Just Chat...

I can imagine this thread getting very large very fast.

Posted July 11, 2014 8:47 PM

by zookeeper admin, scientist

Hello all.

Mine's a pint. I have Germany in the Oxford sweepstake, so if Capella doesn't win I'm happy to contribute my winnings to a round at the Oxford meetup.

Looking forward to it immensely!

Chris

Posted July 11, 2014 8:52 PM

Looks like the first round in the Royal Oak is taken care of 😃

Posted July 11, 2014 8:58 PM

by jules

I'll drink to that! 😃

Posted July 11, 2014 9:00 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket with my winnings 😃

You never know!

Posted July 11, 2014 9:20 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Oh why word Geoff!

When did you learn how to use Talk!

Posted July 11, 2014 9:21 PM

by tsering in response to Budgieye's comment.

I've been learning from your "How To" guide Capella!

Posted July 11, 2014 9:26 PM

by Capella05 moderator

ha, ha, ha - I will finish it off this weekend 😃

Keeps me out of trouble!

Posted July 11, 2014 9:28 PM

Hello - well actually goodnight, I must head for bed 😃 Chamomile, honey and vanilla tea for anyone before I go? 😄

Posted July 11, 2014 10:59 PM

by tsering in response to Budgieye's comment.

Hey, my avatar works in here! It had disappeared in the GZ forum.....

Tomorrow I must have a look at Capella's "how to" 😄

Posted July 11, 2014 11:00 PM

by Peter_Dzwig

The coffee is very Rodchenko. see here or here - look no galaxies!

Posted July 11, 2014 11:03 PM

by Peter_Dzwig

Where is the "How to" Capella?

Posted July 11, 2014 11:04 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Welcome Tsering and Peter 😃

I think there might be some rooibos in the corner?

So good to see some familiar faces!

Posted July 11, 2014 11:06 PM

by Capella05 moderator

@Peter - I think Infinity would love those pictures 😃

Chris popped in, and he has promised to be back. So has Grant.

Posted July 11, 2014 11:08 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Ooops - @PeterD - here you go:

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000005/discussions/DGZ0000utn

I still have some work to do on it, I was caught a bit off guard! I had been preparing it for the SW re-launch later this year.

Posted July 11, 2014 11:11 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Heading off to bed - have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Posted July 11, 2014 11:26 PM

by JeanTate in response to Capella05's comment.

Just got off work myself. Have a nice3 sleep Capella05 Sorry have not got the smilies down yet

Posted July 12, 2014 8:53 AM

by Capella05 moderator

No worries!

The smilies (or emojies 😃 ) are the first on my wish list for Talk - it would be so nice to have them hot linked!

Posted July 12, 2014 9:42 AM

by Capella05 moderator

Better get back to 'work', the 'How To' thread is somehow not writing itself!

Very disappointing 😦

Especially when I have a new steam cleaner to try out 😃

Posted July 12, 2014 10:19 AM

by Rona

Hello everybody, just trying out my newly acquired 'Talk' skills 😉

Posted July 12, 2014 11:35 AM

by Capella05 moderator

Rona!

😃

Posted July 12, 2014 11:50 AM

by Rick_N.

Nice to have somewhere to chat... As now I've managed to stop crying over the closure of GZF (it meant a lot to me), I'd like to thank Zookeeper Chris and then 'blow my own trumpet'.

I've been more and more active on Wikipedia (almost exclusively on GZ topics), and after reading Chris L.'s Twitter page:
(quoting from May 1st) "Wow! @RoyalSociety is offering wikipedia editors with a strong track record access to their journals! 24 Wikipedians to get 1 year #free access to @royalsociety & @NASciences prestigious science journals", I put my name down for a free subscription to the Royal Society. Why not?

6 weeks later I've been emailed that I've been given a year's free access to the Royal Society's journals! Nice! This has much to do with GZ, as without those objects, I wouldn't be editing Wiki! My latest activity is updating the 'Hanny's Voorwerp' article, which at the moment is out-of-date and pretty dreadful (any comments welcome).

So, self-congratulatory posting over! Back to Wiki!
https://royalsociety.org/

Posted July 12, 2014 12:14 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Congrats Rick ! 😄

and hi Rona ! 😄

Posted July 12, 2014 12:18 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Nice to see you again Rick 😃

Posted July 12, 2014 12:54 PM

by jules

Happy Saturday all!

Congrats Rick - that's a lot of Wiki work you have lined up! Promise I'll go have a look. 😃

That's a fab Talk tutorial Capella - mind if I link to it from Milky Way Talk?

