Comments on: Panning for gold in your back yard http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jess tauber http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-14842 jess tauber Wed, 10 May 2006 07:35:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/#comment-14842 Our old Ford Galaxy was quite roomy inside, despite its being much smaller than your average globular. Today's compacts might be a better comparison. Jess Tauber Our old Ford Galaxy was quite roomy inside, despite its being much smaller than your average globular. Today’s compacts might be a better comparison.

Jess Tauber

]]> By: Millimeter Wave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-14843 Millimeter Wave Wed, 10 May 2006 04:38:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/#comment-14843 technical question for Phil (or any other astronomers reading): what exactly are the demarcation points between a dwarf galaxy, a globular cluster and an open cluster? If I didn't know otherwise, I would have characterized these two as open clusters. I'd be interested to know what the criteria might be... technical question for Phil (or any other astronomers reading):

what exactly are the demarcation points between a dwarf galaxy, a globular cluster and an open cluster? If I didn’t know otherwise, I would have characterized these two as open clusters.

I’d be interested to know what the criteria might be…

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-14826 Gary Ansorge Tue, 09 May 2006 19:59:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/#comment-14826 DJ, I'm sure the Pres. is quite as familiar with the benefits of cough syrup as any other narcotic,,, GAry7 DJ, I’m sure the Pres. is quite as familiar with the benefits of cough syrup as any other narcotic,,,

GAry7

]]> By: DJ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-14827 DJ Tue, 09 May 2006 16:19:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/#comment-14827 <i>"The Pres gave us the agenda, now he needs to cough up the cash to fund it."</i> Yes, there is quite a lot of stuff the Pres needs to cough up. “The Pres gave us the agenda, now he needs to cough up the cash to fund it.”

Yes, there is quite a lot of stuff the Pres needs to cough up.

]]> By: Irishman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-14828 Irishman Tue, 09 May 2006 15:26:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/#comment-14828 Phil, I think you lost a zero in that second paragraph: <blockquote>For comparing, the Milky Way is about 100,00 light years across.</blockquote> <b>Ray Gray</b>, you might want to read some more of this site to find out attitudes toward these "bean counting" projects vs. returning to the moon. The Pres gave us the agenda, now he needs to cough up the cash to fund it. Phil, I think you lost a zero in that second paragraph:

For comparing, the Milky Way is about 100,00 light years across.

Ray Gray, you might want to read some more of this site to find out attitudes toward these “bean counting” projects vs. returning to the moon. The Pres gave us the agenda, now he needs to cough up the cash to fund it.

]]> By: Tambo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-14830 Tambo Tue, 09 May 2006 13:17:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/#comment-14830 I love looking up also! I am always amazed by what you can't see. I love looking up also! I am always amazed by what you can’t see.

]]> By: Will http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-14829 Will Tue, 09 May 2006 11:59:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/08/panning-for-gold-in-your-back-yard/#comment-14829 This is why I love astronomy. There is so much over our own heads still waiting to be discovered. So much knowledge just waiting for the right person to uncover it. This is why I love astronomy. There is so much over our own heads still waiting to be discovered. So much knowledge just waiting for the right person to uncover it.

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