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- Sat Jul 24, 2021 4:16 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Edge of Space (2021 Jul 24)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6511
Re: APOD: The Edge of Space (2021 Jul 24)
Maybe a point from where one has a view of "full earth shape* can be considered as a boundary ("beginning of space around Earth") ? Just a thought..I'm curious what others think..
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:09 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Thor's Helmet (2021 Jul 20)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4228
Re: APOD: Thor's Helmet (2021 Jul 20)
I'm a bit confused (and yes, I'm going to read up relevant things online). I thought nebulae were mostly remnants after supernova explosion.. And here, the supernova hasn't happened yet (expected in next few thousand years) and the nebula is formed out of just "winds" blown from star's atm...
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:24 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Framed by Trees: A Window to the Galaxy (2021 Jul 19)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6395
Re: APOD: Framed by Trees: A Window to the Galaxy (2021 Jul 19)
Beautiful view. Just wondering about all these blue stars seen adjacent to the plane of galaxy. Normally, with naked eyes or even the telescopic photos I've seen of our milky way plane, we see bluish hue background adjacent to the plane but the thousands of stars we see there are normally seen white...
- Fri Jul 09, 2021 5:22 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M82: Starburst Galaxy with a Superwind (2021 Jul 09)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2740
Re: APOD: M82: Starburst Galaxy with a Superwind (2021 Jul 09)
Red colored is because of Hydrogen, i also see greenish tinged on left side (Oxygen ?).. Yellowish/brown in middle seems to be dust and visible yellow light around disc.. What about light blue? Spiral arms ? If no, what is it ? If yes, why are they seen so hazy cloudlike w/o any recognizable shape (...
- Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:16 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: HD 163296: Jet from a Star in Formation (2021 Jun 22)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19371
Re: APOD: HD 163296: Jet from a Star in Formation (2021 Jun 22)
3 questions top of my head - 1) Why multiple disks ? Can there be 1, 2, many ? How many and depends on what ? 2) Why opposite side of jet is disjoint (floating) as if it has no connection with source (jet coming towards us seems more uniform comparitively) 3) Any idea if plane of disks is determinis...
- Thu Jun 03, 2021 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri (2021 Jun 03)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7820
Re: APOD: Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri (2021 Jun 03)
I wonder if those BIG bluish/white stars (some at inner circular boundary and towards outer circular boundary of photo) are part of this GC ? Are they seen much bigger and brighter because they are closer OR they are really big supergiants ?
- Mon May 17, 2021 5:38 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge (2021 May 17)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4990
Re: APOD: NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge (2021 May 17)
I wonder why every encyclopedia is shy to tell the angle of this galaxy disk to our line of view. I found these 2 pages which say it's approx. 87-88 deg tilted - 1) http://www.nightskyinfo.com/archive/ngc4565/ "NGC 4565 is inclined to an angle of 87°, 3° from edge-on." 2) https://academic...
- Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:19 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 17: The Crescent Earth (2021 Apr 29)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5628
Re: APOD: Apollo 17: The Crescent Earth (2021 Apr 29)
Background stars tooooooooooo faint to be seen (compared to bright light reflected from earth) I'm imagining .. ?
- Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:06 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Doubly Warped World of Binary... (2021 Apr 16)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13507
Re: APOD: The Doubly Warped World of Binary... (2021 Apr 16)
Sorry to say, today's APOD content might be "super cool and/or extraordinarily amazing" for some but for me (a lay person), honestly, I am not enjoying it much. Seems some *random imagination of super complex things we really don't know much about*.. And the music (background score) makes ...
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 3:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous... (2021 Apr 15)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6493
Re: APOD: The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous... (2021 Apr 15)
I wonder - What's that bright light circular object seen at the center (where black hole is suggested) in base image which seems to have disappeared in inset at top right ? What was it? Where did it go? Why?
- Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:39 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: When Black Holes Collide (2021 Apr 11)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5700
Re: APOD: When Black Holes Collide (2021 Apr 11)
I'm assuming whatever is shown inside Einestien ring/circle are the copy images of real stuff outside because of gravitational lensing. If yes, after the merger is complete, I was thinking all that stuff will be cleared (copy images removed).. No ?
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:10 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Curiosity: Sol 3048 (2021 Mar 25)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9069
Re: APOD: Curiosity: Sol 3048 (2021 Mar 25)
Over 5kms ? Means more than 5000m. Means more than half of Mt Everest here on earth. Does it look that high in picture (even if from distance) ? to me, it doesn't seems like even 5000ft high.. No ?
