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Amazing Pic - A star in motion. | |
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| Éireann Eisteacht le gra!  User ID: 27571136 United States11/16/2012 01:58 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This guy's pictures always amazed me, but his account had been silent for a long while. This picture he posted a bit ago seems simple until you realize what has been captured. Quoting: Facts 21646349 [link to www.flickr.com] Just for giggles I went out to look at it and it is indeed color shifting like mad. Sirius never fails to entertain. Such a beautiful star. Éireann~ Eisteacht le gra! ~ArunaLuna (Translation from Gaelic: "Listen to Love!") "And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." - Thomas Jefferson, from a Letter to John Taylor written in 1816 "Struggle against patriarchy is global and intimate and seemingly un-winnable and absolutely necessary. Fukn deep sigh yo." - dream hampton @dreamhampton "Unfortunately, it is in the nature of man to tinker - even with immutable truth. Thus, we must be ever vigilant.." - James Munford You can educate the ignorant, but you can't fix stupid! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I do not give negative Karma. I believe that all opinions are worthy of debate and discussion. Free speech is essential to the growth and advancement of each individual and all of Humankind. |
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| Éireann Eisteacht le gra! User ID: 27571136 United States11/16/2012 02:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I still don't understand why it "winks" like it does. It twinkles more than other stars I observe. Why is that? Éireann~ Eisteacht le gra! ~ArunaLuna (Translation from Gaelic: "Listen to Love!") "And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." - Thomas Jefferson, from a Letter to John Taylor written in 1816 "Struggle against patriarchy is global and intimate and seemingly un-winnable and absolutely necessary. Fukn deep sigh yo." - dream hampton @dreamhampton "Unfortunately, it is in the nature of man to tinker - even with immutable truth. Thus, we must be ever vigilant.." - James Munford You can educate the ignorant, but you can't fix stupid! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I do not give negative Karma. I believe that all opinions are worthy of debate and discussion. Free speech is essential to the growth and advancement of each individual and all of Humankind. |
| Whiskey Brother User ID: 11702187 United States11/16/2012 02:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I still don't understand why it "winks" like it does. It twinkles more than other stars I observe. Why is that? It’s not just Sirius that twinkles; all stars twinkle. Light travels many light years from stars and right at the end of its journey, it hits Earth’s atmosphere, which consists of nitrogen, oxygen and other gasses. Earth’s atmosphere is constantly swirling around, and wind and air currents etc distort light travelling through it. This causes the light to slightly bend or shimmer and the light from distant stars twinkle. An extreme, more down-to-Earth example of this would be heat rising off of a road or a desert causing objects behind it to distort, shimmer and change colour. Read more: [link to www.universetoday.com] |
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| Éireann Eisteacht le gra! User ID: 27571136 United States11/16/2012 02:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I still don't understand why it "winks" like it does. It twinkles more than other stars I observe. Why is that? It’s not just Sirius that twinkles; all stars twinkle. Light travels many light years from stars and right at the end of its journey, it hits Earth’s atmosphere, which consists of nitrogen, oxygen and other gasses. Earth’s atmosphere is constantly swirling around, and wind and air currents etc distort light travelling through it. This causes the light to slightly bend or shimmer and the light from distant stars twinkle. An extreme, more down-to-Earth example of this would be heat rising off of a road or a desert causing objects behind it to distort, shimmer and change colour. Read more: [link to www.universetoday.com]  Thank you, Whiskey Brother. I do understand why stars twinkle. I'm just curious why Sirius seems to twinkle more than others. Great link! Last Edited by Éireann on 11/16/2012 02:46 AM Éireann~ Eisteacht le gra! ~ArunaLuna (Translation from Gaelic: "Listen to Love!") "And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." - Thomas Jefferson, from a Letter to John Taylor written in 1816 "Struggle against patriarchy is global and intimate and seemingly un-winnable and absolutely necessary. Fukn deep sigh yo." - dream hampton @dreamhampton "Unfortunately, it is in the nature of man to tinker - even with immutable truth. Thus, we must be ever vigilant.." - James Munford You can educate the ignorant, but you can't fix stupid! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I do not give negative Karma. I believe that all opinions are worthy of debate and discussion. Free speech is essential to the growth and advancement of each individual and all of Humankind. |
| Éireann Eisteacht le gra! User ID: 27571136 United States11/16/2012 02:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I still don't understand why it "winks" like it does. It twinkles more than other stars I observe. Why is that? I don't know but if you consider how fast he was moving the camera those colors are shifting fast. I would love to know if there is a pattern or if it is purely random. Now there's a thought.  Éireann~ Eisteacht le gra! ~ArunaLuna (Translation from Gaelic: "Listen to Love!") "And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." - Thomas Jefferson, from a Letter to John Taylor written in 1816 "Struggle against patriarchy is global and intimate and seemingly un-winnable and absolutely necessary. Fukn deep sigh yo." - dream hampton @dreamhampton "Unfortunately, it is in the nature of man to tinker - even with immutable truth. Thus, we must be ever vigilant.." - James Munford You can educate the ignorant, but you can't fix stupid! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I do not give negative Karma. I believe that all opinions are worthy of debate and discussion. Free speech is essential to the growth and advancement of each individual and all of Humankind. |
