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Is that Cassiopeia's W near center?

It seems the link that is supposed to direct to yesterday's APOD instead redirects to the APOD for April 18. That's usually remedied by refreshing (reloading) your browser page. Doing that almost always fixes any stale link issues that I sometimes see. Not working. I don't think it's on my end. zxc...

It seems the link that is supposed to direct to yesterday's APOD instead redirects to the APOD for April 18.

And that must be Venus!

Does the nebula from which the sun emerged still exist? Run 3 Even if the nebula has been dispersed, there would still exist highly detectable traces of the emission cloud would there not? No, it no longer exists at all. It's material ended up in the Sun and in the other bodies that make up the Sol...

Petr Bradfgrd wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:15 am Can anybody tell me the date this APOD was posted?

If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time that this APOD has been posted.

Are you sure it isn't the ISS ? The APOD image is from 1999, and the ISS was launched in 1998. So it could have been. Today's APOD, like those on most Sundays, is a repeat, having been used on at least five occasions. It first appeared on 30 Aug 1999, just a few days after the image was snapped, wi...

I tried recreating the moment in Space Engine, which is a space simulator (It has been accurate when I used it before to get the position of Jupiter and other planets in the sky) zxc.jpg I set the date and time to August 11,1999, 10:13 UTC, and the Moon's shadow fell on the UK. Untitled.jpg But that...

Yeah, shadow of the Moon looks cool when seen from space. :yes: (Or at least from orbit.) :wink: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2403/eclipse99_mir_960.jpg https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_2400x1997_crop_center-center_82_line/VGER-40-JUPITER-BLOG__Figure_C.jpg.webp Can anyon...

zendae1 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:30 pm Well, since no one has posted a reply today, I'll just offer that any APOD explanation that has Carl Sagan's name in it, I love.

New APOD is typically released at midnight EST, but today for some reason it has been delayed. Maybe that's why no one has commented yet.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2403/AntarcticEclipse_bruenjes_960.jpg https://konsthantverkscentrum.se/wp-content/uploads/medlemsbilder/242/prof-1637764029210916_lowres_6333-2.jpg A friend of mine, Tora Greve, who is now pushing eighty, was one of the persons who saw the solar eclipse in Antarcti...

The result would be dynamically unstable, and can you imagine the tides? I doubt a 3-body system of Mars, Earth, and the Moon would allow for anything more complex than algae and bacteria to survive. I knew you'd probably say that. 😊 Many planets have more than one moon. Are those systems all ultim...

bonjovi wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:17 am I hope Mars can catch a new moon. He deserves a friend.

How about making Mars a moon of Earth? That would be nice.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/@10244122 Here's another way to find out the eclipses that are going to happen in one location or have already happened in that location. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_11,_1999 It was the first total eclipse visible from Europe since 22 ...

Just a small correction, the name of image processor is apparently misspelled. I think it is Ebrahimian.

My friend found a cosmic creature in this nebula! I wonder what is it, maybe a bug?

Ok, but I still find it odd the Rauf would have know - seemingly off hand - about the particular eclipse. But perhaps he also did some sort of search. And I only used Prescott, AZ (where I might want to eventually retire to) because it came to mind. Yes, it wasn't a total eclipse, but my main point...

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:39 pm

Rauf wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:35 pm

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:32 pm

Nice scopes both!

Yeah, I love the Celestron. But unfortunately due to light pollution, we can't get much of the sky with it. And we have no imaging equipment

Sounds like it's time to start a Go Fund Me campaign! I'd even contribute.

Thanks!

Cool. What kind of telescope do you have access to, if any? ( And PS, that should be "better than mine " - 😠 ) Yeah, my bad. Thanks for the correction! We got a Celestron CPC 1100, and a Sky-Watcher Dobsonian 8". Nice scopes both! Yeah, I love the Celestron. But unfortunately due to ...

Fascinating, Rauf. If you don't mind my asking, are you Iranian? You speak (or write) excellent English. But then, I do my best to write good English, and I'm Swedish. I used to belong to an astronomy club that I for different reasons lost interest in, but once, perhaps twenty years ago, we were vi...

JimB wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:18 am I have only experienced a total solar eclipse under a cloudy sky on a hill top in Dartmoor but it something that I will never forget. If you get the chance this year, than take it.

Was it the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999?

Yeah, I live there. I live in a small town called Borazjan in southern Iran. https://www.iraniantours.com/city/borazjan/ Scorching hot summers though! Ain't the best place to live. Fascinating, Rauf. If you don't mind my asking, are you Iranian? You speak (or write) excellent English. But then, I d...

Where I live, leap days is on a different date. Even leap years are calculated differently. https://www.timeanddate.com/date/iran-leap-year.html The Solar Hijri calendar year begins and ends with the vernal equinox. Like in the Gregorian calendar, there are common years with 365 days and leap years...

Where I live, leap days is on a different date. Even leap years are calculated differently. https://www.timeanddate.com/date/iran-leap-year.html The Solar Hijri calendar year begins and ends with the vernal equinox. Like in the Gregorian calendar, there are common years with 365 days and leap years ...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240302.jpg Odysseus on the Moon Donated by NASA, the American flag seen on the lander's central panel is 1970 Apollo program flight hardware. << Previous APOD This Day in APOD Next APOD >> 1970 Apollo program flight hardware? What does that mean?