Starship Asterisk*

I forget where i stole this... ""The old song goes: "Tell me why the stars do shine. Tell me why the ivy twines. Tell me why the skies are blue. And I will tell you why I love you." In response, an irreverent college student wrote: "Nuclear fusion makes stars to shine. Tropi...

holy crap ---

A nice one to file away for October 31st.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbmZmHaZe-A SOUTHERN CROSS (Steve Cash & John Dillon) There's a lot of folks down at the island That follow that astrologee Some got a chart of the Heavens And some got a fancy degree But me, I got a pickup And I drive it like the Fourth of July And that's where ...

Apologies in advance for expressing this particular pet peeve, But — Speaking of the Great Film, </SARC>, whoever came up with the line, “In your face, Neil Armstrong!” — How dare they? Andy Weir, Drew Goddard, Riddly Scott and/or Matt Damon — How did those armchair astronauts have the gall to mock ...

It reminds me of the Hubble 25th Anniversary Image of Westerlund 2 — serious eye candy.

Dennis Chesters Strikes from Afar —

https://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Classic — !

Just sticking my head in the door to say, "Thanks!"

We were totally socked-in here in the Southeast (zip, zero, nada, naught),
but I knew you guys would come through with a killer image to ease the pain.

Outstanding — Reminded me of something.... ah, Here it is: Tell me why the stars do shine, Tell me why the ivy twines, Tell me what makes skies so blue, And I will tell you why I love you. Nuclear fusion causes stars to shine, Tropisms induce the ivy to twine, Tyndall-Rayleigh scatter makes the sky ...

Just a bit of trivia: In one of the early episodes of "Lost in Space," as Guy Williams is bouncing around outside the Jupiter 2 (tethered by what appears to be a borrowed clothesline)... There! In the background.... M16! (Somebody needs to notify Phil Plait they weren't really lost, <GRIN>)

"Ah yes; I remember it well."

– Maurice Chevalier


I sat at my desk at the Climate and Radiation Branch, searched for 'Astronomy' in Alta Vista and there you were.
(circa June 20, 1995)

Still the best damn page on the 'Net —

I see a tremendous amount of wasted energy and light pollution — <BLECH>

http://www.darksky.org/

"Happier than a Slinky on an escalator..."

"Eye of the beholder" — period.

Sorry, but all else is pure gasbaggery.


Toodles –

On Tuesday, June 20, 1995 I sat down at my desk for my first day as a Summer programming intern at GSFC. I fired up my Netscape browser and searched for ’Astronomy’ in AltaVista…. and what followed has been a daily ritual for nearly 17 years. I cannot fully express my appreciation for so very many f...

Catcher's mitt, southpaw.

Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

— EAP

Ah, the power of imagination.....

Just a quick reference and I was once again on the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River.

Well done —

SOFIA has a Nice Ride…

Doppelgänger.

. . There's a lot of folks down at the island That follow that astrology Some got a chart of the Heavens And some got a fancy degree But me, I’ve got a pickup And I drive it like the Fourth of July And that's where I seen the vision When it fell right outta the sky! It said, “Follow… Follow the Sout...

This might help: I recalled after about a minute that it helps to put your nose almost directly on the image and stare straight ahead. Yes, there's Some repetition, but what the heck. I like to go back to the early early APODs. I did a programming internship at the Climate & Radiation Branch at ...