Awesome and beautiful image... both 20 and 21 together... a great field of view...
With my 10" Meade I get a close up....
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- Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:10 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Messier 20 and 21 (2019 Dec 30)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2589
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:51 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Partial Solar Eclipse Sequence... (2019 Dec 27)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2866
Re: APOD: A Partial Solar Eclipse Sequence... (2019 Dec 27)
Great image...A friend had a prism, and in August of 2017, I took this SORT OF similar pic with his prism, and my camcorder...
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- Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:03 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Northern Winter Hexagon (2019 Dec 26)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2596
Re: APOD: The Northern Winter Hexagon (2019 Dec 26)
Ooooo, Pretty....
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- Mon Dec 23, 2019 8:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Places for OSIRIS-REx to Touch Bennu... (2019 Dec 23)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5361
Re: APOD: Places for OSIRIS-REx to Touch Bennu... (2019 Dec 23)
I wish it tons of success...
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- Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:10 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Late Afternoon on Mars (2019 Dec 20)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2676
Re: APOD: Late Afternoon on Mars (2019 Dec 20)
Outstanding...
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- Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Hotspot Map of Neutron Star... (2019 Dec 18)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7558
Re: APOD: A Hotspot Map of Neutron Star... (2019 Dec 18)
This may give some insight...https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/que ... star-coolsorin stepanek wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:06 pm Do we know if Neutron Stars have any sort of lifespan?
Hope that helps...
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- Wed Dec 18, 2019 10:37 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Hotspot Map of Neutron Star... (2019 Dec 18)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7558
Re: APOD: A Hotspot Map of Neutron Star... (2019 Dec 18)
From a search, "A neutron star is formed during a supernova, an explosion of a star that is at least 8 solar masses. The maximum mass of a neutron star is 3 solar masses. If it gets more massive than that, then it will collapse into a quark star, and then into a black hole." Sooo...um... i...
- Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:49 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov (2019 Dec 14)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37780
Re: APOD: Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov (2019 Dec 14)
"Welcome to the Solar System" from Earth... "Hope you enjoy your visit."
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- Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:24 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Decorating the Sky (2019 Dec 12)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2732
Re: APOD: Decorating the Sky (2019 Dec 12)
It reminds me of Chinese Chess. A river... the red emission of Bernard's loop in this image, with two opponents on either side, the nebulae, M78 and LDN1622, and the stars are chess pieces in the "cosmic game"...
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- Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:20 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: N63A: Supernova Remnant in Visible... (2019 Dec 11)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3036
Re: APOD: N63A: Supernova Remnant in Visible... (2019 Dec 11)
I was surprised... which IS easy to do... that at only 2000-5000 years old...it is 25 light years in diameter. But considering the Crab Nebula is only 965 years old...at 11 light years in diameter, I guess it makes some sense...I just thought it would have been smaller for some reason... The Firefox...
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:19 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Looking Sideways from the Parker... (2019 Dec 09)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3347
Re: APOD: Looking Sideways from the Parker... (2019 Dec 09)
Not to mention the effects on our own magnetosphere... Solar Storms, can weaken our magnetic field...
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10 ... etic-field
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- Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:36 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lines of Time (2019 Dec 07)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2883
Re: APOD: Lines of Time (2019 Dec 07)
To me the curved piece on the left, looks like a feline, leaning against the owl, looking up to the stars WITH the Owl...heehaw wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2019 9:49 pm The tree looks like an owl, and its stripes look like the paths of the stars....could these be secrets of the Universe?
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- Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:32 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lines of Time (2019 Dec 07)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2883
Re: APOD: Lines of Time (2019 Dec 07)
Awesome...the colors blending around are cool...
Even a dead old Russian tree stump has a purpose... juxtapose against the sky for contrast, and representation of "time"...
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Even a dead old Russian tree stump has a purpose... juxtapose against the sky for contrast, and representation of "time"...
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- Sat Dec 07, 2019 1:16 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Pleiades to Hyades (2019 Dec 06)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2662
Re: APOD: Pleiades to Hyades (2019 Dec 06)
Stunning image of details of this vast vista...
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- Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:42 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 (2019 Dec 05)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5347
Re: APOD: Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 (2019 Dec 05)
Nice work...
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- Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:20 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Electric Night (2019 Dec 04)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4177
Re: APOD: Electric Night (2019 Dec 04)
I find it fitting as it is theorized that Cosmic Rays help to set off thunderstorms... it is only fitting to see the heavens above it... :---[===] * August 2019 Thunderstorm shot here in the mobile home park... considerably closer than today's APOD... and LOUD!!! Reverberated across the sky in 3d st...
- Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:09 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Mercury Crosses a Quiet Sun (2019 Dec 02)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3981
Re: APOD: Mercury Crosses a Quiet Sun (2019 Dec 02)
Awesome... and the music makes it dramatic...
A one billionth Solar Eclipse by Mercury...
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A one billionth Solar Eclipse by Mercury...
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- Fri Nov 29, 2019 10:12 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Galileo's Europa Remastered (2019 Nov 29)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4757
Re: APOD: Galileo's Europa Remastered (2019 Nov 29)
Do they have Thanksgiving on Europa???
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- Fri Nov 29, 2019 2:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Moon and Planets at Twilight (2019 Nov 28)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4979
Re: APOD: Moon and Planets at Twilight (2019 Nov 28)
Thanks to the both of you... Happy TG.Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2019 6:10 pmI agree. That looks about right.
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- Thu Nov 28, 2019 7:31 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Moon and Planets at Twilight (2019 Nov 28)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4979
Re: APOD: Moon and Planets at Twilight (2019 Nov 28)
Interesting image...and great trio of objects... ummm... what is the bright object just above the clouds to the left of Venus then???
We are socked in...rather wet now...
Save some sand for me....er.... PIE... I mean...
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We are socked in...rather wet now...
Save some sand for me....er.... PIE... I mean...
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- Sun Nov 24, 2019 12:12 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 12: Self-Portrait (2019 Nov 24)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2635
Re: APOD: Apollo 12: Self-Portrait (2019 Nov 24)
I have a friend, Jean, who used to stargaze with her 10" Meade on the Helipad down from Palomar... She has a painting of M42 as if you are looking through the lens...so there is no color but "off greenish"... awesome painting... I will see if I can get a picture, and put it up in the ...
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:06 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Arp 273: Battling Galaxies from Hubble (2019 Nov 20)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8980
Re: APOD: Arp 273: Battling Galaxies from Hubble (2019 Nov 20)
Sometimes processing...bringing out details, with Contrast or Levels in a photo, can also bring out the Artifacts, from the lens of the camera...there are less in the other photo which is a bit darker, in Ann's comparison. Sometimes to bring out details, or brightness, the background lens defects ca...
- Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud (2019 Nov 17)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2644
Re: APOD: Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud (2019 Nov 17)
Ohhhh..... it's a BABY PICTURE.... awwwwwww....cuuute...
Great image...
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Great image...
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- Thu Nov 14, 2019 12:02 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Mercury in Silhouette (2019 Nov 13)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4375
Re: APOD: Mercury in Silhouette (2019 Nov 13)
Great image... sorry I missed it...but it was cloudy here anyway...
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- Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:32 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lunar Craters Langrenus and Petavius (2019 Nov 11)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4119
Re: APOD: Lunar Craters Langrenus and Petavius (2019 Nov 11)
Very nice, crisp shot... love the detail in the enlarged image on magnification... awesome...
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