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- Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:24 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 319
Re: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
Cassiopeia is in the picture. Look at the annotated version mentioned in the explanation. The image is a another masterpiece by Tunç Tezel. APOD should be able to spell his name correctly. Holger So is he from Turkey? That's the Turkey flag, right? Where is this Turkish flag you’re referring to? 20...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:47 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 319
Re: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
Is that Cassiopeia's W near center? Probably not near center, but Cassiopeia should be in the picture. I definitely couldn't spot the familiar W. Ann Cassiopeia is in the picture. Look at the annotated version mentioned in the explanation. The image is a another masterpiece by Tunç Tezel. APOD shou...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:07 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 319
Re: APOD: All Sky Moon Shadow (2024 Apr 27)
Is that Cassiopeia's W near center?
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:31 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 568
Re: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
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...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 568
Re: APOD: Diamonds in the Sky (2024 Apr 20)
It seems the link that is supposed to direct to yesterday's APOD instead redirects to the APOD for April 18.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:15 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Moon's Shadow over Lake Magog (2024 Apr 09)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 950
Re: APOD: Moon's Shadow over Lake Magog (2024 Apr 09)
And that must be Venus!
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:14 am
- Forum: The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources
- Topic: I have a question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 826
Re: I have a question
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...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:06 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Swirling Magnetic Field around Our... (2024 Apr 01)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1000
Re: APOD: Swirling Magnetic Field around Our... (2024 Apr 01)
If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time that this APOD has been posted.Petr Bradfgrd wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:15 am Can anybody tell me the date this APOD was posted?
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:32 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth (2024 Mar 24)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 991
Re: APOD: Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth (2024 Mar 24)
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...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:53 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth (2024 Mar 24)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 991
Re: APOD: Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth (2024 Mar 24)
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...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:10 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth (2024 Mar 24)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 991
Re: APOD: Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth (2024 Mar 24)
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...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian... (2024 Mar 23)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 734
Re: APOD: Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian... (2024 Mar 23)
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.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.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:14 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Total Eclipse at the End of the World (2024 Mar 10)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1049
Re: APOD: A Total Eclipse at the End of the World (2024 Mar 10)
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...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Martian Moon Eclipses Martian Moon (2024 Feb 26)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1845
Re: APOD: Martian Moon Eclipses Martian Moon (2024 Feb 26)
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...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:13 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Martian Moon Eclipses Martian Moon (2024 Feb 26)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1845
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:01 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Total Solar Eclipse Close-Up in... (2024 Mar 03)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3321
Re: APOD: A Total Solar Eclipse Close-Up in... (2024 Mar 03)
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 ...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:53 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M102: Edge-on Disk Galaxy (2024 Mar 06)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1987
Re: APOD: M102: Edge-on Disk Galaxy (2024 Mar 06)
Just a small correction, the name of image processor is apparently misspelled. I think it is Ebrahimian.
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:51 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Abstract Art (2024 Mar 05)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1060
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Abstract Art (2024 Mar 05)
My friend found a cosmic creature in this nebula! I wonder what is it, maybe a bug?
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:47 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Total Solar Eclipse Close-Up in... (2024 Mar 03)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3321
Re: APOD: A Total Solar Eclipse Close-Up in... (2024 Mar 03)
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...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Julius Caesar and Leap Days (2024 Feb 29)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 26293
Re: APOD: Julius Caesar and Leap Days (2024 Feb 29)
Thanks!johnnydeep wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:39 pmSounds like it's time to start a Go Fund Me campaign! I'd even contribute.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:35 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Julius Caesar and Leap Days (2024 Feb 29)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 26293
Re: APOD: Julius Caesar and Leap Days (2024 Feb 29)
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 ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Julius Caesar and Leap Days (2024 Feb 29)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 26293
Re: APOD: Julius Caesar and Leap Days (2024 Feb 29)
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...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Total Solar Eclipse Close-Up in... (2024 Mar 03)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3321
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:53 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Julius Caesar and Leap Days (2024 Feb 29)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 26293
Re: APOD: Julius Caesar and Leap Days (2024 Feb 29)
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...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:22 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Julius Caesar and Leap Days (2024 Feb 29)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 26293
Re: APOD: Julius Caesar and Leap Days (2024 Feb 29)
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...