Comments on: Best. Saturn. Picture. EVAH! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/ 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 08:45:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: GeorgiaC http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/comment-page-1/#comment-129098 GeorgiaC Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:37:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/#comment-129098 This picture is so beautiful! I thought it was fake at first but i will definatley be usuing it for a school project of mine! :) This picture is so beautiful! I thought it was fake at first but i will definatley be usuing it for a school project of mine! :)

]]> By: Betz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/comment-page-1/#comment-22024 Betz Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:02:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/#comment-22024 Dear BA, a freind of mine sent me to your blog spot and I found your pictures so beautiful I had to comment. :) Dear BA, a freind of mine sent me to your blog spot and I found your pictures so beautiful I had to comment. :)

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/comment-page-1/#comment-22043 Nigel Depledge Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:49:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/#comment-22043 Troy, you reminded me of my time as a student. Our student union Astronomical Society had ordered a set of slides from Voyager 2's flyby of Neptune in 1989. The first time we viewed them was fantastic. We had never before seen such amazing pictures. Troy, you reminded me of my time as a student. Our student union Astronomical Society had ordered a set of slides from Voyager 2’s flyby of Neptune in 1989. The first time we viewed them was fantastic. We had never before seen such amazing pictures.

]]> By: JamesR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/comment-page-1/#comment-22020 JamesR Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:26:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/#comment-22020 This is a bit off topic. But I think you're the crowd that will direct me to the best answer. Is there a night sky star chart adapted to a 6,000 year old earth? A star chart that would only show stars that are 6,000 light years from earth? A star chart that has all stars further away deleted? I'm doing a comparison of reality and creationist ah ? Whatever they call that nonsense they believe in. Anyone? Your input is appreciated. Thanks JamesR This is a bit off topic. But I think you’re the crowd that will direct me to the best answer. Is there a night sky star chart adapted to a 6,000 year old earth? A star chart that would only show stars that are 6,000 light years from earth? A star chart that has all stars further away deleted? I’m doing a comparison of reality and creationist ah ? Whatever they call that nonsense they believe in. Anyone? Your input is appreciated. Thanks JamesR

]]> By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/comment-page-1/#comment-22022 Troy Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:23:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/#comment-22022 Regarding Dean Baird's comment: Maybe the majority of students won't be inspired by an amazing Saturn image, but I still recall how awestruck I was in 6th grade by an image of Jupiter my math teacher placed in the class room by the then recent Voyager 1 mission. Regarding Dean Baird’s comment: Maybe the majority of students won’t be inspired by an amazing Saturn image, but I still recall how awestruck I was in 6th grade by an image of Jupiter my math teacher placed in the class room by the then recent Voyager 1 mission.

]]> By: Carey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/comment-page-1/#comment-22021 Carey Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:14:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/#comment-22021 I love it that many of us put the pictures BA posts on our desktops. People who come to my desk to visit ask about the pictures, and with BA's help, I answer. I love it! Spreading the word about astronomy! I also post these pictures as my myspace backgrounds. Keep posting hot naked pictures of the universe, BA! I love it that many of us put the pictures BA posts on our desktops. People who come to my desk to visit ask about the pictures, and with BA’s help, I answer. I love it! Spreading the word about astronomy! I also post these pictures as my myspace backgrounds. Keep posting hot naked pictures of the universe, BA!

]]> By: Dean Baird http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/comment-page-1/#comment-22023 Dean Baird Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:57:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/11/best-saturn-picture-evah/#comment-22023 I *did* stop what I was doing. I proceeded to run (not walk) to my big photo inkjet printer and blast out a 13"x19" print of the shot. Gwarjiss! I also put the image in front of high school students via a DLP in a darkened classroom. They might not have been as jazzed about the shot as I was, but that's more a matter of me being completely awestruck and transfixed. Thanks BA! I *did* stop what I was doing. I proceeded to run (not walk) to my big photo inkjet printer and blast out a 13″x19″ print of the shot. Gwarjiss!

I also put the image in front of high school students via a DLP in a darkened classroom. They might not have been as jazzed about the shot as I was, but that’s more a matter of me being completely awestruck and transfixed.

Thanks BA!

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