Interesting, is that formation an actual sphere? Or does it just appear like that from our angle.starsurfer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 1:01 pm This picture makes me think of the WR 16 nebula for some reason?
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- Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:44 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Mimas in Saturnlight (2019 Aug 03)
- Replies: 13
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Re: APOD: Mimas in Saturnlight (2019 Aug 03)
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 11:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: ISS from Wallasey (2019 Apr 06)
- Replies: 26
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Re: APOD: ISS from Wallasey (2019 Apr 06)
I wonder if a couple of the images could be used to make a 3-D image! :D Not a 3D image, but I made this from images 2 and 3: https://media.giphy.com/media/jtEyFmyb4E6mcdPEEX/giphy.gif You could use those to convince some that it stays in orbit by flapping its solar panel wings. :eyebrows: Yeah, th...
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: ISS from Wallasey (2019 Apr 06)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10563
Re: APOD: ISS from Wallasey (2019 Apr 06)
Would you prefer "Habitable Artificial Satellite"? The HAS.dl martin wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:51 pm Given the expansion of man's intellectual penetration of the Universe, night it be reasonable to stop referring to ISS as a space station.
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:36 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: ISS from Wallasey (2019 Apr 06)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10563
Re: APOD: ISS from Wallasey (2019 Apr 06)
Not a 3D image, but I made this from images 2 and 3:orin stepanek wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:54 am I wonder if a couple of the images could be used to make a 3-D image!
- Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:20 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Central Magnetic Field of the... (2019 Mar 11)
- Replies: 20
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Re: APOD: The Central Magnetic Field of the... (2019 Mar 11)
Why is it that magnetic fields need illumination to be detectable? How are light and dust grains affected by these magnetic fields.SOFIA observatory has been successful in detailing distant magnetic fields by observing infrared light polarized by reflection from dust grains.
- Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Dragon Aurora over Iceland (2019 Feb 18)
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Re: APOD: Dragon Aurora over Iceland (2019 Feb 18)
I've never seen the northern lights in person, but considering how much I was blown away by the 2017 American solar eclipse, something like this would probably terrify me.
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:50 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Solar System Family Portait (2019 Feb 14)
- Replies: 16
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Re: APOD: Solar System Family Portait (2019 Feb 14)
There are many reasons that it is impossible to instruct them to make and transmit such an image now. (And all of the planets of our Solar system would never fit in a single frame.) Year End of specific capabilities as a result of the available electrical power limitations -------------------------...
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:43 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Solar System Family Portait (2019 Feb 14)
- Replies: 16
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Re: APOD: Solar System Family Portait (2019 Feb 14)
I've never seen the Pale Blue Dot in context before, so this is awesome in every sense of the word.
- Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:35 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: New Data: Ultima Thule Surprisingly Flat (2019 Feb 11)
- Replies: 49
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Re: APOD: New Data: Ultima Thule Surprisingly Flat (2019 Feb 11)
What in the image makes you think it's rolling towards us? I can only explain what I thought was happening with a cruddy GIF. So please excuse this cruddy GIF: https://media.giphy.com/media/1xOeK5zkOBc9bd5cd1/giphy.gif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEMA6jhi5Qo I love me some Parker Squares Circles!
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:22 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: New Data: Ultima Thule Surprisingly Flat (2019 Feb 11)
- Replies: 49
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Re: APOD: New Data: Ultima Thule Surprisingly Flat (2019 Feb 11)
Why does that seem like the wrong axis for the spin it's describing? Shouldn't the arrow be pointing left (or right) if UT is rolling "towards" us in the image? What in the image makes you think it's rolling towards us? I can only explain what I thought was happening with a cruddy GIF. So...
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 2:05 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: New Data: Ultima Thule Surprisingly Flat (2019 Feb 11)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12839
Re: APOD: New Data: Ultima Thule Surprisingly Flat (2019 Feb 11)
Why does that seem like the wrong axis for the spin it's describing? Shouldn't the arrow be pointing left (or right) if UT is rolling "towards" us in the image?
- Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: From the Northern to the Southern Cross (2019 Jan 27)
- Replies: 11
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Re: APOD: From the Northern to the Southern Cross (2019 Jan 27)
I'm glad "donkeys" hot-linked to a Wikipedia article. I was wondering what those things were.
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 4:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Vela Supernova Remnant Mosaic (2019 Jan 10)
- Replies: 9
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Re: APOD: Vela Supernova Remnant Mosaic (2019 Jan 10)
This photo is amazing, it hardly looks real!
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:41 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered (2018 Dec 24)
- Replies: 21
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Re: APOD: Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered (2018 Dec 24)
Kind of an odd question, but do we know the exposure settings and what camera was used for the original photo?
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Extraordinary Solar Halos (2018 Dec 21)
- Replies: 7
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Re: APOD: Extraordinary Solar Halos (2018 Dec 21)
Why does the supralateral arc not appear circular? I assumed that, like rainbows, these halos continue (In a way) beneath the horizon and were always symmetrical.
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Rainbow Geminid Meteor (2018 Dec 19)
- Replies: 18
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Re: APOD: A Rainbow Geminid Meteor (2018 Dec 19)
It's beautiful to see how the "radiant grit" makes it look like a space-feather.
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:27 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Rainbow Geminid Meteor (2018 Dec 19)
- Replies: 18
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Re: APOD: A Rainbow Geminid Meteor (2018 Dec 19)
I was a little disappointed as well, but it also made me smile.Antony Rawlinson wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:36 pm The link purporting to show the start of the ionisation trail, under the text "can be seen" is a bit of a disappointment. Is it April 1?