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Zodiacal Light Over ESO’s La Silla Observatory
www.universetoday.com ^
| June 29, 2013
| Jason Major on
Posted on 06/29/2013 2:12:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Created by sunlight reflected off fine particles of dust concentrated inside the plane of the Solar System, zodiacal light appears as a diffuse, hazy band of light visible in dark skies stretching away from a recently-set Sun (or before the Sun is about to rise).
A band of zodiacal light glows in the sky over ESO’s La Silla Observatory. (Credit: Alan Fitzsimmons/ESO)
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; chile; lasilla; science
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posted on
06/29/2013 2:12:10 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/29/2013 2:14:04 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: BenLurkin
I was hoping for something like this when we crossed the galactic plain.
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posted on
06/29/2013 2:15:42 PM PDT
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null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: BenLurkin
Did they ever catch the Zodiacal killer. I think his name was Sonny Up.....
To: DainBramage
Was it a Greek immigrant named Aries Sagittarius?
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posted on
06/29/2013 2:23:04 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: BenLurkin
For all of you technical types, you can read a complete explanation of this in a book called “Radial Velocities of the Zodiacal Dust Cloud” written by the Ph.D. astrophysicist Dr. Brian Harold May (available on Amazon).
In his other job, Dr. May is the founder and lead guitar player of the British rock band Queen.
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06/29/2013 2:57:03 PM PDT
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nvskibum
To: nvskibum
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posted on
06/29/2013 2:59:54 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: BenLurkin
Absolutely true. He had to give up finishing his Ph.D. Studies when Queen got huge in the early '70's. He finished his astrophysics Ph.D. in 2007. He has written several other astronomy books for the non- technical reader, and appears frequently on a long-running weekly BBC TV astronomy show called "The Sky At Night" hosted for many years by his dear friend the late Sir Patrick Moore./p>
There is a very humorous song about this on YouTube which you can find by searching "Radial Velocities of the Zodiacal Dust Cloud, a song for Brian May" (don't know how to post YouTube links).
He also is a world-class expert on 3D photography, having published a book with another soon forthcoming.
Of course he still plays guitar. Pretty well, I'd say.
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06/29/2013 3:29:35 PM PDT
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nvskibum
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/29/2013 3:33:52 PM PDT
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houeto
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posted on
06/29/2013 3:34:47 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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Thanks houeto, an extra to APoD members.
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06/29/2013 8:23:53 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv; BenLurkin
Thanks houeto, an extra to APoD members.Much welcome but the credit has to go to Ben. Ben is the one that found and posted. Thanks BenLurkin.
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06/29/2013 9:31:11 PM PDT
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houeto
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