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by TerribleTadpole
Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:06 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Replies: 104
Views: 98707

Re: James Webb

A friend of mine wondered whether we might be able to link observations from multiple orbital observatories using long-baseline-interferometry like we do on the ground. I suspect that it is much more difficult in space where the separation between the stations is not fixed, and where they are all mo...
by TerribleTadpole
Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:59 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: HD 163296: Jet from a Star in Formation (2021 Jun 22)
Replies: 16
Views: 19779

Re: APOD: HD 163296: Jet from a Star in Formation (2021 Jun 22)

Does this picture in any way support my view that solar systems in their early stages consist of multiple competing protoplanetary bodies interacting until eventually one body reaches sufficient mass to dominate the system? In my model direct collisions would be rare as the early bodies would be rel...
by TerribleTadpole
Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:59 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's... (2020 Apr 27)
Replies: 18
Views: 6043

Re: APOD: Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's... (2020 Apr 27)

I love zooming in close to these ice worlds and cruising across the surface, exploring the craters and cracks and other formations. I try to imagine the blocks adrift before they freeze in place, or try to trace out the cracks as they cross each other to see which are older and which are younger. I ...