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by g-banjo
Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:49 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Free Astronomy Course Taught Online by an APOD Editor
Replies: 56
Views: 84672

Oh yes please!
by g-banjo
Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:03 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Free Astronomy Course Taught Online by an APOD Editor
Replies: 56
Views: 84672

Indeed it is a shame we can't all see these. I, for one, would be very interested indeed. But I will certainly never install iTunes on my PC as it causes so many problems. (I guess it isn't in Apple's interest for a PC to work properly.)
by g-banjo
Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:33 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Epimetheus (APOD 11 Feb 2008)
Replies: 26
Views: 14509

Fieryice and craterchains, if indeed you are two different people, it would be far better for you to just email each other your nonsense rather than post it here. Most people who browse this forum have a genuine interest in what is going on out there and find your ignorant, self important garbage an...
by g-banjo
Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:04 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

Ah, I've just googled "CS crater chains" and now see where you're coming from. A valuable reminder that we should make sure we help our children to understand the use of Occam's Razor.

entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
by g-banjo
Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:15 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Favorite APOD
Replies: 208
Views: 2945363

Yes, fabulous!
Thank you, I'd forgotten that one, now it's my desktop background.
by g-banjo
Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:48 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

Well of course "item 5" is a join - it is a composite picture - but I really don't see how, or why, you would suggest this about "1b".
by g-banjo
Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:01 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

Forgive my igmorance. What's a "stitch line"?
by g-banjo
Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:08 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

Ah. Right.
by g-banjo
Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:19 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

??????
by g-banjo
Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:07 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

Oh, oh!
NURSE!!
by g-banjo
Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

I'd say that's about it indeed.
by g-banjo
Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:43 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

I don't see a horizontal fault line.
by g-banjo
Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:06 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

I think you'll find that's a join between two photos.
by g-banjo
Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:04 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

Yep, I see it now, not inverted at all.
Could this be the result of two impacts with the second filling in the crater of the first? There seems to be two centres to the rays.
by g-banjo
Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:16 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20790

Can anyone tell me why this photo has been inverted?
The image is much clearer if you download and use photoshop (or whatever) to invert the colour back to the way it should be.