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- Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona (2024 Apr 02)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1106
Re: APOD: Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona (2024 Apr 02)
How far out do the petals of the corona extend? They seem huge.
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:06 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Moon Io from Spacecraft Juno (2023 Oct 23)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23842
Re: APOD: Moon Io from Spacecraft Juno (2023 Oct 23)
Is the plume in the dark area at the top? Or is it somewhere else? Not sure what to look for exactly.
Thanks.
Thanks.
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 7:46 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Webb's Rho Ophiuchi (2023 Jul 13)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7262
Re: APOD: Webb's Rho Ophiuchi (2023 Jul 13)
The star in the upper left hand corner has a double star effect from the JW camera. Is this an anomaly or is it bc there are actually 2 stars really close to each other?
- Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:52 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Star Eats Planet (2023 Jun 06)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4263
Re: APOD: Star Eats Planet (2023 Jun 06)
How long does it take for this process to happen?
- Thu Jul 14, 2022 7:30 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Webb's Southern Ring Nebula (2022 Jul 14)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 68516
Re: APOD: Webb's Southern Ring Nebula (2022 Jul 14)
Is the fainter stellar partner the one right next to the gas bubble, or the one in the middle of it? And if it is the one next to it, why is the companion star in the middle of the gas bubble? Shouldn't the dying star be in the middle? They're both in the middle. The bright one, with the refraction...
- Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:27 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Webb's Southern Ring Nebula (2022 Jul 14)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 68516
Re: APOD: Webb's Southern Ring Nebula (2022 Jul 14)
Is the fainter stellar partner the one right next to the gas bubble, or the one in the middle of it? And if it is the one next to it, why is the companion star in the middle of the gas bubble? Shouldn't the dying star be in the middle?
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 4:36 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Record Prominence Imaged by Solar... (2022 Mar 02)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4751
Re: APOD: Record Prominence Imaged by Solar... (2022 Mar 02)
Thank you. That is pretty mind blowing.
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 4:34 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Venus and Mars: Passing in the Night (2022 Mar 29)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 43062
Re: APOD: Venus and Mars: Passing in the Night (2022 Mar 29)
Where is Saturn in this photo?
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 5:34 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Record Prominence Imaged by Solar... (2022 Mar 02)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4751
Re: APOD: Record Prominence Imaged by Solar... (2022 Mar 02)
How much time does it take for a prominence this large to come into being? A few seconds, minutes, hours?
- Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Giant Storms and High Clouds on Jupiter (2021 Dec 29)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3049
Re: APOD: Giant Storms and High Clouds on Jupiter (2021 Dec 29)
From what distance is this photo taken?
- Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:49 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Palomar 6: Globular Star Cluster (2021 Oct 19)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5046
Re: APOD: Palomar 6: Globular Star Cluster (2021 Oct 19)
Are these clusters visible to us with a telescope from earth? It’s 11th magnitude so a very small telescope, even a 2 inch lens, could in theory pick it up. <<Like the Abell planetary nebulae, the Palomar globular clusters were discovered in the 1950s on the survey plates of the first Palomar Obser...
- Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:45 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Palomar 6: Globular Star Cluster (2021 Oct 19)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5046
Re: APOD: Palomar 6: Globular Star Cluster (2021 Oct 19)
Are these clusters visible to us with a telescope from earth? Yes. Even though the Hubble is a space telescope, Palomar 6 was first discovered on Earth by the Palomar Observatory. They might have used the Hale telescope back in the 1950s or another of their telescopes. Wiki wasn't clear which scope...
- Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:55 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Palomar 6: Globular Star Cluster (2021 Oct 19)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5046
Re: APOD: Palomar 6: Globular Star Cluster (2021 Oct 19)
Are these clusters visible to us with a telescope from earth?
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:30 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Solar System Ball Drop (2021 Aug 25)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 101855
Re: APOD: Solar System Ball Drop (2021 Aug 25)
Does the slower fall speed make it safer for a person to fall that distance?
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:34 am
- 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: 7168
Re: APOD: Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Exploded Star (2021 Apr 05)
@MarkBour - thanks for the info. That last bit is especially great bc I have always wondered if astronomers could actually see and watch the expansion of the galaxies they study considering their size and speed.
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:57 am
- 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: 7168
Re: APOD: Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Exploded Star (2021 Apr 05)
How large is the nebula in total? What does 5 times the size of the full moon at 1400 light year's distance mean? Thanks
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:15 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 1499: The California Nebula (2021 Mar 10)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3166
Re: APOD: NGC 1499: The California Nebula (2021 Mar 10)
Is Xi Persei in the photo? There are a number of blue stars here so I can't tell which one it is.
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:13 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Star Forming Region S106 (2020 Mar 25)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5417
- Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:55 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano (2020 Mar 22)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4362
Re: APOD: Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano (2020 Mar 22)
Can someone please explain the giant Luna through a telescopic lend part? Did the people there see an ordinary sized moon? And does the lens type affect the apparent speed also?
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:55 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Hole in Mars (2020 Mar 01)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7941
Re: APOD: A Hole in Mars (2020 Mar 01)
Some forms of like don't require oxygen (or any atmosphere really). Thermal vents, even solid rocks. There are organisms feeding off chemical composition. But wouldn't the lifeform need protection from the solar elements,like radiation? An atmosphere isn't just about providing possible nutrition or...
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 5:48 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Hole in Mars (2020 Mar 01)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7941
Re: APOD: A Hole in Mars (2020 Mar 01)
How is martian life a possibility when there isn't any atmosphere to speak of? Some forms of like don't require oxygen (or any atmosphere really). Thermal vents, even solid rocks. There are organisms feeding off chemical composition. But wouldn't the lifeform need protection from the solar elements...
- Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Hole in Mars (2020 Mar 01)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7941
Re: APOD: A Hole in Mars (2020 Mar 01)
How is martian life a possibility when there isn't any atmosphere to speak of?
- Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:12 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Orion over the Central Bohemian... (2020 Feb 18)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3451
- Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:50 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 2392: Double-Shelled Planetary... (2020 Feb 16)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6584
Re: APOD: NGC 2392: Double-Shelled Planetary... (2020 Feb 16)
Kind of looks like a mantids head rather than a parka covered person.
But beautiful.
But beautiful.
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:14 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Launch of the Solar Orbiter (2020 Feb 11)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3412
Re: APOD: Launch of the Solar Orbiter (2020 Feb 11)
How long will it take for the orbiter to get into position?