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The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • Colors of Twilight...
Thanks for the suggestion, Chris, I didn't think of that! That's a lovely goat, by the way. What's her name? She looks very feminine to me! AnnGretel. She'll be kidding in a couple of weeks.Thanks for...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Rings Around the...
So, something similar will likely be the fate of our own Sun, correct? From the link -Planetary NebulaePlanetary nebulae (PN) represent the last stages of evolution for low- and intermediate-mass...
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The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • NewJWST: New Pictures...
NGC 2775jac berne (flickr) Original data: NASA/ESA/CSAHave you yourself processed the NASA/ESA/CSA data to produce this image, Jac? It's glorious! And NGC 2775 is such a weird and interesting...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Comet, Planet,...
At some point stellarium was applied and then it was writtenStatistics: Posted by Guest — Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:47 pm — Replies 3 — Views 125
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: GK Per: Nova and...
Not so with supernovas. And it's fascinating to think that supernovas type Ia form in much the same way as cataclysmic novas like GK Per. The difference is that so much matter builds up on the white...
View ArticleThe Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • High Hopes for K2-18...
Maddeningly clickbaity title on this YouTube video https://youtu.be/Bj0PXPeKJRE?si=jODP4ockVTI_6n6v, but the host does a decent job interviewing Nikku Madhusudhan, the Cambridge scientist working on...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • WEBB: Insanely Detailed...
Insanely Detailed Webb Image of the Horsehead Nebulauniversetoday.com | 2024 April 30 The leading image shows JWST’s view of the Horsehead Nebula alongside two other views. The Euclid image was...
View ArticleThe Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Submissions: 2024 May
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View ArticleThe Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Found Images: 2024 May
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: IC 1795: The...
In context from a wider field of view image at one of the links in the text:Statistics: Posted by johnnydeep — Wed May 01, 2024 4:59 pm — Replies 12 — Views 194
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M100: A Grand...
Am I correct in thinking that M100 is not a "barred" galaxy? And if so, do we understand why some galaxies are barred and others are not?Statistics: Posted by smitty — Thu May 02, 2024 5:00 pm —...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Rocket Plume...
Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon sounds like a fascinating title! It suggests an image capturing the shadow cast by a rocket plume aligning with the moon, which would be a striking celestial...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Temperatures on...
I find it interesting that the trailing side is slightly hotter than the leading side.That's what I was wondering. If the planet was rocky, I suppose the temp would be similar to it's present state,...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • MAUVE survey: Giant...
MAUVE survey: Giant galactic explosion in NGC 4383 exposes galaxy pollution in actionphys.org | 2024 April 21TY4YA JacPhys.org wrote about NGC 4383:Galaxy NGC 4383 evolving strangely. Gas is flowing...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: 3 ATs (2024 May 04)
I searched in vain on the ESO site for an annotated overall map of the VLTI facility but came up empty. But google was my friend. Sadly though, the - much! - smaller R2D2-like ATs on their tracks...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Colors of the...
Marcella Giulia Pace, in her blog (https://greenflash.photo/portfolio/colors-of-the-moon/), describes the shooting conditions of the Purple Moon. This phenomenon was observed in Sicily at the end of...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Black Hole...
If the star directly impacts a massive black hole, then the star falls in completely -- and everything vanishes.This, of course, is not what is illustrated, but it has me wondering: if the black hole...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Total Solar...
Superb. Magnificent. Appropriate music, never heard it before.The caption credits some guy named Strauss for the music but due credit might belong to someone else. Who knows, maybe a total eclipse...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Video Submissions
A comprehend total solar eclipse record:Click to play embedded YouTube video.You don't seem to have Javascript enabled. Direct video link.Change of outer corona detail in 3 minutes, 4K resolution is...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Moon and Smoke...
Pastafarianism, FTW! ;->Statistics: Posted by Guest — Tue May 07, 2024 12:08 am — Replies 9 — Views 514
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