The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Rainbow Aurora...
The aurora rainbow looks impressive. Humans are discovering more and more phenomena in outer space, right?[right]basketball stars[/right]Statistics: Posted by Guest — Tue Oct 29, 2024 5:00 am —...
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The aurora looks impressive. Humans are discovering more and more phenomena in outer space, right?basketball starsStatistics: Posted by Guest — Tue Oct 29, 2024 5:02 am — Replies 4 — Views 4764
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 1499: The...
The nebula looks so brilliant. Humans are discovering more and more phenomena in outer space, right?coreballStatistics: Posted by Guest — Tue Oct 29, 2024 6:40 am — Replies 9 — Views 5895
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Pic du Pleiades...
Incredible capture! The meteor's timing makes it look like it connects with the Pleiades, adding magic to an already stunning scene. geometry dashStatistics: Posted by Guest — Tue Oct 29, 2024 6:46 am...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 602: Stars...
NGC 602: Stars Versus Pillars from Webb Explanation: The stars are destroying the pillars. More specifically, some of the newly formed stars in the image center are emitting light so energetic that is...
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The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • What did you see in...
Last night I spotted a magnificent... stick figure! If ever you show people the Double Cluster in Perseus with its many supergiants and they're not too impressed, just say "Go left and you can always...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Clipper and...
What specific instruments will the Europa Clipper spacecraft use to study Europa, and what kind of data do scientists hope to collect to better understand the moon's potential habitability?Incredibox...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 7635: The...
David Malin once wrote that bubble structures are much less common in the Milky Way than in many smaller galaxies, "because the interstellar material is at the same time both more constrained and more...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Rigel and the...
Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula Explanation: By starlight, this eerie visage shines in the dark with a crooked profile evoking its popular name, the Witch Head Nebula. In fact, this entrancing...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Spiral Galaxy NGC...
Nice APOD! Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744. Image Credit & Copyright: John HayesBut as a Color Commentator, I scratch my head over this image - and over NGC 6744 in general. I mean, doesn't it look blue?...
View ArticleThe Communications Center: Breaking Science News • A Distant Quasar's Black...
by Ken CroswellThe black hole powering the quasar has a record mass relative to the galaxy's stellar mass.Link: Science NewsStatistics: Posted by Mercury — Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:01 pm — Replies 0 — Views...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Saturn at Night...
When I and my brother were little, we were allowed to put plastic stickers on our bedroom window for Christmas. Most of the stickers were Santas and elves and reindeer and Christmas trees and stuff,...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Eclipse at...
Yes, our Sun is getting Nova & it will become bigger on 3797, so we are going to escape Earth on 3767 riding in USS Victory NCC 1967. Our destination is Mu Leporis where we can find Thalassa. I...
View ArticleThe Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Found Images: 2024 November
Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Submissions: 2024 November
Smaug (aka nebula near LBN 325)Direct link to full res image: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/541 ... 8a0c_o.jpgThis is 57h 40m of SHO+RGB exposure from a Bortle 9 zone. Captured using a 6" f/4...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Jupiter Abyss...
Jupiter Abyss. Image Credit: NASA, Juno, SwRI, MSSS; Processing & License: Gerald Eichstädt & Sean DoranYes, that dark spot may be a vortex and thus a "black hole" for all I know! And there...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M42: The Great...
M42: The Great Nebula in Orion Explanation: The Great Nebula in Orion, an immense, nearby starbirth region, is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulas. Here, glowing gas surrounds hot...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Milky Way over...
Forgive me for disregarding Easter Island and just looking at the Milky Way instead!Milky Way over Easter IslandCredit & Copyright: Josh DuryHere is some of the stuff we can see in the APOD:Here...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • HUBBLE sees the new star...
Unfortunately I could find no information about the star driving HH 30. HH 111 is another matter. According to Wikipedia, The HH 111 driving force is a 25 L☉ class 1 protostar, so, in other words, it...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Comet...
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas over the Dolomites Explanation: Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas is now headed back to the outer Solar System. The massive dusty snowball put on quite a show during its trip near the...
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