Starship Asterisk*

Pretty sure "humans" are not counted among the intelligent lifeforms.

There seems to be another sattelite visible on the upper right Also a weak streak on the left. And something in the right lower corner. I see them all but your additional “weak streak on the left”. Mind pointing it out with a pic? Sure. https://i.ibb.co/qD5FFyQ/Leonard-Space-Yangwang1-1960weakstrea...

Locutus76 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:40 am There seems to be another sattelite visible on the upper right

Also a weak streak on the left. And something in the right lower corner.

As usual clouds. Maybe I should find a new hobby. Astronomy gives me depressions these days.

Interesting how many lock quite alike.

VictorBorun wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:45 am somehow the northern segments of the coils are compressed in relation to the other segments
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First guess would be that's the direction of movement by the system. The cloud falls behind.

Is the object gone after the explosion?
Yes: Meteor
No: Impactor
Do you hear a thud near you?
Yes: Meteorite for your collection
No: Mass Extinction Event

Hm, why isn't it a ring? I forgot. It is not centered properly. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Einstein_cross.jpg <<The Einstein Cross (Q2237+030 or QSO 2237+0305) is a gravitationally lensed quasar found in Pegasus that sits directly behind ZW 2237+030, Huchra's Lens. Four ima...

Halloween, Easter, Christmas and others. All pagan feasts later occupied by christian replacements. After the pagan temples got destroyed churches were build on the ruins and the new feasts were established so people would still come to the old holy place but get fed with a new religion.

Hm, why isn't it a ring? I forgot.

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 12:05 pm Am I actually seeing a center dot of light?

There is a galaxy core in the center.

You know that was a joke, do you?

And I've seen the original. The painting, not the moonscape.

You can clearly see the studio wall...

Saw one lousy grain. Weather was bad and I will not mention the light pollution.

Jovey_JunoMajor_960.jpg It's fun to imagine! And today's picture is a humorous imagination! I kinda like it! Actually you can imagine all kinds of faces in photos of space clouds etc. .jpg Forgot his name but the one in pink outline reminds me of this guy! More like this. ;-) https://lh3.googleuser...

So, what's really going on with those rotor shadows? The "slow" movement of the rotor is due to a nearly synchronous shutter speed. As explained a video is not a continuous stream but a rapid series of pictures. You can find lots of other examples of shutter speed combined with helicopter...

This will spark new possibilities in planetary exploration. Fascinating. One can imagine a whole swarm of probes scoutings and analyzing large areas. Or highly mobile probes not dependent on wheels.
I wonder if blimp-like probes for denser atmospheres are still in development.

At about 14 seconds, it appears that a small spot of light lifts from the surface, at the upper right side, and goes into space. It is too far from the horizon to be one of the stars that appear to rise there. Did anyone else notice that or is it just an illusion? I only see stars and artifacts. Sc...

Ok, I'll ask: why is the Nile river all lit up at night? Not just the edges, but the entire surface? I wouldn't think it's because of lights on boats. There's really not enough resolution here to make out the river surface at all. All you're seeing is the lights on the land around the river. Really...

Perfect crime. No body.

Amazing machine ! And haven't they found remnants of things that can only have been galvanic batteries (elsewhere). Who knows, maybe it was battery powered (joke). The question is - what would the display of this mechanism have looked like ? A jeweller of all people has one such suggestion... https...

First thing I noticed are the photoshop traces in the gras. Force of habit.

The Crab Pulsar flashes may have been first noted by an unknown woman attending a public observing night at the University of Chicago in 1957 -- but who was not believed.

Why am I not surprised?

Chunks 'o' Space. Looking forward for the results.

NateWhilk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 4:47 pm

Dan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:17 am Right out of Forbidden Planet...

Exactly what I was thinking.

Indeed. More 70's/80's cheap space movie though.

Hm, M82 looks more like a distorted spiral galaxy than an irregular one. With such a wonderful constellation, we shouldn't actually criticize but simply perceive it in astonishment. But I think the argument is justified. It would be better to speak of collision. War is a strong word, especially when...