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- Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:22 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Friends
- Replies: 23
- Views: 31545
Re: Friends
Biggest reason I love APOD is because of the photography; space offers a lot of beauty!
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:20 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Friends
- Replies: 23
- Views: 31545
Re: Friends
Welcome back; come and go as you need to! :D Thanks Orin. You’re a good friend! I’m stable right now. It’s good to be back! I’m hoping my old Asterisk friends see this Friends thread and comment. I thought it might be fun for us to pile up in a single, get reacquainted, posting after the decade or ...
- Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:12 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Friends
- Replies: 23
- Views: 31545
Re: Friends
Some of you know me. I joined Asterisk in 2007. About the same time that I started my own website. I was out to change the world. What better way than a website and an astronomy forum account. I love people, showing my art, and I love outer space. But I was at the beginning throws of another bipola...
- Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula (2023 Aug 28)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2885
Re: APOD: Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula (2023 Aug 28)
Ha ha; I love it Ann! Thanks!Ann wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 4:15 pmDon't know if this helps, Orin:orin stepanek wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:47 pm Hey Martha; welcome! I just logged on to say; "I have trouble seeing a pacman here!
Pacman_Stocks_1080.jpg
Maybe if i saw him in action!
Pacman Nebula Trevor Jones.png
Ann
- Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:03 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66 from Webb (2023 Aug 29)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4609
Re: APOD: Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66 from Webb (2023 Aug 29)
very beautiful! Seeing it how it look is in the eye of the beholder!
- Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:47 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula (2023 Aug 28)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2885
Re: APOD: Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula (2023 Aug 28)
Hey Martha; welcome! I just logged on to say; "I have trouble seeing a pacman here!
Maybe if i saw him in action! - Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:37 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: How’s your day?
- Replies: 155
- Views: 81317
Re: How’s your day?
Good to be back and nice to hear from you bystander! Thanks for not bystanding 😀 I was hoping you'd stay! All these years and i just noticed something that was always there! emc-- like in e=mcsquared! :mrgreen: Hi Orin, I’m back but not sure how long. I’m hoping to catch up with my APOD friends. It...
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Three Galaxies and a Comet (2023 Aug 27)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1916
Re: APOD: Three Galaxies and a Comet (2023 Aug 27)
T'is a very beautiful photo! Kudos to the photographer!
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:01 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Crescents of Venus (2023 Aug 26)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2029
Re: APOD: Crescents of Venus (2023 Aug 26)
Do we ever get a full Venus view when on the far reaches of its Orbit? At superior conjunction, when Venus is on the far side of the Sun and typically not at much of an angular separation from the overwhelmingly brilliant solar disc, spotting the resultant "full" Venus can be difficult to...
- Sat Aug 26, 2023 5:32 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Crescents of Venus (2023 Aug 26)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2029
Re: APOD: Crescents of Venus (2023 Aug 26)
Do we ever get a full Venus view when on the far reaches of its Orbit?
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Season of Saturn (2023 Aug 25)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4738
Re: APOD: A Season of Saturn (2023 Aug 25)
I like Saturn for its rings! Only Earth is more showy!
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 6:05 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Meteors along the Milky Way (2023 Aug 24)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2682
Re: APOD: Meteors along the Milky Way (2023 Aug 24)
are a couple of them! Kudos to APOD!
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Meteor and the Galaxy (2023 Aug 23)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3059
Re: APOD: The Meteor and the Galaxy (2023 Aug 23)
the Milkyway some day!
- Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:20 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Pistachio Nebula (2023 Aug 22)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3230
Re: APOD: The Pistachio Nebula (2023 Aug 22)
I always liked pistachios;
I wonder what caused this cloud!
doggy says; what are you looking at!
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin (2023 Aug 20)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2980
Re: APOD: A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin (2023 Aug 20)
I am sorry but when did clouds get to be part of astronomy? Clouds are the nemesis of astronomers. Please save cloud postings for WPOD. Here's a reply from Dr. Nemiroff to complaints about a different cloud image. APOD: 2008 Jan 22 - Shelf Cloud Over Saskatchewan ~ Discussion I chose and wrote this...
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Introducing Comet Nishimura (2023 Aug 21)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4462
Re: APOD: Introducing Comet Nishimura (2023 Aug 21)
Seems there is some doubt in the writeup! Doggy shading his eyes!
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin (2023 Aug 20)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2980
Re: APOD: A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin (2023 Aug 20)
rollcloud_hanrahan_960.jpg I remember passing under a roll cloud comming home from Lincoln when I had to see a skin specialist! Anyway There was a temperature drop ang after driving about 10 miles; it started to hail! I pulled to the side of the road and then boom-sploosh; a big hail stone about th...
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 6:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Ringed Ice Giant Neptune (2023 Aug 19)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3718
Re: APOD: Ringed Ice Giant Neptune (2023 Aug 19)
Tritons defraction spikes; how lovely!
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Northern Pluto (2023 Aug 18)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3686
Re: APOD: Northern Pluto (2023 Aug 18)
ann19052a.jpg I'm thankful for the new map of Pluto: It'll come in handy when I go to visit there! 8-) :lol2: nh-northpolerotatedcontrast1024.jpg Actually; the Northern view of Pluto doesn"t hold a candle to the Pluto we know today! What do you mean? This view of the northern plains of Pluto I...
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Northern Pluto (2023 Aug 18)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3686
Re: APOD: Northern Pluto (2023 Aug 18)
to visit there! Actually; the Northern view of Pluto doesn"t hold a candle to the
Pluto we know today!
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 7:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Cosmic Zoo in Cepheus (2023 Aug 17)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4715
Re: APOD: A Cosmic Zoo in Cepheus (2023 Aug 17)
ElephantTrunkBatSquidSeahorse1024.jpg At first all my brain saw was a face that may be that of an ape of sorts! I thought How can this be a zoo! Then i was shown the flying bat! 😏 PIA23126-CepheusC&Bregions-SpitzerST-20190530.jpg Barnard-150_LRGB_HIGH-RES1024.jpg Lastly the elephant! Truly ...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:51 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Cosmic Zoo in Cepheus (2023 Aug 17)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4715
Re: APOD: A Cosmic Zoo in Cepheus (2023 Aug 17)
ElephantTrunkBatSquidSeahorse1024.jpg At first all my brain saw was a face that may be that of an ape of sorts! I thought How can this be a zoo! Then i was shown the flying bat! 😏 PIA23126-CepheusC&Bregions-SpitzerST-20190530.jpg Barnard-150_LRGB_HIGH-RES1024.jpg Lastly the elephant! Truly ...
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:33 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Arp 93: A Cosmic Embrace (2023 Aug 16)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4085
Re: APOD: Arp 93: A Cosmic Embrace (2023 Aug 16)
back and enjoy the show! Oh that's right we would not be around
anymore!
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Triply Glowing Night Sky over Iceland (2023 Aug 15)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3131
Re: APOD: A Triply Glowing Night Sky over Iceland (2023 Aug 15)
Wow; what a beauty, this photo is! Iceland has a beautiful night!
I'd rather stay away from volcanos!
Even kitty was amazed!
- Mon Aug 14, 2023 6:11 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Ring Nebula from Webb (2023 Aug 14)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10981
Re: APOD: The Ring Nebula from Webb (2023 Aug 14)
created yet! But who knows!