Starship Asterisk*

VictorBorun wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:19 am I wonder why the cloud looks so flat. Is it all in one plane which happens to be perpendicular to our line of sight?

Line of sight is discussed in the " frame" link for Wolf-Rayet (WR) nebula M 1-67.

What Ann said condensed in a video? Bees buzzing around not inclued.

I'm a little dissapointed there were no submissions where you could clearly see Jupiter's moon in conjuction with its proximity to Venus. Are there technical reasons for this or just nobody submitted a such an image?

How to get useful work out of a rainbow. No pot of gold but fun.

Happy Pi Day ! The constellation of Perseus has always looked like the symbo l for Pi to me . :ssmile: M38 Pi in the sky Al Broxton.png Cluster M38 in Auriga. Photo: Al Broxton . You think so? To me it's M38 that's the Pi in the sky. Ann I guess I'd have to agree on that as others have pointed out ...

Unknown atomic and molecular compounds encountered when visiting foreign domains pose threats to human safety. Suitports may be the answer to keep your nose from knowing how bad it smells even at Earth’s Hyperion.

I’d much rather smell a tree in hindsight.

Where does Bennu fit in the lineup

Quite a way before they roundup. Todays is shaped like a diamond in the sky.

Apparently studying dwarf galaxies associated with other galaxies is challenging but may shed light on our own. Lots of them so business may be booming.

I'm constantly amazed how far we can see with the "aided" eye.

I was taking a photo of the full moon tonight. After dinner, I looked up to our second story window and saw dessert.

The last hour was and will be worth the wait.

Speaking of long waits, we just noticed our pineapple fruiting. Might be a while before the pizza.

I'm happy we both had a clear view. I'd like to invest in a phone/binoccular adapter because that sight was splendid.

It was a bit hazy last night but clear enough to witness a pretty rare conjunction that, I hope, we'll see better images submitted.

Personally I would not like to see mapped colors for stars, so that, for example, hot stars like the ones of Orion's Belt would be colored purple (because they emit most of their light at ultraviolet wavelengths), or stars relatively similar to the Sun being mapped in shades of green. Ann this APOD...

How long of a trip would a spacecraft have to travel north from the galactic plane in order to see the Milky Way from a high enough angle to reveal its structure? By the time we go 48,000 light-years at our current highest speed to clearly see our galaxy , we’d probably already have a pretty good ma...

Beautiful eye peering from a long way away. Clear enough we could echo light off its cornea to see ourselves looking pale.

Reflect on that while gazing at this gorgeous image!

Bojo is literally drooling to get at his doggy-style birthday cake to celebrate his 7th birthday. He will get to see his brother Brutus later today to play and properly mark their milestone.

If first results aren’t impressive enough regarding NGC 1365, I think the next 20 years of JWST will provide plenty of “ phangs”.

The art of reconstructing details of gravitationally-lensed galaxies turns to training its data to behave predicably. Training Art sounds like a chore better left to experts. :yes: I’d like to see the results in clumps . :wink: Clumping is fairly important in astronomy , cosmology , and art . Art mi...

How would humans deal with first contact? Recent events show how fast we fantasize and wish this to happen sooner rather than later but we’ve grown accustomed to the idea we are top of the food chain . PBS recently aired First Contact . Whether we need a plan or not, definite proof might not be the ...

Dust, the final frontier. Following its trek throughout time, and the episodes of the universe, give enterprising astronomers a lot more than a five year mission.

Seeking out new careers, they boldly explore the cosmic origins of dust bunnies.

Having Finnish grandparents who migrated to Astoria, Oregon, today's APOD gave me chills. :brr: It got a little chillier investigating the sights and sounds of Lapland. Water laping around while you watch the northern lights shows a intestinal fortitude now lost in my own genome. :old: I do retain o...

Another Wolf-Rayet nebula NCG 6888 is heart-shaped. Mapping RCW 58 with the technology used to map the Crab Nebula might prove to be enlightening.

Or at least heart-warming prior to Valentines Day.

I was listening to Don Lincoln’s video about Einstein and Newton describing the speed of gravity and he was saying how he, “wished he could have witnessed a debate ”. How might they disagree about gravity's velocity? With AI nowadays, it might actually be simulated. A daunting task I’d like to see t...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2302/NGC_2626_CDK_700_II_20_Jan_2023_1024.jpg APOD 4 February 2023 annotated.png Today's APOD is so beautiful! 😀 But I'm trying to make head or tails of it. :incredulous: NGC 2626 is a part of the larger HII region RCW 27 in Vela. Let's take a look at a picture of t...