Starship Asterisk*

alter-ego wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:50 am the moon is Ganymede.

Yes, my bad. Thank you. I have now changed the identification of the moon to Ganymede on the main NASA APOD pages. I apologize for the mistake.
- RJN

I am sad to hear of his passing.

yuricosmos wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 12:24 pm Yes, this is confusing! Could've at least changed the caption as it's now 54 years ago!

Yes. An email alerted me to this same oversight. My bad. It has now been fixed on the main NASA APOD. I apologize for the error.
- RJN

This post is about the 2022 February 8 APOD.

jks wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:23 am However, the current 'Discuss' link points to the non-existent page for the 14th (the 'this link' link on that page points to the proper place).

jks

Sorry! Just fixed it.

An emailer points out The sun most certainly does not rise at its southernmost point (N hemisphere) on the solstice. That happens around January 5, +/-. (today!) This is correct insofar as the Sun's southernmost point occurs during the day of the December solstice -- which does not necessarily coinc...

FYI today's APOD and image were featured in an article in the Daily Mail.

The main NASA APOD text has now been corrected to say that the pending total solar eclipse will be this weekend. I apologize for the oversight. - RJN

Yes, well stated. In is indeed our hope at APOD that an RSS-savvy volunteer will come forward.
- RJN

FYI this APOD was reported on in the Daily Mail:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... t-one.html

Here is a link to a description of some former graduate students: http://www.phy.mtu.edu/nemiroff/FormerPhDStudents.html . More recently than described in that link from 2011, graduate students that have worked with me include Amir Shahmoradi (currently Asst. Prof at UT Arlington), Teresa Wilson (cu...

An opening for a new Ph D.-seeking graduate student in astrophysics is expected in Fall 2022 at Michigan Technological University. This is an unusual position as the student is expected to have a significant interest in developing skills both in research astrophysics, as relevant to my research inte...

In response to a valid criticism of the APOD explanation on APOD's Facebook mirror by Paul Schlyter, the text of the main NASA APOD has changed the wording "just minutes" to "hours". In this context, sunrise times include twilights like, for example, astronomical twilight.

Based on the photographer's own communications, the text of the main NASA APOD has been changed to remove the words "single exposure". Although the image accurately captured what appeared during a single instance, it actually involved three successive exposures. - RJN

Feedback indicates that the designation of "hurricane" in the Atlantic and "typhoon" in the Pacific has exceptions. Therefore, the text of the main NASA APOD has been updated to include the word "Usually" at the front of the second sentence. Also, the explanatory link h...

The credit line under the image was partly incorrect and has been updated. The new credit line reads:
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); M. Benisty et al.
We apologize for the oversight.
- RJN

jks wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:49 am Yes, thank you, @alter-ego. It appears that there are three links or entries, all for 2021 July 31 but the Discuss link points to 2020 July 31.

Nice image though. Saved as a background for my vertically oriented middle screen.

Thanks! Fixed it.
- RJN

After receiving email from a Neptune ice-giant expert, the term "gas giant" has now been changed to "ice-giant" on the main NASA APOD. The term "gas-giant" is now somewhat outdated when applied to Uranus or Neptune. - RJN

A kind and knowledgable emailer has pointed out that Webb has two "b"s, not one. This has now been corrected on the main NASA APOD. We apologize for the oversight.
- RJN

Based on an email from an expert, the text of the main NASA APOD was changed to say that the 46 degree halo was also caused by refraction through ice crystals, not reflection from those crystals. I apologize for the oversight.

- RJN

An email from an expert in atmospheric optics correctly stated that no inversion layer was operating here. Rather, the optical effect was just caused by the warm air just above the sea. The air temperature was not inverted -- the higher one goes, the cooler the air. The text of the main NASA APOD ha...

An email from an expert in atmospheric optics correctly stated that no inversion layer was operating here. Rather, the optical effect was just caused by the warm air just above the sea. The air temperature was not inverted -- the higher one goes, the cooler the air. The text of the main NASA APOD ha...

keesscherer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:00 am Looks more like geosynchronous satellites. Because before Starlink sats where up i made this image in 2015:

Yes, thank you. My bad. The text on the main NASA APOD has now been updated. We apologize for the oversight.
- RJN

> "You didn't "reprocess" anything."

Yes, OK. My bad again. I have now removed the prefix "re" from the main NASA text, so that "reprocessing" has become "processing".

- RJN

At the request of the News Chief of the Space Science Scientific Institute (STScI), I have added the words "reprocessed by Judy Schmidt" to the main NASA text for this APOD. I also want to point out the an STScI team headed by Joseph DePasquale themselves did a very impressive job of proce...