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by Beyond
Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:50 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: 10 reasons
Replies: 516
Views: 632434

Re: 10 reasons

He's probably right.
I wanted to hear about the dog that didn't bark, because it sounded a bit Sherlockian. It's right in the middle, just laying there quietly.
by Beyond
Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:24 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Unusual Pits Discovered on Pluto (2015 Nov 25)
Replies: 47
Views: 8053

Re: APOD: Unusual Pits Discovered on Pluto (2015 Nov 25)

This is one of those irritating pics where one simply cannot force one's eyes to see craters, no matter how one orientates one's head or the image. Like previous entry, all I see are pellets strewn over the surface! Oddly enough, if I go to one of the links http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/...
by Beyond
Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:07 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Aurora over Clouds (2015 Nov 24)
Replies: 11
Views: 2966

Re: APOD: Aurora over Clouds (2015 Nov 24)

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZuBhtB8YISM/hqdefault.jpg I wonder if anyone, like me, zoomed in hoping to get lost in it only to find the detail ran out too soon? Truly awesome; inspirational, even. :arrow: I was able to see this guy. That's nothing new for you, neufer, you're a wiz at finding such things. ...
by Beyond
Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:21 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A 212-Hour Exposure of Orion (2015 Nov 23)
Replies: 22
Views: 3649

Re: APOD: A 212-Hour Exposure of Orion (2015 Nov 23)

It shows up rather vividly on the Windows 10 i got yesterday.
by Beyond
Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:08 am
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: Vanderbilt: New Detector Perfect for Asteroid Mining
Replies: 8
Views: 613

Re: Vanderbilt: New Detector Perfect for Asteroid Mining

So, neufer, the detector doesn't work in air and couldn't be used on earth to find anything? What, it's too sensitive?
by Beyond
Sat Nov 21, 2015 8:34 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: Vanderbilt: New Detector Perfect for Asteroid Mining
Replies: 8
Views: 613

Re: Vanderbilt: New Detector Perfect for Asteroid Mining

neufer wrote:
Beyond wrote:
Wouldn't that detector work just as well on earth?
Where are you going to find an asteroid on earth?
Isn't that what the detector is for?
by Beyond
Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:31 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: Vanderbilt: New Detector Perfect for Asteroid Mining
Replies: 8
Views: 613

Re: Vanderbilt: New Detector Perfect for Asteroid Mining

Wouldn't that detector work just as well on earth?
by Beyond
Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Leonids and Friends (2015 Nov 20)
Replies: 14
Views: 2679

Re: APOD: Leonids and Friends (2015 Nov 20)

Chris Peterson wrote:
neufer wrote:You must live in the Southern Taurid Zone.
A snowman in a Taurid zone?
Not for long!
by Beyond
Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:05 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Weather!
Replies: 2868
Views: 1040533

Re: Weather!

Oh, ok.
by Beyond
Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:49 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Weather!
Replies: 2868
Views: 1040533

Re: Weather!

I thought the ozone hole was supposed to be getting smaller. It doesn't look like it from those two charts.
by Beyond
Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:06 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: 10 reasons
Replies: 516
Views: 632434

Re: 10 reasons

Gee, the things one misses when one stays away from the Asterisk* for a few hours. At least i caught a post in the 'Library' before it gets deleted.
by Beyond
Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:48 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Life on Mars
Replies: 72
Views: 9150

Re: Life on Mars

Even though the Beach Boys sang of good vibrations, there's no such thing when it comes to Hubble imaging. IF it's attached to anything, especially the ISS, it's going to be producing a lot of blurry pictures.
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
by Beyond
Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:40 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: When Black Holes Collide (2015 Oct 20)
Replies: 74
Views: 7836

Re: APOD: When Black Holes Collide (2015 Oct 20)

Ann wrote: ...GR has been incredibly successful.
Especially for dogs. But then dogs use a fuller version of GR. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
by Beyond
Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:26 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Jupiter and Venus from Earth (2015 Oct 25)
Replies: 18
Views: 4749

Re: APOD: Jupiter and Venus from Earth (2015 Oct 25)

Cheerios, to the 'humorous pose' link. As for the conjunction, the usual clouds, trees or whatever, gets in the way of that.
by Beyond
Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:10 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Star Factory Messier 17 (2015 Oct 22)
Replies: 18
Views: 3108

Re: APOD: Star Factory Messier 17 (2015 Oct 22)

Oh, he's a hockey player! No wonder I had no freakin' idea what Pucknut was talking about. Mark Messier now becomes the 4th hockey player whose name I have ever learned. Ever. And there's no guarantee that I'll remember his first name tomorrow. 4 ?? You're one ahead of me. Besides Mark, i only reme...
by Beyond
Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:13 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Stump Art
Replies: 106
Views: 18484

Re: Stump Art

https://badgerinabathtub.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/41113.jpg "Pasta"-cles after washing up on the shores of Pentapolis being fed by a group of poor Libyan fishermen of Asian descent? It's just a beard-bowl, Ron. When my cousin saw it, he said he wanted to barf. I asked him what he would...
by Beyond
Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:11 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Charon: Moon of Pluto (2015 Oct 02)
Replies: 40
Views: 13294

Re: Animals on Charon

BMAONE23 wrote:
Beyond wrote:
neufer wrote:
  • 1) an elephant
    2) a resting cat
    3) Mickey Mouse
    4) ...
I like #4.

There is also a "#4" on Pluto, preceding the Whale
Of course it could be a Number 6 too
I'd have to see morse of it to be able to tell.
by Beyond
Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:57 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Charon: Moon of Pluto (2015 Oct 02)
Replies: 40
Views: 13294

Re: Animals on Charon

neufer wrote:
  • 1) an elephant
    2) a resting cat
    3) Mickey Mouse
    4) ...
I like #4.
by Beyond
Wed Oct 14, 2015 5:08 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse (2015 Oct 14)
Replies: 17
Views: 2708

Re: APOD: A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse (2015 Oct 14)

Ann wrote:Giraffes aside, this is a gorgeous image.

Ann
Ann, Giraffes are big animals. They have to be 'aside',( or upside down, as in your earlier post) or they'd block most of your view of the image. :mrgreen:
by Beyond
Wed Oct 14, 2015 5:00 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: MPS: Blast Waves in the Sun's Atmosphere
Replies: 6
Views: 541

Re: MPS: Blast Waves in the Sun's Atmosphere

In [the core of] the Sun, the helium-3 produced in these reactions exists for only about 400 years before it is converted into helium-4.>> Now just how would anyone be able to know that?? Well, after looking up Helium-3 stuff, it would seem that depending on what is involved in making it (there are...