Comments on: The Helix has pink eye http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: JB of Brisbane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/#comment-342633 JB of Brisbane Sat, 06 Oct 2012 10:42:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=54606#comment-342633 Expect a phone call from Endemol's legal team any time soon - for using the Big Brother logo without their permission. Expect a phone call from Endemol’s legal team any time soon – for using the Big Brother logo without their permission.

]]> By: Jess Tauber http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/#comment-342632 Jess Tauber Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:01:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=54606#comment-342632 We wouldn't have to remove the scales from our eyes if it weren't for our Reptilian brain. We wouldn’t have to remove the scales from our eyes if it weren’t for our Reptilian brain.

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/#comment-342631 Messier Tidy Upper Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:55:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=54606#comment-342631 @6. sebastian : <blockquote><i>Oh, you could SO colour this to look like the Eye of Sauron.</i></blockquote> Yes - but it still wouldn't match Sauron's eye quite as closely as Fomalhaut's protoplanetary disk does! ;-) (See link in my name here - <i>"Hubble spies lord of the stellar rings"</i> New Scientist - to see what I mean! ) @6. sebastian :

Oh, you could SO colour this to look like the Eye of Sauron.

Yes – but it still wouldn’t match Sauron’s eye quite as closely as Fomalhaut’s protoplanetary disk does! ;-)

(See link in my name here – “Hubble spies lord of the stellar rings” New Scientist – to see what I mean! )

]]> By: Nick L http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/#comment-342630 Nick L Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:08:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=54606#comment-342630 “The Helix has pink eye” Ben Stein has his work cut out for him. “The Helix has pink eye”

Ben Stein has his work cut out for him.

]]> By: VinceRN http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/#comment-342629 VinceRN Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:10:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=54606#comment-342629 Every time you post pictures like this I want to go out to the garage, show them to my telescope, and kick it. Every time you post pictures like this I want to go out to the garage, show them to my telescope, and kick it.

]]> By: CatMom http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/#comment-342628 CatMom Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:38:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=54606#comment-342628 Re: Rastronomicals "Eye of God" If it *is* the Eye of God, then He has a rather nasty case of conjunctivitis. :P Re: Rastronomicals “Eye of God”

If it *is* the Eye of God, then He has a rather nasty case of conjunctivitis. :P

]]> By: Regner Trampedach http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/#comment-342627 Regner Trampedach Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:19:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=54606#comment-342627 <b>OneofNone @ 5: </b> So the silly guys at NASA can't even figure out which way is up... Oh, wait! :-) Cheers, Regner OneofNone @ 5: So the silly guys at NASA can’t even figure out which way is up… Oh, wait! :-)
Cheers, Regner

]]> By: sebastian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/#comment-342626 sebastian Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:10:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=54606#comment-342626 Oh, you could SO colour this to look like the Eye of Sauron. Oh, you could SO colour this to look like the Eye of Sauron.

]]> By: OneofNone http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/#comment-342625 OneofNone Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:06:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=54606#comment-342625 How does this picture compare to the APOD from today? http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121004.html The orientation seems a bit different, turned by several degrees. Turning the APOD about 120 degrees clockwise seems to get a match. The colour mismatch is ... fascinating? How does this picture compare to the APOD from today?
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121004.html

The orientation seems a bit different, turned by several degrees. Turning the APOD about 120 degrees clockwise seems to get a match. The colour mismatch is … fascinating?

]]> By: ozprof http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/04/the-helix-has-pink-eye/#comment-342624 ozprof Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:38:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=54606#comment-342624 It is quite easy from the southern hemisphere. It looks fantastic in a 17" easy in a 5" and 80mm binoculars, and if the sky is dark, visible to the naked eye. No filters needed. From my dark-sky site, I used it as a guide to the seeing. If it was not visible to the naked eye, the conditions were poor. It is quite easy from the southern hemisphere. It looks fantastic in a 17″ easy in a 5″ and 80mm binoculars, and if the sky is dark, visible to the naked eye. No filters needed. From my dark-sky site, I used it as a guide to the seeing. If it was not visible to the naked eye, the conditions were poor.

]]>