Comments on: Happy Hubble Holidays! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/ 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 08:08:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MandyDax http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-58766 MandyDax Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:16:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/#comment-58766 Which Star of Bethlehem? The near conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 7BC or the near conjunction of Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter in 2BC? Which Star of Bethlehem? The near conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 7BC or the near conjunction of Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter in 2BC?

]]> By: Moose http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-58765 Moose Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:23:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/#comment-58765 Actually, having the dove superimposed on Mars is quite apt. Doves, apparently, are pretty cranky, bitey critters when they're threatened. Actually, having the dove superimposed on Mars is quite apt. Doves, apparently, are pretty cranky, bitey critters when they’re threatened.

]]> By: Ray M http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-58764 Ray M Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:22:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/#comment-58764 How charming... the dove took a dump on Mars! How charming… the dove took a dump on Mars!

]]> By: Gnat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-58761 Gnat Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:37:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/#comment-58761 I wish I'd known about this before spending all day Sunday writing out my Christmas cards! Oh, well, I'll have to remember it for next year! :) I wish I’d known about this before spending all day Sunday writing out my Christmas cards!

Oh, well, I’ll have to remember it for next year! :)

]]> By: Ken_g6 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-58760 Ken_g6 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:33:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/#comment-58760 That's not the worst of it. Did you see the one labeled hc002? Way to keep that "Mars as big as the full Moon" rumor going! That’s not the worst of it. Did you see the one labeled hc002? Way to keep that “Mars as big as the full Moon” rumor going!

]]> By: Michael Lonergan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-58759 Michael Lonergan Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:32:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/#comment-58759 I really don't have a problem with "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Pleasant Solstice Greetings", or whatever people want to say. I just wish people would get over their collective hang-ups and enjoy the season, however they choose to celebrate it, religious or secular. I really don’t have a problem with “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Pleasant Solstice Greetings”, or whatever people want to say. I just wish people would get over their collective hang-ups and enjoy the season, however they choose to celebrate it, religious or secular.

]]> By: PK http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-58758 PK Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:24:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/10/happy-hubble-holidays/#comment-58758 Rather than a "war on Christmas" (worth fighting, I'd say!), the cards probably say holiday/season because the state is not allowed to endorse religion. Rather than a “war on Christmas” (worth fighting, I’d say!), the cards probably say holiday/season because the state is not allowed to endorse religion.

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