Posted July 12, 2014 1:22 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Go right ahead, Jules 😃

There were extenuating circumstances as to why I had to post a warning.I just got tired of being quoted out of context.

And I promise it will be finished this weekend!

Posted July 12, 2014 1:29 PM

by jules

Thanks! No rush - you have steam cleaning to do... 😛

Posted July 12, 2014 1:46 PM

by Capella05 moderator

I do!

It is my version of stress relief!

Posted July 12, 2014 1:49 PM

by Capella05 moderator

BTW if any of you have suggestions / amendments for the 'How to - talk' thread, please let me know!

Geoff has already made a good suggestion, that has been incorporated 😃

Posted July 12, 2014 1:57 PM

by mrniaboc admin

In the interest of openness I too have Germany in a sweepstake!

Posted July 12, 2014 2:11 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Really?

I am trying to find a 'humph' emoji with no luck. 😃

Go Argentina!

Posted July 12, 2014 2:20 PM

by jules

Will this do?

enter image description here

No idea who to support in the final - I was hoping the Netherlands would make it when England didn't.

Posted July 12, 2014 2:47 PM

by Capella05 moderator

That is perfect! Better get back to cleaning....

Posted July 12, 2014 2:50 PM

Here are a few (in no particular order):

limit each # to just one page (I see you're currently up to #2). Silly as it sounds, it took me a while to realize that there can more than one page 😮 Also, if Search finds one of your how-to's, it won't take you to the page the text searched on is on (so if there's just one page ...)
add a note about PMs: you'll see ALL your PMs, no matter from which v2 Talk Zooniverse project they were sent (it can come as a bit of a shock to realize someone is PMing you from SpaceWarps, say, while you're busily reading GZ Talk)
have someone else do a spell check/etc (i.e. proof read); autocorrect is nice, but it is sometimes wrong, and sometimes misses stuff (e.g. "Lets" when you meant to write "Let's")
in that vein: if you're referring to Talk (the feature), always capitalize it, reserving "talk" for its usual meaning
"I think it is really important to point out that SkyServer / NED and SINBAD are not always correct! I have seen stars classified as galaxies and visa versa." this is a great learning opportunity! NED itself does little adjudication, it is mostly about collecting everything it can find about every object, from every catalog and paper, ever! It also has some nice value-adds. However, some of the references are quite old, so it's no surprise they're 'wrong'; this too is great for learning ... why did they get it wrong 50 years' ago? (also, typo SIMBAD)

Hope this helps.

Posted July 12, 2014 3:31 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

So, having fun with the steam cleaner ? 😄

Posted July 12, 2014 3:40 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

I am!

It is very stress relieving!

Posted July 12, 2014 3:44 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to JeanTate's comment.

Thanks for the input - I will take it into consideration.

Posted July 12, 2014 3:47 PM

by Infinity moderator

I brought the GZ kettle with me, so help yourselves 😃

Posted July 12, 2014 4:17 PM

by JeanTate in response to Capella05's comment.

You're welcome! 😃

One more: there are ~five, mutually incompatible Message platforms: v2 Talk, v1 Talk (e.g. used by Planet Hunters), and the three (?) remaining forums (SSW, MoonZoo, OldWeather). Perhaps the most confusing is that v1 and v2 Talks are the same in the sense that a Message sent in any Zooniverse project can be read when you're logged in in any other that shares it, but v1 is blind to v2 (and vice versa). Likely it's mostly a problem for newbies who are checking different projects out, and for those quite familiar with one and then put their toe in the water of another.

Posted July 12, 2014 4:36 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Infinity!

Thank-you, I will have a cup of Earl Gray 😄

Posted July 12, 2014 5:40 PM

by Infinity moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

'Pours' Enjoy, very refreshing on an unexpectedly hot day 😃

Posted July 12, 2014 6:06 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Just started watching 'Galaxy Quest' - I know someone zooniverse recommended it to me - so here goes!

Posted July 12, 2014 7:32 PM

by Capella05 moderator

15 minutes in and it is still AWESOME!

Posted July 12, 2014 7:53 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

I love Galaxy Quest ! 😄

Posted July 12, 2014 8:27 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Capella05's comment.

One of my absolute favorites!

I drew Bosnia in the World Cup sweepstakes, so I've been comfortable with the fact I'm not going to win for a while now. XD

Tonight I'm thinking of putting on Ghostbusters in honor of its recent 30th anniversary. I do have work to do, but I've seen it so many times I can actually get a bit done with it on... really! I swear!

Posted July 12, 2014 8:35 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Ghostbusters! I haven't watched that in ages 😃

Let me get back to Galaxy Quest - I got a bit distracted!

