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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15427975 United States01/25/2013 11:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Free 3 month upgrade to the first person who can correctly answer all of this... *Congrats Dr. Acula!* To further elaborate...with a reflective telescope, the main mirror at the rear of the telescope itself, gathers light, and reflects it back into smaller mirror, that image is then reflected into the eye piece...magnified and focused. The image we are presented with, shows the second smaller mirror. It has 3 rods holding the second mirror in place. That is the mirror that is reflected into the eye piece. However, I think there is more pertinent information I am leaving out because of the exact nature of the picture and date provided. |
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| banjo User ID: 32712140 United States01/25/2013 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Free 3 month upgrade to the first person who can correctly answer all of this... *Congrats Dr. Acula!* Astronomy contest time! I will give a free month upgrade to the first person who can correctly answer both parts of this question. What is this AND what specifically is causing it (I'm looking for a proper name here): Quoting: Dr. Astro [link to farm9.staticflickr.com] This photograph was taken on March 13, 1955. It may not seem like this is enough information to answer the questions, but to a resourceful GLP'er there is already more than enough info here to figure it out. The date might seem like a distractor once you have the correct answer, but I put it out there to help you narrow down the possible sources. Have fun. If no one figures out the answer by tomorrow, I'll give a clue on how to find the answer. I was a bit sloppy in putting this together though, so I may have left a bread crum for those who are particularly clever. I do not know what it is called but it has to do with the thing that holds the mirrors for the reflecting in a telescope. |
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| Alexander User ID: 15635858 United States01/25/2013 11:51 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Free 3 month upgrade to the first person who can correctly answer all of this... *Congrats Dr. Acula!* Last Edited by Proud American Supporter on 01/25/2013 11:53 AM The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. Winston Churchill Daily Updates Thread: ASS IS IN THE WRINGER - Rolling Updates from 11/16/20 to present (Page 235) |
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| Vase Creator User ID: 1245476 01/25/2013 12:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Free 3 month upgrade to the first person who can correctly answer all of this... *Congrats Dr. Acula!* I have to agree with those who say it's a broken scope. If so I hope its not to expensive to repair. I missed your Jupitor stream the other night astro, I live in a house share and one of the dickheads in there got our ip and house puter baned. |
| Saddletramp User ID: 1052341  Puerto Rico01/25/2013 12:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Free 3 month upgrade to the first person who can correctly answer all of this... *Congrats Dr. Acula!* That's your brain on drugs... "And how can a man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods..." ~ Horatius "Because he told the truth, and once you've heard the truth, everything else is just cheap whiskey..." "We don't rent pigs!" |
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| Blue Red User ID: 6799594 Canada01/25/2013 12:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Free 3 month upgrade to the first person who can correctly answer all of this... *Congrats Dr. Acula!* (Short answer) Two different stars are reflecting into the same image. Red and Blue. Somewhat rare, with few hours on that web sight. Usually red or blue, but a double from two separate stars, nice. I wondered what that would look like. :-) Peace. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 12118332 United States01/25/2013 12:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Free 3 month upgrade to the first person who can correctly answer all of this... *Congrats Dr. Acula!* It's the first observed "perihelion passage" of a comet perhaps one named "1956b"? I could be off on the comet name because three were discovered in rapid succession in March of 1955. [link to www.jstor.org] |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 12118332 United States01/25/2013 12:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Free 3 month upgrade to the first person who can correctly answer all of this... *Congrats Dr. Acula!* It's the first observed "perihelion passage" of a comet perhaps one named "1956b"? I could be off on the comet name because three were discovered in rapid succession in March of 1955. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 12118332 [link to www.jstor.org] EMI or Electromagnetic Interference would most likely be the cause of the image. If this is in fact the view from a radio telescope. |
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Dr. Astro (OP)Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 6733558 United States01/25/2013 12:12 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Free 3 month upgrade to the first person who can correctly answer all of this... *Congrats Dr. Acula!* Allow me to clarify, there is a proper name for the thing that is causing it. Not just a name for the phenomenon in general, that's just what it is, but additionally there is a proper name for the thing that is causing it to happen in this specific case. Ideally you should have to find and refer to the original source material to confirm that part of the answer. Last Edited by Astromut on 01/25/2013 12:51 PM  |
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