Starship Asterisk*

by **geckzilla** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:46 am

ianaboase@surewest.net wrote:This calendar is beautiful. Is there one for 2018? Can't wait to see it.
Ian

Hi Ian, the 2018 calendar can be found here:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/APOD_Cal ... 300dpi.pdf

by **ianaboase@surewest.net** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:14 am

This calendar is beautiful. Is there one for 2018? Can't wait to see it.
Ian

by **RJN** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 8:28 pm

hazard wrote: Is there anyway to link the images on the calendar to the internet? Specifically the February 7th, 2017 picture.

Thanks (everyone!) for your kind words. Clicking on the images will, I believe, take you to the APOD on the Internet from which the image was taken.

- RJN

by **hazard** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 8:23 am

Hello friends,

Is there anyway to link the images on the calendar to the internet? Specifically the February 7th, 2017 picture.

Great work on this! I printed this whole calendar at work (fo free), and now I get to look at it everyday.

by **geckzilla** » Mon Dec 26, 2016 6:04 am

Ace Starfire wrote:For your information: For the 2014 (-?-) version, I took the APOD Calendar .PDF to Staples for printing. The outcome was gorgeous, but they made a mistake in how the photographs were associated with the calendar pages. In apology, they printed -two- copies of the calendar, and I only paid for one (about $25.00, if memory serves). I gave the other one to a fellow with whom I had become acquainted while waiting for Staples to finish the job. He had a son who was a former NASA engineer that designed, built and maintained the space shuttle featured in the February image. He wanted to give it as a gift to his son.

That was really nice of you, Ace.

by **Ace Starfire** » Mon Dec 26, 2016 1:44 am

For your information: For the 2014 (-?-) version, I took the APOD Calendar .PDF to Staples for printing. The outcome was gorgeous, but they made a mistake in how the photographs were associated with the calendar pages. In apology, they printed -two- copies of the calendar, and I only paid for one (about $25.00, if memory serves). I gave the other one to a fellow with whom I had become acquainted while waiting for Staples to finish the job. He had a son who was a former NASA engineer that designed, built and maintained the space shuttle featured in the February image. He wanted to give it as a gift to his son.

by **dr_glenn** » Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:08 pm

I just looked into printing. I uploaded the PDF version to a few sites.
simplewprintservice does not seem to have any way to print it as a calendar - indeed they only gave me two simplistic choices.
FedEx was much better. I chose double-sided and spiral bound and it correctly placed the binding on top of pages (not on side). It appears that it would hang on the wall exactly as intended. However, print cost is $31.
Then I tried some from the toptenreviews website that is referenced.
nextdayflyers - this site did not tell me how many calendars they were planning to ship to me, but for a price in the $thousands, I take it they are not for doing one-off jobs!
Vistaprint - will do one-off, but I couldn't figure out how to simply print from a PDF.
4over4 - minimum of 25 copies.
zazzle - couldn't figure out how to print spiral bound from PDF.

So far I can only figure out how to use FedEx.

by **Prothall** » Thu Dec 15, 2016 3:10 am

I guess I am a little old to be doing this correctly the first time. Sorry Alex Dave
Anyway I had thought that a calendar of the sun would be awesome. One of my very favorite APOD pics was the blueberry sun showing the sun with a filter for calcium.
Always wonderful stuff.
Thank You

Prothall wrote:
Lex Dave wrote:1st: APOD is just one more reason to know that NASA rocks!
2nd: Besides 'galaxy' only, I can think of many themed calendars. Immediate to mind are: weather/clouds/lightening calendars (my favorite) , fish-eye sky or panoramic views, nebulas, sol planets and moons (maybe including exo- and artistic renderings?), our moon, and new star formations (my second favorite).
3rd: APOD is 7852-ish (and growing) more reasons to know that NASA rocks!

by **Prothall** » Thu Dec 15, 2016 3:02 am

Lex Dave wrote:1st: APOD is just one more reason to know that NASA rocks!
2nd: Besides 'galaxy' only, I can think of many themed calendars. Immediate to mind are: weather/clouds/lightening calendars (my favorite) , fish-eye sky or panoramic views, nebulas, sol planets and moons (maybe including exo- and artistic renderings?), our moon, and new star formations (my second favorite).
3rd: APOD is 7852-ish (and growing) more reasons to know that NASA rocks!