Posted July 12, 2014 8:38 PM

by Capella05 moderator

You do know I am going to have to watch that now 😄

Posted July 12, 2014 8:45 PM

by Capella05 moderator

BTW Galaxy Quest is awesome!

Sorry if I have posted it twice-but it is that good!

Posted July 12, 2014 9:15 PM

by jules

2 great films - watched them both again recently. GQ wins every time! Class. 😃

Posted July 12, 2014 9:21 PM

by Capella05 moderator

I have just finished GQ and , well , I can't remember the last time I have laughed so hard!

Posted July 12, 2014 10:25 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

For me the highlights are having Alan Rickman as a replacement Spock it is such a difficult decision ! 😄
Who do I like more !!!

Posted July 12, 2014 10:40 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to ElisabethB's comment.

I love so much about that film.

"Guy, you have a last name."

"DO I? DO I?!"

Posted July 12, 2014 10:47 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Ooh yes the guy, guy ! 😄

Posted July 12, 2014 10:49 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to vrooje's comment.

Lol - I am still laughing!

Wow - that is one awesome film!

Posted July 12, 2014 10:51 PM

by Capella05 moderator

I am a massive Star Trek fan - but that just hit the spot!

Posted July 12, 2014 10:54 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

When the captain does his roll ! That is just too funny !

This has got to be the one and only perfect spoof movie !

Posted July 12, 2014 10:56 PM

by Capella05 moderator

What about Spaceballs?

That was also good, no? Yeah,it hasn't aged well, but it was still classic in its time 😃

Posted July 12, 2014 11:00 PM

by Budgieye moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

I play "Galaxy Quest" once a year as a treat for myself, and just laugh and laugh. I love it when Guy says
"Do you guys ever watch this show?" and think of it when watching other shows when something bad is going to happens, but the characters go in anyway.

Posted July 13, 2014 8:39 AM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

Sounds like an excellent tradition ! 😄

Posted July 13, 2014 8:45 AM

by Rick_N. in response to Infinity's comment.

Good day everyone! Have a nice one.

Posted July 13, 2014 9:17 AM

by zookeeper admin, scientist in response to Budgieye's comment.

If you like that you'd like the recent novel, Redshirts, which is what happens when the Star Trek characters manage to work out they're in a TV show..

Posted July 13, 2014 9:43 AM

Good to see you've made it to 'the other side'.

Posted July 13, 2014 11:07 AM

by jules in response to zookeeper's comment.

"If you like that you'd like the recent novel, Redshirts, which is what happens when the Star Trek characters manage to work out they're in a TV show.."

Just downloaded it to my Kindle - why did I not know about this! 😄 😄

Posted July 13, 2014 12:05 PM

by Infinity moderator in response to Rick N.'s comment.

Thanks Rick, you too 😉

Posted July 13, 2014 1:09 PM

by Infinity moderator

Oh and another GQ fan here too!

As for Ghostbusters, I still have the original 'glow in the dark' 12" vinyl too 😉

Posted July 13, 2014 1:12 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to jules's comment.

Ooohhh - same here! 😃

Thanks for the recommendation Chris!

Posted July 13, 2014 2:06 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Infinity's comment.

Vinyl? A record?

Posted July 13, 2014 4:24 PM

by mrniaboc admin

I have never actually seen Galaxy Quest. I must rectify this immediately!

If y'all are interested in Start Trek related humour (and a bit of shameless self-promotion), you should check out the new podcast by myself and Rob Simpson about re-watching TNG. The first two episodes are up already at startrek.therewatch.com

As we go on we will have other guests stars from the world of the Zooniverse. Any feedback very welcome!

Posted July 13, 2014 4:33 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to mrniaboc's comment.

Will make sure to watch it!

One of the first things us Zooites bonded over was our love of Star Trek 😃

Posted July 13, 2014 4:41 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to mrniaboc's comment.

Hah -- I was going to post about ST:TRW but didn't want to come across as too much of a fangirl. Of @mrniaboc and @ttfnrob, that is, not of Star Trek. I am in no way ashamed of my Trekkie status! 😃

Posted July 13, 2014 4:43 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Just started downloading TNG to accompany your podcasts 😃

Posted July 13, 2014 4:53 PM

by Infinity moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

Yes, I'm that ancient :p

Posted July 13, 2014 5:33 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Infinity's comment.

I was thinking it might of been a typo 😉 And you are not that ancient!

Posted July 13, 2014 5:34 PM

by Infinity moderator

L-8 Minutes: Terminal Countdown is underway. Coming up on GN2 conditioning and transfer to internal power. http://bit.ly/1quRYei #Orb2

Posted July 13, 2014 5:45 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Infinity's comment.

watching!

