Astronomy Picture of the Day - Page 2

Gravdigr · 10-03-2011, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Can anyone live/work at this altitude without oxygen ?

Yes.

Lamplighter · 10-03-2011, 09:51 AM

Let's go. But wait, I have to get my albuterol.

Gravdigr · 10-10-2011, 04:41 PM

from APOD, 10-10-11

TheMercenary · 10-10-2011, 04:44 PM

Totally freaking awesome!

BigV · 10-10-2011, 05:29 PM

It's a

Flareon.

Gravdigr · 10-18-2011, 03:12 PM

APOD, 10-16-2011

I saw it back in 2004. I used sunglasses, while looking at the sun through a compact disc. At dawn.

It was preeeety kewl.

Gravdigr · 11-16-2011, 03:56 PM

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classicman · 11-16-2011, 04:39 PM

Damn Grav - that coulda been an IotD

BigV · 11-17-2011, 08:59 AM

technically, those water droplets *are* reflecting light from the Sun, it's just a bank shot from the Moon.

otherwise, that is a stunningly beautiful picture.

Griff · 11-17-2011, 04:49 PM

show off.

Gravdigr · 12-05-2011, 05:11 PM

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Explanation: Why would the shadow of a space shuttle launch plume point toward the Moon? In early 2001 during a launch of Atlantis, the Sun, Earth, Moon, and rocket were all properly aligned for this photogenic coincidence. First, for the space shuttle's plume to cast a long shadow, the time of day must be either near sunrise or sunset. Only then will the shadow be its longest and extend all the way to the horizon. Finally, during a Full Moon, the Sun and Moon are on opposite sides of the sky. Just after sunset, for example, the Sun is slightly below the horizon, and, in the other direction, the Moon is slightly above the horizon. Therefore, as Atlantis blasted off, just after sunset, its shadow projected away from the Sun toward the opposite horizon, where the Full Moon just happened to be

BigV · 12-05-2011, 08:59 PM

that is a LOT of cloud, and another great picture

Lamplighter · 08-12-2012, 10:23 PM

The Sydney Morning Herald
8/13/12

Way beyond Mars: scientists release biggest 3D map of the sky

Quote:

Talk about a giant data set: scientists at the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III)
have released the biggest three-dimensional map of the universe ever created.

Using data collected by a 2.5-metre wide-angle optical telescope at the
Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, scientists were able to
pinpoint the locations and distances of 1.35 million galaxies.
"We want to map the largest volume of the universe yet, and to use that map
to understand how the expansion of the universe is accelerating,"
said Daniel Eisenstein, director of SDSS-III, in a statement.>snip>

After a previous release of data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,
Aragon-Calvo created a short film (above)* that lets viewers fly
through a mostly accurate 3D model of the universe.
While the 400,000 galaxies you virtually swoop past in the film are in
the right spots based on the data available at the time, Aragon-Calvo
had to magnify the galaxies so that you can actually see them.

For anyone in biochemistry who has ever purified proteins or DNA,
this simulated flight among the galaxies is almost deja vu.

A Flight Through the Universe, by the Sloan Digital SkySurvey

Gravdigr · 08-24-2012, 12:41 PM

Left it big, apologies.

Lunar occultation of Venus, over the Taebaek Mountains, Taebaek, South Korea.

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glatt · 08-24-2012, 12:47 PM

So you're a grave digger who dabbles in the occult?

10-10-2011, 04:41 PM	#18
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10-10-2011, 04:44 PM	#19
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Totally freaking awesome! __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-10-2011, 05:29 PM	#20
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	It's a Flareon. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-18-2011, 03:12 PM	#21
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	APOD, 10-16-2011 I saw it back in 2004. I used sunglasses, while looking at the sun through a compact disc. At dawn. It was preeeety kewl. Attached Images __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-16-2011, 03:56 PM	#22
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	__________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-03-2011, 09:51 AM	#17
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Let's go. But wait, I have to get my albuterol.

11-16-2011, 04:39 PM	#23
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Damn Grav - that coulda been an IotD __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-17-2011, 08:59 AM	#24
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	technically, those water droplets are reflecting light from the Sun, it's just a bank shot from the Moon. otherwise, that is a stunningly beautiful picture. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-17-2011, 04:49 PM	#25
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	show off. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-05-2011, 05:11 PM	#26
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Explanation: Why would the shadow of a space shuttle launch plume point toward the Moon? In early 2001 during a launch of Atlantis, the Sun, Earth, Moon, and rocket were all properly aligned for this photogenic coincidence. First, for the space shuttle's plume to cast a long shadow, the time of day must be either near sunrise or sunset. Only then will the shadow be its longest and extend all the way to the horizon. Finally, during a Full Moon, the Sun and Moon are on opposite sides of the sky. Just after sunset, for example, the Sun is slightly below the horizon, and, in the other direction, the Moon is slightly above the horizon. Therefore, as Atlantis blasted off, just after sunset, its shadow projected away from the Sun toward the opposite horizon, where the Full Moon just happened to be __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-05-2011, 08:59 PM	#27
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	that is a LOT of cloud, and another great picture __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-24-2012, 12:41 PM	#29
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Left it big, apologies. Lunar occultation of Venus, over the Taebaek Mountains, Taebaek, South Korea. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-24-2012, 12:47 PM	#30
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So you're a grave digger who dabbles in the occult?

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