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- Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:39 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: RBSP Night Launch (2012 Sep 02)
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Re: APOD: RBSP Night Launch (2012 Sep 02)
Quote >That does resemble a crescent moon, doesn't it? But I would expect the moon to be brighter in such a long-exposure photo, and it looks a little bit ragged to me, i.e. not perfectly round. Another clue might be that its light is orange like the rocket trail. So perhaps the orange light of the ...