Comments on: The Prodigal Sun http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/ 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. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:51:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Buzz Parsec http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25873 Buzz Parsec Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:38:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25873 At one point during Thursday's spacewalk, the astronauts were discussing the aurora below them. Fugelsang, who is from Stockholm, said he had never seen one before (I think due to light pollution, but it was hard to hear everything they said.) Then one of them (Curbeam, I think) mentioned seeing a meteor below him. I think they were discussing the Geminid shower, but I'm not sure if he saw it as he spoke, or earlier in the EVA or on a previous EVA. I think the sun rose at that point and they went back to work... At one point during Thursday’s spacewalk, the astronauts were discussing the aurora below them. Fugelsang, who is from Stockholm, said he had never seen one before (I think due to light pollution, but it was hard to hear everything they said.) Then one of them (Curbeam, I think) mentioned seeing a meteor below him. I think they were discussing the Geminid shower, but I’m not sure if he saw it as he spoke, or earlier in the EVA or on a previous EVA. I think the sun rose at that point and they went back to work…

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25872 Gary Ansorge Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:37:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25872 Dang, I keep forgetting I have a Digital camera now. My daughter sent me the same type my son uses on his scuba dives. It's a Canon SD600, 6 MegaPixel camera. I guess I need a tripod and to learn to use the time delay. Maybe if I succeed in getting some cool night sky pics they can be posted somewhere? Something else I need to learn about,,, Gary 7 Dang, I keep forgetting I have a Digital camera now. My daughter sent me the same type my son uses on his scuba dives. It’s a Canon SD600, 6 MegaPixel camera. I guess I need a tripod and to learn to use the time delay. Maybe if I succeed in getting some cool night sky pics they can be posted somewhere? Something else I need to learn about,,,

Gary 7

]]> By: PsyberDave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25871 PsyberDave Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:34:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25871 Here's a picture of last Thursday's aurora as seen in Iowa (thanks to NASA's picture of the day). http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061218.html Here’s a picture of last Thursday’s aurora as seen in Iowa (thanks to NASA’s picture of the day).

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061218.html

]]> By: JMG3Y http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25870 JMG3Y Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:14:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25870 Another excellent real time source of sun information, intended primarily for radio use, is <a href="http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/index.html" rel="nofollow">Propagation</a>. The site continually aggregates information from several sources and updates the extensive page text and graphs. Another excellent real time source of sun information, intended primarily for radio use, is Propagation. The site continually aggregates information from several sources and updates the extensive page text and graphs.

]]> By: Erekose http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25869 Erekose Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:37:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25869 Does anyone know if any pictures were taken in the southern hemisphere? I went out to look myself, but it was overcast in eastern Australia. Oh well, one day I'll get to see one. Does anyone know if any pictures were taken in the southern hemisphere? I went out to look myself, but it was overcast in eastern Australia. Oh well, one day I’ll get to see one.

]]> By: Bruce http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25868 Bruce Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:29:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25868 "Hiccup"? Ooops, I told my boyt hat the sun had farted. He is at the age where a coronal mass ejection is better explained as a sun-fart. “Hiccup”? Ooops, I told my boyt hat the sun had farted. He is at the age where a coronal mass ejection is better explained as a sun-fart.

]]> By: antaresrichard http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25867 antaresrichard Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:26:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/16/the-prodigal-sun/#comment-25867 Squiddies and octopi have a lot of hanging and dangling things... Could chads be among them? I think I'll go out an' get squiffy! Squiddies and octopi have a lot of hanging and dangling things… Could chads be among them? I think I’ll go out an’ get squiffy!

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