Comments on: The Sun roils over Mexico http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Hans-R http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/#comment-303795 Hans-R Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:58:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=36356#comment-303795 Nice one. Cant wait until someone amatur takes an image that professionals havent been able to :) Nice one. Cant wait until someone amatur takes an image that professionals havent been able to :)

]]> By: Mike S http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/#comment-303794 Mike S Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:28:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=36356#comment-303794 Wow! Wow!

]]> By: feh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/#comment-303793 feh Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:37:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=36356#comment-303793 > Its .. its heading our way! Everyone DUCK!!! I, for one, welcome our new anatidae overlords. And their Jupiter-sized beaks. > Its .. its heading our way! Everyone DUCK!!!

I, for one, welcome our new anatidae overlords. And their Jupiter-sized beaks.

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/#comment-303792 Messier Tidy Upper Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:39:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=36356#comment-303792 <blockquote><i>That hardly looks like the Sun, does it? </i></blockquote> [Shrugs] Um ..looks perfectly like our daytime star to me. Perhaps I'm used to seeing such images. Nice one though. :-) Incidentally, our Sun looks vividly red through a Hydrogen alpha filter or at least in my experience it does. This is much more yellow than H-alpha would indicate to my mind. @10. Jason : <i>"Fuzzy duck sounds like a drink.."</i> IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ..ing game. An Aussie traditional one where you sit in a circle and the first person says "Fuzzy duck" the next "ducky fuzz" the third "Fuzzy duck" again and continue until someone says the wrong thing - at which point everyone drinks and the order changes direction and goes the other way. I think (#9) Larian LeQuella knows that one too somehow. ;-) @12. feh : <blockquote><i>Yes, that’s a duck and it seems quite fuzzy indeed. I wonder what’s it doing up there. It’s got to be enormous.</i></blockquote> Its .. its heading our way! Everyone <b>DUCK!!!</i> :-o ;-) (You know there's a B-grade movie tale in that idea.)

That hardly looks like the Sun, does it?

[Shrugs] Um ..looks perfectly like our daytime star to me.

Perhaps I’m used to seeing such images. Nice one though. :-)

Incidentally, our Sun looks vividly red through a Hydrogen alpha filter or at least in my experience it does. This is much more yellow than H-alpha would indicate to my mind.

@10. Jason :
“Fuzzy duck sounds like a drink..”
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ..ing game.

An Aussie traditional one where you sit in a circle and the first person says “Fuzzy duck” the next “ducky fuzz” the third “Fuzzy duck” again and continue until someone says the wrong thing – at which point everyone drinks and the order changes direction and goes the other way. I think (#9) Larian LeQuella knows that one too somehow. ;-)

@12. feh :

Yes, that’s a duck and it seems quite fuzzy indeed. I wonder what’s it doing up there. It’s got to be enormous.

Its .. its heading our way! Everyone DUCK!!! :-o ;-)

(You know there’s a B-grade movie tale in that idea.)

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/#comment-303791 Messier Tidy Upper Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:19:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=36356#comment-303791 @ ^ Mephane : Or watch this : http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/12/scale/ or this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FwCMnyWZDg on youtube or even this musical one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWVshkVF0SY <i>(some mildly NSFW lang in that last one.)</i> by Monty Python ;-) :-) @ ^ Mephane : Or watch this :

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/12/scale/

or this one :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FwCMnyWZDg

on youtube or even this musical one :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWVshkVF0SY

(some mildly NSFW lang in that last one.) by Monty Python ;-) :-)

]]> By: Mephane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/#comment-303790 Mephane Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:48:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=36356#comment-303790 If you think the size comparizon between Earth and Sun is stunning, look up one of those size comparisons of different stars! Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Star-sizes.jpg If you think the size comparizon between Earth and Sun is stunning, look up one of those size comparisons of different stars!

Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Star-sizes.jpg

]]> By: Larry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/#comment-303789 Larry Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:57:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=36356#comment-303789 "unGdwarfenate" is the best magnifier. Ever. “unGdwarfenate” is the best magnifier. Ever.

]]> By: Padawanninja http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/#comment-303788 Padawanninja Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:40:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=36356#comment-303788 Don't need that pic to make me feel small. The earth here in VA just shook from a 5.8 hiccup a couple of km down. But the pic does help. :-P Don’t need that pic to make me feel small. The earth here in VA just shook from a 5.8 hiccup a couple of km down.

But the pic does help. :-P

]]> By: ophu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/#comment-303787 ophu Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:25:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=36356#comment-303787 It may be more appropriate to call him a "stellar" photographer. :) It may be more appropriate to call him a “stellar” photographer. :)

]]> By: feh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/the-sun-roils-over-mexico/#comment-303786 feh Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:49:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=36356#comment-303786 Yes, that's a duck and it seems quite fuzzy indeed. I wonder what's it doing up there. It's got to be enormous. Yes, that’s a duck and it seems quite fuzzy indeed. I wonder what’s it doing up there. It’s got to be enormous.

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