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:43 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Venus Flyby (2021 Feb 25)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 37890
- Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Blue Straggler Stars in Globular M53... (2021 Feb 07)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25298
Re: APOD: Blue Straggler Stars in Globular M53... (2021 Feb 07)
To add to (or perhaps misunderstand!) Ann's posts, I like the pic of M53 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_53 better, since it seems to more clearly show individual "blue stragglers": M53.JPG But are they actually "blue stragglers"? And frankly, I seem to see the same n...
- Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:23 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Blue Straggler Stars in Globular M53... (2021 Feb 07)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25298
Re: APOD: Blue Straggler Stars in Globular M53... (2021 Feb 07)
>> If our Sun were part of this star cluster, the night sky would glow like a jewel box of bright stars. I'm wondering Is there a simulation video or even a photo of artist's imagination of this ? What a sight it'd be. What's the closest 2 stars are near the core of this cluster ? I'm guessing close...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 5:29 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Eye of Moon (2020 Dec 02)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8922
Re: APOD: Eye of Moon (2020 Dec 02)
It's beautiful (artistic, creative, imaginative, efforts to get it right) but thinking from "perfection" perspective, maybe they fell short? To me, the moon doesn't seem full seems a day before full moon. Yes ?
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 3:58 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Planetary Nebula Abell 78 (2020 Oct 16)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4087
Re: APOD: Planetary Nebula Abell 78 (2020 Oct 16)
I wonder - 1) All objects without spikes are galaxies then ? 2) What's the blue spike/colored star towards top right corner ? The bright blue star is HD 205514. It is a star of spectral class A0, not unlike Vega. The star is located some ~ 1.000 light-years away, and at that distance, it is a faint...
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:10 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Planetary Nebula Abell 78 (2020 Oct 16)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4087
Re: APOD: Planetary Nebula Abell 78 (2020 Oct 16)
I wonder - 1) All objects without spikes are galaxies then ? 2) What's the blue spike/colored star towards top right corner ?
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 5:10 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Virgo Cluster Galaxies (2020 Oct 10)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3857
Re: APOD: Virgo Cluster Galaxies (2020 Oct 10)
I'm wondering about this statement - "Of course giant elliptical galaxy M87 dominates the Virgo cluster". To me, M86 seems larger than M87. No ? Both seem to be of similar brightness and at almost same distance.. I didn't search a lot to see size, I'm just going to by my eyes. Although M87...
- Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:56 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The X-Ray Sky from eROSITA (2020 Jun 23)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9496
Re: APOD: The X-Ray Sky from eROSITA (2020 Jun 23)
I wonder what's the radius of the view shown here (360deg around).. i.e. Objects from how far distance are covered in this view.. The image is a projection of an all-sky survey. It shows every direction in the sky. There is no distance limit in the image. If you mean the view is of entire sky "...
- Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:19 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The X-Ray Sky from eROSITA (2020 Jun 23)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9496
Re: APOD: The X-Ray Sky from eROSITA (2020 Jun 23)
I wonder what's the radius of the view shown here (360deg around).. i.e. Objects from how far distance are covered in this view.. The image is a projection of an all-sky survey. It shows every direction in the sky. There is no distance limit in the image. If you mean the view is of entire sky "...
- Tue Jun 23, 2020 4:37 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The X-Ray Sky from eROSITA (2020 Jun 23)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9496
Re: APOD: The X-Ray Sky from eROSITA (2020 Jun 23)
I wonder what's the radius of the view shown here (360deg around).. i.e. Objects from how far distance are covered in this view..
- Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:46 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2020 Jun 14)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16128
Re: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2020 Jun 14)
So what's cooking for tomorrow: a TikTok video of someone dressing their cat as Spiderman to desperately get attention, or something actually educational? LoL.. So true! You captured thoughts (and disappointment/irritation) in my mind. Seriously, I have been huge fan of APOD for last 10 years, I ha...
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:29 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Atmospheric Ring of Venus (2020 Jun 08)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14227
Re: APOD: Atmospheric Ring of Venus (2020 Jun 08)
I wonder if there is/was any satellite/shuttle that was in a perfect position and angle near Venus where it's cameras would see Venus blocking full Sun behind it causing a ring around it the way we see it during solar eclipses ? I'm surprised no one has any answer/comment on my query. Normally by n...
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 4:20 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Atmospheric Ring of Venus (2020 Jun 08)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14227
Re: APOD: Atmospheric Ring of Venus (2020 Jun 08)
I wonder if there is/was any satellite/shuttle that was in a perfect position and angle near Venus where it's cameras would see Venus blocking full Sun behind it causing a ring around it the way we see it during solar eclipses ?