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Biggest reason I love APOD is because of the photography; space offers a lot of beauty!

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 ...

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...

Ann wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 4:15 pm

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!
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Maybe if i saw him in action!

Don't know if this helps, Orin:


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Ann

Ha ha; I love it Ann! Thanks!

In my mind the galaxy doesn't look unusual at all; and I think it is
very beautiful! Seeing it how it look is in the eye of the beholder!

Hey Martha; welcome! I just logged on to say; "I have trouble seeing a pacman here! Maybe if i saw him in action!

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...

T'is a very beautiful photo! Kudos to the photographer!

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...

Do we ever get a full Venus view when on the far reaches of its Orbit?

I like Saturn for its rings! Only Earth is more showy!

a lot of beautiful photos in this APOD! I can't show them all; here
are a couple of them! Kudos to APOD!

Ahh; Andromeda; always beautiful to look at! It will marry with
the Milkyway some day!

I always liked pistachios; I wonder what caused this cloud! doggy says; what are you looking at!

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...

Comet watching! I Hope it does become visible to the naked Eye!
Seems there is some doubt in the writeup! Doggy shading his eyes!

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...

Tritons defraction spikes; how lovely!

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...

I'm thankful for the new map of Pluto: It'll come in handy when I go
to visit there! Actually; the Northern view of Pluto doesn"t hold a candle to the
Pluto we know today!

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 ...

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 ...

When MW & Andy collide there will be no place to hide; so just sit
back and enjoy the show! Oh that's right we would not be around
anymore!

Wow; what a beauty, this photo is! Iceland has a beautiful night! I'd rather stay away from volcanos! Even kitty was amazed!

If everything came from the big bang; then maybe our atoms weren't
created yet! But who knows!