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by Uqbar
Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:39 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Combined Solar Eclipse Corona from... (2016 Apr 12)
Replies: 12
Views: 2626

Re: APOD: Combined Solar Eclipse Corona from... (2016 Apr 12)

Czerno o wrote:@Editor : Link to this discussion page from to-day's APOD has wrong date (April 13 instead of 12)
hence doesn't work !

What has the posting robot been drinking ? :=)
Rotten mineral oil!
by Uqbar
Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:22 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Combined Solar Eclipse Corona from... (2016 Apr 12)
Replies: 12
Views: 2626

Re: APOD: Combined Solar Eclipse Corona from... (2016 Apr 12)

Why is the picture elliptic? Shouldn't Sun appear ... circular?
I fear an image distortion applied by the artist in order to make it look like an eye.
But this is not mentioned in the text...