The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Diamond Dust Sky...
And:Click to play embedded YouTube video.You don't seem to have Javascript enabled. Direct video link.Statistics: Posted by johnnydeep — Wed Dec 25, 2024 7:04 pm — Replies 4 — Views 202
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • Christmas Green Flash...
Christmas Green Flash Sunsethttps://www.alessandrocossard.comCopyright: Francesco CossardStatistics: Posted by francescocossard — Thu Dec 26, 2024 11:23 am — Replies 0 — Views 55
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Grand Spiral NGC...
Quite amazing that the bright active nucleus with its million plus solar mass SMBH is NOT the brightest x-ray source of this galaxy! But rather a "small" ultra-luminous 30 solar mass black hole...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Christmas Green Flash Sunset
Christmas Green Flash Sunsethttps://www.alessandrocossard.comCopyright: Francesco CossardStatistics: Posted by francescocossard — Thu Dec 26, 2024 11:23 am — Replies 0 — Views 147
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Planet Earth at...
Planet Earth at Twilight Explanation: No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in this gorgeous view of ocean and clouds over our fair planet Earth. Instead, the shadow line or...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A December Winter...
Is it only me who has paraeidolia that causes me to see a ruddy, warm Snowman waving his bright right hand to the planet, Earth? Right, only me, then. So, not only is the asterism temporary because...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Cosmic Latte: The...
Maybe a little 'late' for the discussion, but as a Brazilian I would like to suggest another possible name: ‘Flicts’ - that is the name of a color presented in the children’s book that goes by the...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Methane Bubbles...
(emphasise mine)I am confused by the word "potentially". I thought that it is a fact that methane absorbs infrared light. So, why the "potentially"?Well, releasing methane in vast chunks may not...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M27: The Dumbbell...
I find it very sad that Mainstream Astrophysics really has NO CORRECT perception of what they are looking at in astrophotographs such as this one, and most others as well. It is very disappointing...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • NGC 7331 and Stefans Quintett
I really am always surprised what one can do with a DSLR and 4" TMB if there is no moon and seeing is good. This is my best shot of 2024, taken in the last few moonless nights with 6 1/2 hours (13x 30...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Twisted Disk...
This looks for all the world like someone dropped a rock in a pond and we're seeing the resulting ripples. And I supposed that's pretty much what happened, except both the rock and the pond are...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • Favorite APOD
I love the Golden Gate Bridge so the two with a partial eclipse are favorites too. I like the one with The City in the background the best.http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030521.htmlStatistics:...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Alpha Centauri:...
A nice image focussed on one single STAR, pure and simple, is a perfect way to start the New Year!As for our puny neighbour Proxima Centauri, here's a bigger view:HubbleStatistics: Posted by Christian...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Video Submissions
Io transit and Ganymede occultation.Credit: Jaime Fernandez, www.astronomica.esJupiter 26/dec/2024, 22:42h UTCThis animation shows a sequence of near 2 hours of still images, showing the motion of...
View ArticleThe Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Found Images: 2025
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 Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Solar Analemma...
How is "half way between the soltices defined "? I see this Pic in the Wikipedia link but can't relate it to this apod:Is it just based on degrees altitude?Statistics: Posted by johnnydeep — Thu Jan...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Submissions: 2025 January
The last sun of the year 2024... and the first sun of the year 2025, from SpainJaime FernandezThe last sun of the year 2024 from Spain.Click on image for full sized, 1800 pixel, solar image or the...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Eclipse Pair...
Ah dang, space sure is big and empty. Well if I get some clear skies, it'll still be neat to see Venus and Mercury crescents.Also coming up, 13 January, the Moon will occult Mars. Good views in most...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • Magnetic loops around the...
NRAO: Magnetic loops around the supermassive black hole of NGC 1068phys.org | | 2024 Dez 11 NGC 1068 is a well-known, relatively nearby, bright galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center. A...
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Ship's Log: APOD Retrospectives and Collections • APOD_Telescopes: JWST -...
2022 December 6M16: A Star Forming Pillar from WebbImage Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Processing & Copyright: Mehmet Hakan ÖzsaraçWhat’s happening inside this interstellar mountain? Stars are...
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