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by AlanNY
Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:59 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Betelgeuse Imagined (2020 Jan 01)
Replies: 46
Views: 18341

Re: APOD: Betelgeuse Imagined (2020 Jan 01)

This decade is a year from being over. People seem to find it hard to understand the decade starts with year one not year zero, yet nobody I know starts counting at zero. It depends what you're counting. If you're counting things , you start at one. If you're counting quantities (like time) you sta...
by AlanNY
Wed Jan 01, 2020 2:36 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Betelgeuse Imagined (2020 Jan 01)
Replies: 46
Views: 18341

Re: APOD: Betelgeuse Imagined (2020 Jan 01)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fofcLXshq_8 This decade is a year from being over. People seem to find it hard to understand the decade starts with year one not year zero, yet nobody I know starts counting at zero. The 20th Century officially ended 1/1/2001 but the 1900's ended 1/1/2000. A decade c...
by AlanNY
Tue Nov 20, 2018 2:01 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Unexpected Trajectory of... (2018 Nov 20)
Replies: 49
Views: 8549

Re: APOD: The Unexpected Trajectory of... (2018 Nov 20)

An obvious question someone is probably looking into: Will the altered trajectory take it past another star?

Likely out gassing, but worth further consideration.

Clear skies, Alan