Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
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by Made of Stars » Feb 26, 2010 8:29 am
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#2 by akigr8 » Feb 26, 2010 9:02 am
bookmarking 
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3 by crank » Feb 26, 2010 9:42 pm
Thank you thank you Made Of Stars, my favorite ongoing thread. How apropos to your name!
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#4 by Tbickle » Feb 26, 2010 9:44 pm
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
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#5 by Stephen » Feb 27, 2010 3:59 am
APOD might be the coolest website ever.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#6 by newolder » Feb 27, 2010 1:26 pm
Cassini movies and stills of Saturnian moons Janus and Rhea:
more @ ciclops.org
The small moon Janus overtakes the larger moon Rhea in a dance played out before Saturn and its rings.
Observations of mutual moon-crossing events like this one, in which one moon passes close to or in front of another, help scientists refine their understanding of the orbits of Saturn's moons. This movie is a concatenation of 12 still images taken over a span of 24 minutes. The images were reprojected to a uniform view and computer interpolation was used to smooth the moons' motions between the frames. ...
more @ ciclops.org
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#7 by redwhine » Feb 28, 2010 7:54 am
I'm over the moon 
to see this thread appear from the void. The forum would be lacking in atmosphere 
without it.
Thank you MoS.
to see this thread appear from the void. The forum would be lacking in atmosphere without it. Thank you MoS.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#8 by Made of Stars » Feb 28, 2010 1:26 pm
So somebody update it awreddy. Do I gotta do everyting roun here?
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#9 by newolder » Feb 28, 2010 1:59 pm
Today's image is of cool and exclusive stuff but is it astronomy?
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100228.html
(the link won't work tomorrow...)
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#11 by redwhine » Mar 01, 2010 12:04 pm
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#16 by newolder » Mar 01, 2010 12:22 pm
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#17 by redwhine » Mar 02, 2010 8:43 am
2010 March 2 - M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion
Stunning! (Click the image to see it at full resolution.)
Stunning! (Click the image to see it at full resolution.)
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#18 by Made of Stars » Mar 02, 2010 11:20 am
Love your work redwhine!
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#19 by crank » Mar 02, 2010 3:46 pm
redwhine wrote:2010 March 2 - M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion
Stunning! (Click the image to see it at full resolution.)
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