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| Éireann Eisteacht le gra! User ID: 27571136 United States11/16/2012 02:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This guy takes some of the coolest pictures I have seen that are real. simply amazing, he must never sleep. thanks for the link. Quoting: Dilligaf2U 1447584 I am looking forward to what he will do with the upcoming comets..... I meant to mention to you, OP, that one of the other photos at the sight - the one with Jupiter and its moons and our moon, is a fabulous picture. Amazing detail. Éireann~ Eisteacht le gra! ~ArunaLuna (Translation from Gaelic: "Listen to Love!") "And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." - Thomas Jefferson, from a Letter to John Taylor written in 1816 "Struggle against patriarchy is global and intimate and seemingly un-winnable and absolutely necessary. Fukn deep sigh yo." - dream hampton @dreamhampton "Unfortunately, it is in the nature of man to tinker - even with immutable truth. Thus, we must be ever vigilant.." - James Munford You can educate the ignorant, but you can't fix stupid! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I do not give negative Karma. I believe that all opinions are worthy of debate and discussion. Free speech is essential to the growth and advancement of each individual and all of Humankind. |
| Funney User ID: 11648979 Czech Republic11/16/2012 02:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I still don't understand why it "winks" like it does. It twinkles more than other stars I observe. Why is that? my guess is, that the different wavelengths get separated thanks to our horizont in our atmosphere the speeds of perception of these colors - like we are getting it, is different (R_slowest...G_faster...B_first) |
| Facts (OP) User ID: 21646349 United States11/16/2012 02:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I meant to mention to you, OP, that one of the other photos at the sight - the one with Jupiter and its moons and our moon, is a fabulous picture. Amazing detail. Quoting: Éireann I seen that, those were really close that night. Did you see the galaxy road? That was pretty cool. [link to www.flickr.com] |
| Éireann Eisteacht le gra! User ID: 27571136 United States11/16/2012 02:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I meant to mention to you, OP, that one of the other photos at the sight - the one with Jupiter and its moons and our moon, is a fabulous picture. Amazing detail. Quoting: Éireann I seen that, those were really close that night. Did you see the galaxy road? That was pretty cool. [link to www.flickr.com] Yes. His photography is outstanding! Éireann~ Eisteacht le gra! ~ArunaLuna (Translation from Gaelic: "Listen to Love!") "And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." - Thomas Jefferson, from a Letter to John Taylor written in 1816 "Struggle against patriarchy is global and intimate and seemingly un-winnable and absolutely necessary. Fukn deep sigh yo." - dream hampton @dreamhampton "Unfortunately, it is in the nature of man to tinker - even with immutable truth. Thus, we must be ever vigilant.." - James Munford You can educate the ignorant, but you can't fix stupid! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I do not give negative Karma. I believe that all opinions are worthy of debate and discussion. Free speech is essential to the growth and advancement of each individual and all of Humankind. |
| Facts (OP) User ID: 21646349 United States11/16/2012 02:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not to mention the amount of one a kind and once in a life time pictures he has taken like the eclipse at sunset. [link to www.flickr.com] |
| Éireann Eisteacht le gra! User ID: 27571136 United States11/16/2012 02:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not to mention the amount of one a kind and once in a life time pictures he has taken like the eclipse at sunset. Quoting: Facts 21646349 [link to www.flickr.com] Yep. Another bookmark for Astro-photography. He's a keeper :D Oo... he took that Eclipse picture on my birthday :D Last Edited by Éireann on 11/16/2012 02:58 AM Éireann~ Eisteacht le gra! ~ArunaLuna (Translation from Gaelic: "Listen to Love!") "And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." - Thomas Jefferson, from a Letter to John Taylor written in 1816 "Struggle against patriarchy is global and intimate and seemingly un-winnable and absolutely necessary. Fukn deep sigh yo." - dream hampton @dreamhampton "Unfortunately, it is in the nature of man to tinker - even with immutable truth. Thus, we must be ever vigilant.." - James Munford You can educate the ignorant, but you can't fix stupid! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I do not give negative Karma. I believe that all opinions are worthy of debate and discussion. Free speech is essential to the growth and advancement of each individual and all of Humankind. |
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| Éireann Eisteacht le gra! User ID: 27571136 United States11/16/2012 03:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have been watching Sirius for about 20 yrs,it is only during the past year that I have observed it doing the neon rainbow thing. Quoting: stormer Your avatar rocks. Éireann~ Eisteacht le gra! ~ArunaLuna (Translation from Gaelic: "Listen to Love!") "And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." - Thomas Jefferson, from a Letter to John Taylor written in 1816 "Struggle against patriarchy is global and intimate and seemingly un-winnable and absolutely necessary. Fukn deep sigh yo." - dream hampton @dreamhampton "Unfortunately, it is in the nature of man to tinker - even with immutable truth. Thus, we must be ever vigilant.." - James Munford You can educate the ignorant, but you can't fix stupid! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I do not give negative Karma. I believe that all opinions are worthy of debate and discussion. Free speech is essential to the growth and advancement of each individual and all of Humankind. |
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