Comments on: And I dream I’m an Eagle… http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/ 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. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:04:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Douglas http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-200866 Douglas Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:55:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/#comment-200866 Thanks for the comment about the filters! Actually, the 3 filters are in the visible range: B (blue), V (green) and R (red), without near infrared. We've updated the page to reflect this: http://www.eso.org/gallery/v/ESOPIA/Nebulae/phot-26a-09-hires.tif.html Thanks for the comment about the filters! Actually, the 3 filters are in the visible range: B (blue), V (green) and R (red), without near infrared. We’ve updated the page to reflect this:
http://www.eso.org/gallery/v/ESOPIA/Nebulae/phot-26a-09-hires.tif.html

]]> By: snuffy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-199942 snuffy Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:13:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/#comment-199942 Phil, you saw this through your 25 cm telescope when you were a kid? 1/4 of a meter? about 10 inches? that's a nice scope! Phil, you saw this through your 25 cm telescope when you were a kid? 1/4 of a meter? about 10 inches? that’s a nice scope!

]]> By: Nevy C http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-199712 Nevy C Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:53:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/#comment-199712 Am I dreaming or is it all real? This now serves as my desktop wallpaper! I'm off to listen to the soaring melodies of "Eagle". Am I dreaming or is it all real? This now serves as my desktop wallpaper! I’m off to listen to the soaring melodies of “Eagle”.

]]> By: Ed Myers http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-199629 Ed Myers Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:09:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/#comment-199629 "...and I dreamed I can spread my wings. Flying high, high, like a bird in the sky..." Yep, longtime ABBA fan here! “…and I dreamed I can spread my wings.
Flying high, high,
like a bird in the sky…”

Yep, longtime ABBA fan here!

]]> By: drksky http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-199616 drksky Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:51:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/#comment-199616 <blockquote>...using my 25 cm telescope...</blockquote> Is that considered small for an amateur scope?? When I was a lad, I was given a 70mm Tasco. Ugh! It's a wonder I'm still interested in astronomy after <em>that</em> fiasco.

…using my 25 cm telescope…

Is that considered small for an amateur scope?? When I was a lad, I was given a 70mm Tasco. Ugh! It’s a wonder I’m still interested in astronomy after that fiasco.

]]> By: John Paradox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-199606 John Paradox Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:13:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/#comment-199606 <I>14. Eskil Says: I downloaded the VAST version, just to see how detailed it would be, but my computer didn’t appreciate the awesome vastness. Either that, or it found itself too insignificatn when faced with such enormity of space, and promptly decided to crash itself to wipe its memory of what it had seen. </I> Total Perspective Vortex? J/P=? 14. Eskil Says:

I downloaded the VAST version, just to see how detailed it would be, but my computer didn’t appreciate the awesome vastness. Either that, or it found itself too insignificatn when faced with such enormity of space, and promptly decided to crash itself to wipe its memory of what it had seen.

Total Perspective Vortex?

J/P=?

]]> By: bruceleeeowe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/comment-page-1/#comment-199596 bruceleeeowe Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:28:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/16/and-i-dream-im-an-eagle/#comment-199596 fascinating picture. fascinating picture.

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