Nov 21st, 2017 : Oumuamua
 

Oumuamua*, not to be confused with Mahamana, the first interstellar visitor to our solar system we’ve seen.
After all the junk we’ve sent hurtling into the void, remember paybacks are a bitch. I could be filled with little green men with
ray guns. Or insects, giant carnivorous insects. Or Nymphos… but probably not. :(

http://cellar.org/2017/cigar.jpg

* "a messenger that reaches out from the distant past."

I have it on good authority that it's mostly a dense metal like gold. The thing is solid gold.

Absolutely ƒucking fascinating. The first object we've encountered from beyond our own little neighborhood --and it's unlike anything we've ever seen. What are the odds that other solar systems are filled with mostly familiar objects, but--coincidentally--the only object we've ever observed just happens to be totally unique and unprecedented??

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I'll Devil's Advocate my own question: we only noticed this thing because of the variance in brightness, thus the shape, thus we noticed the orbit and determined it's origin. We wouldn't have paid that much attention to a regular-shaped object. This is just selection bias.

"I could be filled with little green men with
ray guns. Or insects, giant carnivorous insects. Or Nymphos… but probably not."

If this isn't a typo, then it explains a lot...but probably not.

I don't think it's selection bias because the people watching the sky notice anything moving and try to identify it. It's sort of a competition to be the first to spot something new and possibly have it named after them.

It wasn't a typo. ;)

Plus they have a new tool and a new mission to look for this type of thing.

Thanks, guys. I really wanted to go with my 1st impression: that this object is a heliocentric worldview-shattering discovery, opening up a whole new chapter of unexplained, weird stuff. Why have we never seen a thing this shape before?? How was it formed?? What kind of bizarre conditions would create such a thing??

Death by Punga

I'm goin with, just, some star farted and we smelt it

He who denied it, supplied it.

He who smelt, it dealt it.

I also like to photograph the night sky, it fascinates me. In addition, I recently found these wonderful tips http://probablyspam.com/blog/retouch...photoshop.html What do you think about this? I will be grateful for the answer!

le cigare volant

Your link doesn't work, do you know why?

I also saw it just now! Perhaps the moderators considered it inappropriate, but if you are interested I wanted to know your opinion about these [[link deleted again]] tips, because I have little experience in photoshop!

Every spammer posts a link on their first post. So we tell them that; and now, they post it on their second post, and their third, as you have done.

If you can tell us the name of the tool in Photoshop that lets you click and select one color out of your image, I will let you post your link. Go.

And then we can let those guys at the Chevy Equinox forum know that you're 100% legit as well. Us women have to stick together, Helen.

I'm sorry that you thought I was a spammer, but probably you mean a colorpicker tool

Hi, Helen! I teach a digital photography class at a small community college--we're always looking for good resources we can use to enhance our students learning experience :-)

I'm having trouble with this link, but could you copy/paste some examples of the photoshop tips on this page? I'm very interested in using this as a class project!

Good guess! With the color picker you can select a color from a palette, but it's the eyedropper tool that selects one color from an image.

No link for you, but good luck in the future!

I prefer the turkey baster tool. You get more colors that way

Turkey baster can lead to damaged photo if the gravy sauce! Need restoration!

I'm so glad that you answered, it seemed to me it would be interesting for many in this topic, however I was suspected of spam unfortunately.

Hi Helen,
I work with many disadvantaged youths, training some to restore old photo pictures, do you know if the good tips you want to share can help with that?

Maybe you can post some screenshots to give me an idea?

You are doing a great thing, these people inspire me! As for your question, then maybe you will like this damagedphotorestoration.com! Answer me please what do you think!

Helen, I'm getting this:

Should I try again later?

Could you post some of these photoshop tips? I want to know if I have seen these tips before.

Helen,
Is it the address in your signature line, or the address on the 'contact info' tab of your profile?

is gettingpaidmoneyforthis the same page as damagedpicturerepair?

Helen,
fixedthephoto is not working either :-(

I'm not a "computer person" but wish I could see some photoshop tips from you.

Flint, do you drive a Chevy Equinox? Helen has some great information about restoring photos of Chevy Equinoxes too.

Every time I read this thread title I hear this:



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