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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Pleiades: The...
The Pleiades are feminine even by name! Which comes from their mother of course, Pleione, instead of Atlas, their father (although the Atlaseiades would have sounded cool as well!).In all fairness to...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Great Meteor...
Driving at night with your high beams on in a moderate snowfall you experience something very similar. The faster you go the more thrilling it gets until.........Statistics: Posted by Guest — Tue Dec...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Shells and...
Impressive image! It sure shows what is meant by "active" galaxy!Statistics: Posted by Christian G. — Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:37 pm — Replies 3 — Views 218
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Phaethon's...
Who knew that blocks of rock were so prone to shedding pieces of themselves during their endless wanderings through space?Oh wow! I feel for Harrison Ford during his flight through the Hoth asteroid...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M51: Tidal...
Very cool image, got me reading the Watkins et al. discovery paper which claims only a "double passage" for the galaxy interaction can explain the gas's distance and size. Apparently the ionization is...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Apollo 17's...
Apollo 17's Moonship Explanation: Awkward and angular looking, Apollo 17's lunar module Challenger was designed for flight in the near vacuum of space. Digitally enhanced and reprocessed, this picture...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Geminid Meteors...
Geminid Meteors over a Snowy Forest Explanation: Meteors have been flowing out from the constellation Gemini. This was expected, as mid-December is the time of the Geminid Meteor Shower. Pictured...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Kilometer High...
Thanks! Now I know how to get from comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko to the Earth! AnnActually, I'm curious (obviously), if you have the ability or technology to get to the beautiful plain on this comet,...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Near to the Heart...
Yes, Huzzah! and Hear Hear! for annotated images!Statistics: Posted by johnnydeep — Tue Dec 17, 2024 2:39 pm — Replies 2 — Views 194
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Found Images: 2024 November
Arp 282. Of the many images of interacting galaxies, I find that this one stands out in a remarkable way, the angle seems perfect to get a sense of depth and a sense of how dynamic the interaction is,...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 660: Polar...
I wonder if there are 1 or 2 super massive black hole centers? And if there are two, how the magnetic field affect the movement of everything? It would be nice if there were a telescope to see...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Messier 2 (2024...
Someone asked, in rather rude terms, how we know the age of globular clusters. I'm anything but an expert in that field, but a few things can be said:For globular clusters, RR Lyrae variable stars are...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Long Night...
The Long Night Moon Explanation: On the night of December 15, the Full Moon was bright. Known to some as the Cold Moon or the Long Night Moon, it was the closest Full Moon to the northern winter...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Year in Sunsets...
Very nice illustration. I tried to do something similar from my home in Reading, UK, but the 'skyline' is nothing like as attractive, and we have too many cloudy days as the climate is 'poor'. (In...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Local Fluff...
The Local Fluff Explanation: The stars are not alone. In the disk of our Milky Way Galaxy, about 10 percent of visible matter is in the form of gas called the interstellar medium (ISM). The ISM is not...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Sunrise Shadows...
Is this photo edited?Statistics: Posted by Omed1984 — Mon Dec 23, 2024 4:02 am — Replies 8 — Views 1766
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Christmas Tree...
Christmas Tree Aurora Explanation: It was December and the sky lit up like a Christmas tree. Shimmering, the vivid green, blue, and purple auroral colors that formed the tree-like apparition were...
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When I look at a picture on APOD I visualize myself in a spaceship looking out the window/viewscreen. Would there be a way to notate the pictures with something like this view would be XX...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Fox Fur, Cone,...
The Spitzer IR image at Wikipedia turns the Christmas Tree upside down!Statistics: Posted by johnnydeep — Tue Dec 24, 2024 1:38 pm — Replies 2 — Views 231
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Rosette and Christmas Tree...
Hello everyone,I’m excited to share my latest astrophotography work, capturing the stunning regions of the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2244) and Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264). This image was taken from my...
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