Thanks, everyone. I (now) agree that it is most likely that the X is caused by the contrails being illuminated from above, not below. I have now updated the text on the main NASA APOD to indicate this. I apologize for the mistake.
- RJN
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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:19 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Contrail Shadow X (2024 Apr 23)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1000
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Galaxy-Shaped Rocket Exhaust Spiral (2024 Mar 12)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1381
Re: APOD: A Galaxy-Shaped Rocket Exhaust Spiral (2024 Mar 12)
Sorry, you have two wrong explanations here. It was NOT the SpaceX Falcon9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. It couldn't be , since that one launched AFTER this spiral event already had occured , and that one did not fly on an orbit far north enough to reach the high arctic skies.... The fact is , it was...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Farewell, Orin Stepanek, faithful and friendly supporter of Starship Asterisk*
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3014
Re: Farewell, Orin Stepanek, faithful and friendly supporter of Starship Asterisk*
Oh, sad news indeed. Condolenses to Orin's family and friends.
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- Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Camera Orion Rising (2024 Jan 31)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13274
Re: APOD: Camera Orion Rising (2024 Jan 31)
This has now been fixed on the main NASA APOD. We apologize for the inaccuracy.johanlf wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:15 pm label error : the bright star on the lower left is not Sirius but Procyon. Checked on star chart.
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:22 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Shadows of Mountain and Moon (2024 Jan 22)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1836
Re: APOD: Shadows of Mountain and Moon (2024 Jan 22)
I thought it was called "First Quarter" phase because the Moon is 1/4 of the way through its orbit around the Earth since New. The designation of "quarter moon" is getting discussion, email and might have historical importance -- so I would like to address it here. I will start ...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rainbow Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall (2023 Dec 27)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4142
Re: APOD: Rainbow Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall (2023 Dec 27)
The photographer has now said that this image was taken last November, in 2022. The text of the main NASA APOD has been corrected.
- RJN
- RJN
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy (2024 Jan 01)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 93721
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Same Color Illusion (2023 Dec 18)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 66143
Re: APOD: The Same Color Illusion (2023 Dec 18)
FIxed the typo. Sorry!Rauf wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:48 amThat's just a typo in the link. Try this:Iksarfighter wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:44 am Not Found
The requested URL /apod/image/2312/greyilliusion_wikipedia_960.jpg was not found on this server.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2312/g ... ia_960.jpg
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:45 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Annular Solar Eclipse over Utah (2023 Nov 01)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 35494
Re: APOD: Annular Solar Eclipse over Utah (2023 Nov 01)
The image has been updated to show the Moon only in silhouette. The explanation on the main NASA website has been accordingly update.
- RJN
- RJN
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:31 am
- Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
- Topic: Wanted: APOD Guest writers and assistant editors
- Replies: 8
- Views: 130166
Wanted: APOD Guest writers and assistant editors
Do you have professional-level expertise in astronomy? Would you like to write for — or even become an assistant editor for — APOD? The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD, current main NASA site https://apod.nasa.gov/) is continuing its "guest-Wednesday" program and featuring volunteer wri...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:28 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Cosmos in Reflection (2023 Sep 22)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3785
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 3:45 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Ring Nebula from Webb (2023 Aug 14)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11035
Re: APOD: The Ring Nebula from Webb (2023 Aug 14)
Here is a response from the astrophotogrpaher who is having trouble uploading images to the Asterisk. - RJN Hi, everyone I'm ZiYang Kong. I promise,I've never combined hubble's data into this picture, let me tell you why you think this photo is like hubble's image,because I use Range Selection to ma...
