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by orin stepanek
Sun Oct 08, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun (2023 Oct 08)
Replies: 2
Views: 6055

Re: APOD: Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun (2023 Oct 08)

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The Sun, the moon, shows the sunspots, the clouds and the plane! I
almost missed the sunspots! :shock:
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Another plane seen here!
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Kitty looks surprised!
by orin stepanek
Sun Oct 08, 2023 4:27 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda (2023 Oct 07)
Replies: 20
Views: 16652

Re: APOD: The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda (2023 Oct 07)

NGC3314_HubbleOstling_960.jpg Galaxies uniting! No way that you could count the # of stars born or die! Heck; I can't even count the stars in the MW let alone in Andromeda! We have to live with estimates! :mrgreen: 😁 But the estimates are derived from sampling methods, and are statistically robust....
by orin stepanek
Sat Oct 07, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda (2023 Oct 07)
Replies: 20
Views: 16652

Re: APOD: The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda (2023 Oct 07)

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Galaxies uniting!
No way that you could count the # of stars born or die! Heck; I
can't even count the stars in the MW let alone in Andromeda! We
have to live with estimates! :mrgreen: 😁
by orin stepanek
Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:28 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe (2023 Oct 06)
Replies: 15
Views: 12988

Re: APOD: Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe (2023 Oct 06)

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More to eternity than meets the eye! More galaxies then can be
counted! 8-)
by orin stepanek
Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula (2023 Oct 04)
Replies: 8
Views: 7728

Re: APOD: IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula (2023 Oct 04)

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Is she a witch or a bitch? I can't tell which! :evil: Can you tell that
Halloween is coming!
by orin stepanek
Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:54 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Sprite Lightning in High Definition (2023 Oct 02)
Replies: 10
Views: 4726

Re: APOD: Sprite Lightning in High Definition (2023 Oct 02)

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Nice images of the sprites! Is sky all they strike?
extraordinarily high-resolution> Three amigo dogs! You have to click on in write up to see them!
by orin stepanek
Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:27 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Desert Eclipse (2023 Oct 01)
Replies: 8
Views: 5054

Re: APOD: A Desert Eclipse (2023 Oct 01)

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2310/DesertEclipse_Daviron_960.jpg Today's APOD feels unreal, otherworldly. It looks much like a painting, too, because it is so perfect. Of course, two things put the landscape squarely on the Earth. The tree, of course. And the ring-of-fire eclipse. Where else in ...
by orin stepanek
Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:36 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Back from Bennu (2023 Sep 29)
Replies: 27
Views: 24470

Re: APOD: Back from Bennu (2023 Sep 29)

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Waiting to be picked up are samples of Bennu! I hope they find
something out of this world! 😁
by orin stepanek
Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:23 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Deep Lagoon (2023 Sep 28)
Replies: 15
Views: 6088

Re: APOD: The Deep Lagoon (2023 Sep 28)

M8-Mos-SL10-DCPrgb-st-154-cC-cr1024.jpg I took one look and saw a clown sticking his tongue out! :D Well, now that you mention it, it kind of looks like the head of a Big Horn Sheep: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dMTxPkRHm3E/UOry6P_HzNI/AAAAAAAAG4w/ps_jmrifgHk/s1600/Bighorn_sheep_03.jpg That is a beaut...
by orin stepanek
Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:16 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Deep Lagoon (2023 Sep 28)
Replies: 15
Views: 6088

Re: APOD: The Deep Lagoon (2023 Sep 28)

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I took one look and saw a clown sticking his tongue out! :D
by orin stepanek
Tue Sep 26, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Nebula... (2023 Sep 26)
Replies: 7
Views: 3580

Re: APOD: IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Nebula... (2023 Sep 26)

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It is amazing how much it does look like a horse!
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Horse feathers! :evil:
by orin stepanek
Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:11 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse (2023 Sep 24)
Replies: 3
Views: 1836

Re: APOD: A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse (2023 Sep 24)

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Beautiful Ring Of Fire! I like Johnny Cashes' Ring Of Fire also! :D
by orin stepanek
Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:11 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Afternoon Analemma (2023 Sep 23)
Replies: 1
Views: 1522

Re: APOD: Afternoon Analemma (2023 Sep 23)

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Analemma over Alps! 8-)
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Not an analemma; but beautiful never the less! 😻
by orin stepanek
Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Tagging Bennu (2023 Sep 21)
Replies: 31
Views: 14943

Re: APOD: Tagging Bennu (2023 Sep 21)

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Amazing what Science can do! 8-)
by orin stepanek
Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:26 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Methane Discovered on Distant Exoplanet (2023 Sep 20)
Replies: 18
Views: 5403

Re: APOD: Methane Discovered on Distant Exoplanet (2023 Sep 20)

ExoplanetJ2_Jabakenji_960.jpg Exoplanet many times larger than Earth? I don't want to go there; I weigh enough here on Earth! :lol2: complifezonewtxt-full.jpg I take it that the larger the star; the larger the habitable zone! 😋 HTB1wvWmKxSYBuNjSspjq6x73VXay.jpg_q50.jpg Oh oh; a ferocious lion! :mrg...
by orin stepanek
Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:42 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: HH 211: Jets from a Forming Star (2023 Sep 19)
Replies: 16
Views: 4430

Re: APOD: HH 211: Jets from a Forming Star (2023 Sep 19)

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HH221 Jets are just spectacular! ☺️
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Great APOD with great photos!
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Kitty watches intently!
by orin stepanek
Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Red Sprite and the Tree (2023 Sep 18)
Replies: 13
Views: 4197

Re: APOD: The Red Sprite and the Tree (2023 Sep 18)

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Ya; one is slow (the tree) the other is quick; (the Sprite)
But did you notice that the shapes were similar? My
Opinion by the way! :mrgreen:
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Cat and ball!🤩
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Nosy Doggy! 🦮
by orin stepanek
Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:07 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring... (2023 Sep 17)
Replies: 16
Views: 2765

Re: APOD: Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring... (2023 Sep 17)

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I wonder if Baily is willing to sell his beads! :evil:
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I love how an impact crater leaves such high mountains? :shock:
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Careful kitty don't fill that glass with wine! 😽
by orin stepanek
Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Fireball over Iceland (2023 Sep 16)
Replies: 5
Views: 1684

Re: APOD: Fireball over Iceland (2023 Sep 16)

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Wonderful; first I've heard of an Artic Henge! 8-)