by **Lex Dave** » Wed Dec 14, 2016 7:17 pm

1st: APOD is just one more reason to know that NASA rocks!
2nd: Besides 'galaxy' only, I can think of many themed calendars. Immediate to mind are: weather/clouds/lightening calendars (my favorite) , fish-eye sky or panoramic views, nebulas, sol planets and moons (maybe including exo- and artistic renderings?), our moon, and new star formations (my second favorite).
3rd: APOD is 7852-ish (and growing) more reasons to know that NASA rocks!

by **Amanda in KS** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 5:09 pm

I would love a galaxies only calendar version

Also I'm personal not a big fan of some of the strange pictures of craters or other things that are not very interesting to look at...other than that Im so glad I found this app and look forward to seeing the new picture each day. Thank you

by **Stargazer2** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 7:56 am

I love the calendar! Keep up the good work!

by **geckzilla** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:41 pm

I think mattminde noticed that, noticed that some actual design work had been done (as opposed to what the APOD website looks like) and put 2 and 2 together already. In other words, I've been found. I also know my opinion alone on how APOD is presented doesn't mean much. Things do change when a lot of people weigh in, though.

by **bystander** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:36 pm

mattminde wrote:... (is there a "Friends of APOD"?) ...

http://friendsofapod.org/
http://www.facebook.com/FoAPoD/

by **geckzilla** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:18 pm

mattminde wrote:I would even dare to volunteer my design assistance, but I'm sure you folks have access to designers (is there a "Friends of APOD"?).

You are an astute observer.

by **mattminde** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 3:12 pm

HI APOD creators! I love APOD, and have turned on many people to the site. HOWEVER (you saw this coming...) I am also a graphic designer, and I break out in (metaphorical) hives when I see images shrunk along one axis just to make them fit into a space. For all the meticulous accuracy involed in creating astronomical images, smashing them up to fit a box is outrageous. Please, next time, just envision the square dates space as a window, if yoiu will, looking out at a partial, but unmutilated image. I would even dare to volunteer my design assistance, but I'm sure you folks have access to designers (is there a "Friends of APOD"?). But please, in closing: DO NOT SHRINK IMAGES ALONG ONE AXIS TO FIT A SPACE. EVER. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!

by **krackaphoon** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:58 am

The galaxy only version sounds like a dream come true!

by **Chris Peterson** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 2:09 pm

Brown Line wrote:However, there's one small error: the day for January 20, 2017, is labelled "Equinox". I do believe that should be "Solstice".

Unfortunately, you seem to have printed out an old version that has since been corrected. (And January 20 is neither the equinox nor the solstice.)

Also, my wife would prefer a calendar without the little daily pictures, to make it easier to write upcoming events on the calendar - yes, we still like to use dead tree for that purpose.

The PowerPoint version is the document source. If you download that one, you can modify it to your heart's content, which includes removing the background fill from calendar squares.

by **Brown Line** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 1:55 pm

I had a batch of calendars printed at a local print shop, and have handed them out to the APODniks among my acquaintance.

However, there's one small error: the day for January 20, 2017, is labelled "Equinox". I do believe that should be "Solstice".

Also, my wife would prefer a calendar without the little daily pictures, to make it easier to write upcoming events on the calendar - yes, we still like to use dead tree for that purpose.

Otherwise, thank you many times over for a delightful calendar!

by **TrenaJ** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 12:08 pm

Beautiful calendar. I would love to see one with Galaxies only please. Thank you

by **JuanJo** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:47 pm

I, and millions more, would appreciate a version starting the week on Monday.
Thanks in advance and congratulations any way.

by **Flonkbob** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:17 pm

What a wonderful calendar. You have done a great job with this, and I'm definitely going to find a nice non-recommended-but-useful way to get this printed.

That said, yes I'd be interested in a more focused version; to wit, Galaxies only, especially interacting galaxies. I'm always fascinated by the sense of motion and evolution this images provide, even though they never change in our lifetimes. And I can't help wondering; "What do the intelligent lifeforms there..." [pointing at a random area of the image] see in their night sky?"

by **RJN** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:10 pm

Jindra Kubicek wrote:Very nice
Q: why is July 4th 2017 written "Juno reaches Jupiter" ?
thanks
Jindra

Oops! Fixed it. Thanks! - RJN

by **hollienims** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:24 pm

Yes PLEASE make a galaxy calendar!!!

by **Jindra Kubicek** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 7:40 am

Very nice
Q: why is July 4th 2017 written "Juno reaches Jupiter" ?
thanks
Jindra

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