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 1:50 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Planet Earth at Night II (2023 Jun 17)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3517
Re: APOD: Planet Earth at Night II (2023 Jun 17)
This APOD was reported on by India's Times Now here: https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/nasa ... -101103092 . Oddly, I don't the quote was attributed correctly! - RJN
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:28 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Sun and Its Missing Colors (2023 Jun 11)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7976
Re: APOD: The Sun and Its Missing Colors (2023 Jun 11)
An email alerts me that Helium was first discovered on the Sun in 1868, not in 1870 as originally mentioned. I have now corrected the date on the main NASA APOD and apologize for the oversight. - RJN
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 1:08 pm
- Forum: The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources
- Topic: APOD for Telegram?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 15108
Re: APOD for Telegram?
Yes, it is OK if you create an APOD channeld on APOD. That would be great! If done well, this could be considered a social media mirror similar to others that exist already. Please be sure to identify APOD and link back to the main APOD site at NASA. - RJN
- Mon May 22, 2023 5:35 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Supernova Discovered in Nearby M101... (2023 May 22)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17225
Re: APOD: Supernova Discovered in Nearby M101... (2023 May 22)
A typo has been fixed on the main NASA APOD: the name of the supernova is SN 2003ixf. The origanal APOD text had the last two letters reversed. We apologize for the oversight. - RJN for APOD
- Thu May 11, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Fomalhaut's Dusty Debris Disk (2023 May 11)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5887
- Wed May 10, 2023 4:19 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Milky Way over Egyptian Desert (2023 May 10)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5801
Re: APOD: Milky Way over Egyptian Desert (2023 May 10)
Thanks! Fixed it. - RJNAmos wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 2:56 pm The image link has a typo in Amr Abdulwahab's name. *not Abdelwahab
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:44 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Northern Lights over Southern Europe (2023 Apr 25)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3991
Re: APOD: Northern Lights over Southern Europe (2023 Apr 25)
Here is an encompassing video taken by the astrophotographer on the night the APOD-featured image was taken: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/image/23 ... ordero.mp4
- RJN
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- Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Seeing Titan (2023 Mar 31)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3079
Re: APOD: Seeing Titan (2023 Mar 31)
Sorry. HTML coding typo that propogates. I fixed it this time and hope it says for future APODs. - RJNJoe Stieber wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:16 am This is the second day in a row that the "Discuss" link has been absent from the link strip below the text on the main APOD page.
Joe
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 9:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Flaming Star Nebula (2023 Mar 01)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3991
Re: APOD: The Flaming Star Nebula (2023 Mar 01)
Thanks! Fixed it on the main NASA APOD.Paulo Carvalho wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:52 am Hello,
The "<" link is broken. It points to March, 28th instead of Feb, 28th. Certainly a typo.
thanks and keep up with this outstanding job,
Paulo
- RJN
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 1:52 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Airglow Sky over France (2023 Feb 15)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5245
Re: APOD: Airglow Sky over France (2023 Feb 15)
Yes, my bad. Thanks to everyone including Ann. The annotation has now been fixed on the main NASA APOD. I apologize for the mistake.NorbVor wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 7:14 am The label "Sirius" is placed on the wrong star!
- RJN
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:34 pm
- Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
- Topic: ChatGPT Rewords APOD Text in the style of ...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 27184
Re: ChatGPT Rewords APOD Text in the style of ...
Marvin , the paranoid android in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy : Oh, joy. Another example of the humans basking in the glory of their own perceived greatness. They've gone and captured this "unusual sky," so they say. As if it's so special. And what's this about the "familiar cent...
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:11 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11422
Re: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)
I'm sorry if I have to disagree here as a Swiss native. Two-thirds of the mountain lies in the Swiss Alps. What you see in the foreground of the picture is the swiss side of the massif for the most part. With this "Swiss view", the mountain has also become world-famous as a photo subject....
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:00 pm
- Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
- Topic: ChatGPT Rewords APOD Text in the style of ...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 27184
Re: ChatGPT Rewords APOD Text in the style of ...
The planet Mars: Ah, the nightsky. I have seen much in my many orbits around the sun, but this one is unique. The photographer's mission was to capture the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy, but little did they know that I too would be in the frame. The glowing striped bands, known as airglow, ca...