Posted on 06/15/2004 7:22:32 AM PDT by dead
Looks a little bit like a heavily-used golf ball.
Why do these comments sound so lame ?
Why does a reporter think this particular one deserves reporting ?
At 12 o'clock from the center of the crater and almost dead center in the photo ... there's an object casting a shadow ... is that an alien spaceship?
When that sucker gets smacked, it gets smacked good!!!
No - it's the ESA's Beagle lander. A bit off course, though...
Naaaa, I just looked at it under photo shop magnification, and it is the USS Enterprise. Nothing alien about it.
I think it looks like Dennis Kucinich's campaign bus.
The explanation given on JPL's site was boulders that slid down the crater walls, probably from impacts on other parts of the tiny moon.
"That's no moon...it's a space station."
I wondered why I never see pennies in any of the fountains in Washington DC, but then I remembered that the IRS is here. Probably come around and fish them out at night.
Hey Martin, on your previous recommendation, I downloaded Celestia. Pretty cool! Kind of like a cut down version of 'Starry Nights'.
What is "Starry Nights" and where can I try it out? Is it free?
Celestia is AWESOME! <|:)~
LOL!
Starry Night is not free, but it is very sophisticated. There are two versions- the 'Home' version, and the 'Pro' version. If I ever get my life straightened out to where I can think about discretionary expenditures, I am going to get a copy of 'Pro', which I can interface with my telescope for aiming, finding and tracking. That and a CCD, and I can sit in the house with good winter skies, and do astrophotographic captures from the warmth of the house. :-)
There are some other cool freebies out there, and one will do scope control, IIRC.
Starry Night
http://www.starrynight.com/
Desktop Planetarium and Charting
http://dmoz.org/Science/Astronomy/Software/Desktop_Planetarium_and_Charting/
OIC
Well, I still like Celestia for FREEEEEEEEEE <|:)~
I had a desktop planetarium program that I got for free that wasn't as pretty as Celestia, but would interface with my scope. I think it was one of the links on the page that I posted- don't recall which.
Meantime, here's some cool backyard scope shots of the International Space Station.
http://freespace.virgin.net/philip.masding/
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