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by TelescopicView
Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:17 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: More Venus-Mercury Conjunction Images! (Vote for your fave!)
Replies: 4
Views: 5472

Re: More Venus-Mercury Conjunction Images! (Vote for your fa

Photo 6 : http://i1004.hizliresim.com/2010/4/10/100.jpg http://gaf.gokyuzu.org/ essay /2010-04-09.jpg copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral Ankara, Turkiye I voted for 1 and 4 before I had a chance to check out number 6 nuclear, but this image is outstanding as well. For a beginner like me it is nice to be ab...
by TelescopicView
Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:12 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 7-9
Replies: 13
Views: 2609

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 7-9

M82: Starburst Galaxy in Ursa Major http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/ essay /M82-BYU.html Image acquisition: Michael Joner and David Laney (BYU); image processing: Robert Gendler http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M82-BYUSS.jpg Owlice, This is my favorite image from your collection on this thread...
by TelescopicView
Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:07 pm
Forum: Classroom: Introductory Astronomy
Topic: Lecture 03: Universe Scale, and Light II
Replies: 4
Views: 180913

Re: Lecture 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/ essay /Joseph_von_Fraunhofer It's so funny how a person whose profession deals with the human eye can make such a great contribution to science overall. I am still relatively new to a lot of these topics, and I can honestly say I am not fully grasping the Fraunhofer Lines, ...
by TelescopicView
Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:19 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: New User!
Replies: 6
Views: 923

Re: New User!

Thank you guys so much!
by TelescopicView
Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:01 pm
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: UT: 13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
Replies: 19
Views: 4397

Re: UT: 13 Things that Saved Apollo 13

Submit Your Questions about Apollo, Apollo 13 to NASA Engineer Jerry Woodfill Our essay " 13 Things That Saved Apollo 13 " has raised a few questions for some of our readers about spacecraft design, decisions made during the Apollo program, and general questions about spaceflight. Some of...
by TelescopicView
Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:53 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens (2010 Feb 07)
Replies: 21
Views: 5778

Re: APOD: The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens (2010 Feb 07

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_100207.jpg The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens Explanation: Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this essay . The c...
by TelescopicView
Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:45 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: New User!
Replies: 6
Views: 923

New User!

Hey everybody, Just wanted to say hi and let everybody know I will be poking around the forums a little bit to supplement some independent research I am doing for a class. I go to school at Utah State University, and I am not in the astronomy program, but I have taken a liking to the topic and am do...