This amazing pattern is found in "octahedrite iron meterites and some pallasites" per Wikipedia. It's a beautiful structure from time long ago.
It might make for a fun APOD someday.
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- Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:06 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Widmanstätten Pattern
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1477
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 5:20 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Mystery Feature Now Disappears in... (2016 Mar 07)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5746
Re: APOD: Mystery Feature Now Disappears in... (2016 Mar 07)
Are they sure those are land masses? If they were a less dense floating solid on a liquid hydrocarbon lake and the density of the liquid was fluctuating per season wouldn't they change buoyancy? Of course then the liquid hydrocarbon might expand also and rise its surface level which wasn't detected....
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Phoenix Aurora over Iceland (2016 Mar 16)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33823
Re: APOD: A Phoenix Aurora over Iceland (2016 Mar 16)
Phoenix, pigeon or something else ?
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:54 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Edge-On Galaxy NGC 5866 (2016 Mar 09)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2818
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Edge-On Galaxy NGC 5866 (2016 Mar 09)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2818
- Mon Mar 07, 2016 6:26 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Stream of Stuff
- Replies: 780
- Views: 385961
Re: Stream of Stuff
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- Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Mystery Feature Now Disappears in... (2016 Mar 07)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5746
Re: APOD: Mystery Feature Now Disappears in... (2016 Mar 07)
The fractal appearance of the tributaries leading into the lake is surprisingly like that of Earth's water networks. Fractals must have more in common with geometry than chemistry.
But is "fractisity" a universal feature that is related to gravity or scale?
But is "fractisity" a universal feature that is related to gravity or scale?
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:59 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: What did you see on the web today?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 118863
Re: What did you see on the web today?
Chappy is quite a blast!
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 5:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Sculptor Galaxy NGC 134 (2016 Mar 04)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2638
Re: APOD: Sculptor Galaxy NGC 134 (2016 Mar 04)
In the first link to the constellation Sculptor there is an image of R Scuptoris . R Scuptoris is an interesting sight. It almost looks like it could be a planetary nebula in the early period of its formation. If it does have a companion it would surely be affecting the shedding of its outer shell. ...
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 4:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Moons and Jupiter (2016 Mar 03)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4220
Re: APOD: Moons and Jupiter (2016 Mar 03)
Why couldn't ancients have thought that Jupiter was another star that had its own planets? Of course they rapidly shifted position but I might think that the ability to observe the moons of Jupiter without aide may have given insight into planetary arrangement very long before Galileo used his teles...
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:15 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: IC 1848: The Soul Nebula (2016 Feb 28)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3331
Re: APOD: IC 1848: The Soul Nebula (2016 Feb 28)
I've always pictured Cassiopeia as a woman sitting reclined knees bent head back.
To me it seems very obvious but I suspect others see it differently.
To me it seems very obvious but I suspect others see it differently.
- Fri Feb 26, 2016 9:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Tarantula Nebula (2016 Feb 26)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6365
Re: APOD: The Tarantula Nebula (2016 Feb 26)
I'm curious about the interesting bright object in the upper left of today's image. It seems disconnected from the Tarantula nebula, unlike the various filaments, etc., elsewhere in the image. This is probably just a matter of perception because of it's unique appearance. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/...
- Fri Feb 26, 2016 8:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Tarantula Nebula (2016 Feb 26)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6365
Re: APOD: The Tarantula Nebula (2016 Feb 26)
neufer wrote:After a kill, some ant-mimicking spiders hold their victims between themselves and large groups of ants to avoid being attacked
Now I know where Hollywood gets its material.
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
- Fri Feb 26, 2016 3:52 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Tarantula Nebula (2016 Feb 26)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6365
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:33 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Highest, Tallest, and Closest to the... (2016 Feb 25)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15400
Re: APOD: Highest, Tallest, and Closest to the... (2016 Feb 25)
The acceleration of gravity isn't determined only by the distance from Earth's center, but by the local density of the crust. As a result, Huascarán Peak in Ecuador, which is slightly closer to Earth's center than Chimborazo, actually has the smallest acceleration of gravity on Earth, 9.7639 m/s 2 ...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: USA's Northeast Megalopolis from Space (2016 Feb 24)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6105
Re: APOD: USA's Northeast Megalopolis from Space (2016 Feb 24)
If you think of the crew living in a hula hoop 50 feet in diameter circle the Earth 250 miles above Earth's surface (being about 4000 miles from its center) then using 4250 miles as a major radius and 50 ft (0.01 miles) as minor radius the volume of the area http://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/volume...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Back to the Bang
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16818
Re: Back to the Bang
I always thought it would be really mean to take apart the cube then put it together with one corner turned, then mix it up and hand it to a genius quick solver, sit back, and enjoy As many really smart people as our world has produced - it makes one think "God" beat us to the punch. :win...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 5:46 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: USA's Northeast Megalopolis from Space (2016 Feb 24)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6105
Re: APOD: USA's Northeast Megalopolis from Space (2016 Feb 24)
I'm not sure which is more crowded – the space station or the Eastern Seaboard? Ratioing the number of people in the ISS following a corridor all the way around the Earth in one orbit to the number of people in the Northeast Corridor might be a good math problem. :idea: I might bet on the ISS for ro...
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:39 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: It's a Hoot
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1159
Re: It's a Hoot
What happens when an owl invades a retirement community?
Really - it does.
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:19 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: It's a Hoot
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1159
It's a Hoot
You all need a place for funny Owls to roost... those prime for a laugh.
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:13 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Forum Statistic - What's the odds?
- Replies: 149
- Views: 27059
Re: Forum Statistic - What's the odds?
O¥O Hoo, hoo were the lucky posters?owlice wrote:Coming soon to Total topics, a pair of primes, 15971 and 15973.
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:18 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: HEAPOW: Saying Hi to Hitomi (2016 Feb 22)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1278
Re: HEAPOW: Saying Hi to Hitomi (2016 Feb 22)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Hello_kitty_character_portrait.png Say " He " to Hitomi? "She" sounds more accurate but that wouldn't work either. :? Definitely not "Shi" even if it is pronounced with a ē. :oops: Do you think it's "student" of ...
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: HEAPOW: Saying Hi to Hitomi (2016 Feb 22)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1278