Starship Asterisk*

Honestly I wonder why this picture is still up even if the description was modified. When I go to APOD's website, I expect to see a wonderful astropicture taken by a talented astrophotographer who spent money, time and energy to get this single shot, not a computer artist. I completely agree. This ...

The description on APOD has been updated. ~ Owl

I've removed a few recent posts that didn't add anything to the discussion from the thread. If yours was one of them and you want to discuss this, I'd be happy to do so via IM. Thanks.

owlice

The fate of this APOD is under discussion. Patience, please. Thanks!

We are forecast to have clouds for the next few days.

I've removed some posts from the thread, for being rude or piling on or out of place. If your post was one of them, I am happy to discuss the matter with you in IM.

Thank you.

From Stephan Ramsden........"Chris Peterson,with all due respect to your prestigious and well earned academic position, you have " won " APODs in the past and are of course completely satisfied with the system as is." You don't win APODs. You are featured APOD which substantiall...

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:: falls over laughing! ::

Thanks, geck!

TODAY @ 2 PM EDT!!
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orin stepanek wrote:What? 16 planets and counting? How many dwarfs are out there? Maybe Mercury should be counted as a dwarf also! And the giants; maybe should be classified as giant planets instead as just planets! So maybe we have only 3 planets; Venus Earth and Mars!

An excellent idea!!!

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Coming soon to Total topics, a pair of primes, 15971 and 15973.

Why is it that Americans assume all the world understands their time zones? For the same reason USAliens (Not "Americans", as Mexicans and Canadians and South Americans all recognise that different countries with different customs exist) think we all worship Disney's rodent, eat hamburger...

Excuse me! Sorry I show up as a guest, my name is Dan Llewellyn and Stephen Ramsden and I were the ones that originally spotted the fake Saturn...I assumed this forum would show my name via Facebook , but I guess not. Others had also questioned the image; to say you "originally spotted the fak...

He is real, I swear!! I've met him!! Or at least, I've met someone who said he was Jerry.... hmmmmm...... maybe I should have asked for ID.

Alice, first of all I would like to congratulate all APOD editors for the good work they have done for us during all those years, presenting exciting pictures and information. They are not imaging specialists and then it's difficult for me to blame them for having been fooled. However I would respe...

Stephen, everyone... This image appeared on Friday. Please note that 1.) it's the weekend; 2.) it's very likely the editor for this image was not at work on Friday, or at least, did not work a full day, as he's in the DC area (as am I), and the US Government in DC shut down at noon because of a seve...

One reason the APOD meeting at AAS was helpful was that we found out about this. APOD had no idea Dr. Wagner had been doing this until meeting him at this event.

Robert M Wagner, Assistant Professor of Astronomy at HACC (Central Pennsylvania's Community College), has been creating a podcast about each day's APOD image since February 7, 2011. The entire collection is available on iTunes U; there is one collection for each year starting with 2011. He typically...

And I have no hot chocolate but totally want some, now that Beyond mentioned it!

The Owl has spent most of her time in meetings or in the exhibit hall, sometimes even in meetings in the exhibit hall. No science sessions (alas), and tomorrow is the last day! I plan to be in the exhibit hall again tomorrow to see various posters and plan to go to one of the science talks after see...