen's As...