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by bystander
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:50 am
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Hello
Replies: 1
Views: 192

Re: Hello

Approximately 12:05 am Eastern Time
by bystander
Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Found Images: 2024 April
Replies: 23
Views: 1036

Found Images: 2024 April

Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
by bystander
Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2024 April
Replies: 81
Views: 3387

Submissions: 2024 April

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by bystander
Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Galileo's Europa (2024 Mar 29)
Replies: 8
Views: 473

Re: APOD: Galileo's Europa (2024 Mar 29)

... Spectrographic evidence suggests that the darker, reddish streaks and features on Europa's surface may be rich in salts such as magnesium sulfate , deposited by evaporating water that emerged from within. Sulfuric acid hydrate is another possible explanation for the contaminant observed spectro...
by bystander
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Galileo's Europa (2024 Mar 29)
Replies: 8
Views: 473

Re: APOD: Galileo's Europa (2024 Mar 29)

Any educated speculation about the cause of the rusty coloration of the long, curving fractures? ... Spectrographic evidence suggests that the darker, reddish streaks and features on Europa's surface may be rich in salts such as magnesium sulfate, deposited by evaporating water that emerged from wi...
by bystander
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2024 March
Replies: 88
Views: 186820

Re: Submissions: 2024 March

comet and other… https://flic.kr/ps/t43XBNx https://www.instagram.com/p/C4lyKtHNBmm/?igsh=dzdtYXcwZDR3cGE= Single shot processed with Lingtroom: “Bagno Vignoni” SI Tuscany, Italy. Saturday 16 March 2024 at 7.35pm. Andromeda galaxy, ISS, plane (intruder😅), meteorite and comet bottom left “12P/Pons-B...
by bystander
Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:13 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Found Images: 2024 March
Replies: 33
Views: 39853

Found Images: 2024 March

Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
by bystander
Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2024 March
Replies: 88
Views: 186820

Submissions: 2024 March

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by bystander
Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:20 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Found Images: 2024 February
Replies: 29
Views: 5601

Found Images: 2024 February

Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
by bystander
Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:19 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2024 February
Replies: 75
Views: 399537

Submissions: 2024 February

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by bystander
Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Bugs? Problems? Report them here!
Replies: 385
Views: 2247957

Re: Bugs? Problems? Report them here!

AI? What about this looks like an AI generated post? It looks like a lot of other AI created posts that have appeared here recently, which just restate the post they quote using different words. What does? What's the original post being referred to here? It was deleted for spam (not AI)
by bystander
Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:52 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Wanted: APOD Guest writers and assistant editors
Replies: 8
Views: 129937

Re: Wanted: APOD Guest writers and assistant editors

Hi Chris! If you're interested in contributing to NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), you may want to reach out directly to the APOD team or NASA to express your interest and inquire about potential collaboration opportunities. APOD is a popular resource for sharing stunning astronomical im...
by bystander
Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:01 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Wanted: APOD Guest writers and assistant editors
Replies: 8
Views: 129937

Re: Wanted: APOD Guest writers and assistant editors

Hi Chris! If you're interested in contributing to NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), you may want to reach out directly to the APOD team or NASA to express your interest and inquire about potential collaboration opportunities. APOD is a popular resource for sharing stunning astronomical im...
by bystander
Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Found Images: 2024 January
Replies: 1
Views: 8417

Found Images: 2024 January

Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
by bystander
Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2024 January
Replies: 82
Views: 217050

Submissions: 2024 January

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by bystander
Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Beautiful Comet Nishimura (2023 Sep 11)
Replies: 13
Views: 8220

Re: APOD: Beautiful Comet Nishimura (2023 Sep 11)

johnnydeep wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:58 pm Seriously? Even the Dunsany reference? And there's not even a spam link in that response, so what would be the point?
Actually there was a spam link which has now been carefully edited out and the original post sequestered.
by bystander
Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: UCL: New Theory Seeks to Unite Einstein’s Gravity with Quantum Mechanics
Replies: 0
Views: 15391

UCL: New Theory Seeks to Unite Einstein’s Gravity with Quantum Mechanics

New Theory Seeks to Unite Einstein’s Gravity with Quantum Mechanics University College London | Mark Greaves | 2023 Dec 05 A radical theory that consistently unifies gravity and quantum mechanics while preserving Einstein’s classical concept of spacetime is announced today in two papers published s...
by bystander
Mon Dec 04, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Plane Crossing Crescent Moon (2023 Dec 04)
Replies: 18
Views: 10892

Re: APOD: Plane Crossing Crescent Moon (2023 Dec 04)

dmp86 wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:55 am Nice photo, but that's a decrescent moon, or the photo has been mirrored.
The opposite of decrescent is increscent, not crescent. Both are crescent. Decrescent is waning, while increscent is waxing.
by bystander
Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:48 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Found Images: 2023 December
Replies: 0
Views: 16611

Found Images: 2023 December

Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
by bystander
Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 December
Replies: 100
Views: 161237

Submissions: 2023 December

__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please post your images here. Please see this thread before posting images; posting images demonstrates your agreement with the possible uses for your image. If hotlinking to an image, please ensure i...
by bystander
Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:17 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Found Images: 2023 November
Replies: 25
Views: 59432

Found Images: 2023 November

Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
by bystander
Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2023 November
Replies: 62
Views: 241723

Submissions: 2023 November

__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please post your images here. Please see this thread before posting images; posting images demonstrates your agreement with the possible uses for your image. If hotlinking to an image, please ensure i...
by bystander
Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:15 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Gone in 60 Seconds: A Green Flash Sunset (2023 Oct 25)
Replies: 15
Views: 20025

Re: APOD: Gone in 60 Seconds: A Green Flash Sunset (2023 Oct 25)

Chris Peterson wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:19 pm And Soylent. Never forget Soylent.
It's just people.
by bystander
Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:53 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: ESO: Most Distant Fast Radio Burst to Date (FRB 20220610A)
Replies: 0
Views: 57638

ESO: Most Distant Fast Radio Burst to Date (FRB 20220610A)

Astronomers Detect Most Distant Fast Radio Burst to Date ESO Science Release | 2023 Oct 19 https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/eso2317a.jpg An international team has spotted a remote blast of cosmic radio waves lasting less than a millisecond. This 'fast radio burst' ( FRB ) is the mo...