Posted July 13, 2014 5:48 PM

by Infinity moderator

A very smooth launch 😉 Orb2

Posted July 13, 2014 6:11 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Well...

The world cup final will kick off in 30 minutes, and we will have an answer as to who will be contributing to the first round at the Royal Oak 😃

Go ARGENTINA!

Did I shout loud enough 😃

Posted July 13, 2014 7:39 PM

Just a test to see if I can post an image on Talk.

Patrick at his picnic

The image shows up but is the wrong size - Flickr has changed the way they work and now nothing works as it should!

Posted July 13, 2014 7:48 PM

by Capella05 moderator

I can see it!

Posted July 13, 2014 8:00 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Well, with my very limited knowledge on football, it looks like Germany might be out classing Argentina.

Still nil-nil - but we are only 20 minutes in. 😃

I am sure I have mentioned in another thread, on how much I hate football. This must penance for a previous misdeed.

Posted July 13, 2014 8:23 PM

by Rona

So can I 😉

Anyone fancy a glasses of chilled rose, since it's such a lovely warm evening?

Posted July 13, 2014 8:25 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Rona!

Count me in!

Posted July 13, 2014 8:26 PM

by Rona

Here you go 😉

enter image description here

Ooh, my first 'Talk' piccy!

Posted July 13, 2014 8:35 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Rona's comment.

Cheers - Rona! 😄

And congrats on your first pic posted!

Posted July 13, 2014 8:36 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Well,it is half time. Still no goals....

Posted July 13, 2014 8:49 PM

by Infinity moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

No goals! but Rona has scored by producing the red 😉

Posted July 13, 2014 8:56 PM

Oh rats. Enjoy the red I have to go to work.

Posted July 13, 2014 9:23 PM

by Infinity moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

We'll save you some for later 😉

Posted July 13, 2014 9:38 PM

http://www.buzzfeed.com

Thanks! 😃 😃 😃

Posted July 13, 2014 9:55 PM

by Infinity moderator

Well done Germany. I'll open the Champagne Rona 😉

Posted July 13, 2014 11:00 PM

by johnfairweather

To change the subject, briefly, just a reminder of the RAS/GZ Picnic in Greenwich Park, this Sunday 20th July.

Now back to football - the final credits are always well thought out.

Posted July 13, 2014 11:20 PM

by tsering

Dis someone say champagne? 😄

Congrats to Germany, they deserved it. Great goal too.

Posted July 13, 2014 11:32 PM

by jules

Yes congrats Germany. Though I bet this makes most of the papers tomorrow too! Astronomy (well sort of) meets football. 😃 Well done to whoever spotted the photo opportunity.

enter image description here

Posted July 13, 2014 11:47 PM

by Infinity moderator in response to jules's comment.

Looks like handball 😉

Posted July 14, 2014 12:18 AM

by Infinity moderator in response to jules's comment.

Oh and tonight's Moon and test shot

enter image description here

Posted July 14, 2014 12:20 AM

by jules

An astrophotography thread might be nice. 😉

Posted July 14, 2014 12:25 AM

by Infinity moderator in response to jules's comment.

Yes, indeed 😉

Posted July 14, 2014 12:30 AM

This is just a test: There is no reason to be afraid 😃 enter image description here YES IT WORKED now where is that wine you saved for me Infinity? I want to shared with my new friend here.

Posted July 14, 2014 9:18 AM

by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

Another image test (to adjust image size):

![Patrick at his picnic](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14622862516_5da4ee43c5.jpg width="374" height="500")

Well, this doesn't work - how do you specify image size.

In the defunct forum you could look at other people's code and see how they posted their images but that doesn't appear to be possible on Talk.

Posted July 14, 2014 9:27 AM

Yes that is true you cannot quote other post like you could on the old forum which is kind of a bummer. It was a great way to learn how to do it. Here you need all the help you can get to do it and practice. 😃

Posted July 14, 2014 9:37 AM

by GeoffRoynon in response to klmasters's comment.

Hi Liz, how are you finding Talk after the 'other' forum? A big learning curve!

Posted July 14, 2014 9:42 AM

by klmasters scientist, admin

Hello. 😃

Blockquote Yes that is true you cannot quote other post like you could on the old forum which is kind of a bummer. It was a great way to learn how to do it. Here you need all the help you can get to do it and practice.

Testing to see what the block quote feature does.

Posted July 14, 2014 9:57 AM

by klmasters scientist, admin

So note to self - delete "Block quote".

It's just the ">" symbol in front of words which makes them a quote. A little less intuitive that a button I agree! 😉

Posted July 14, 2014 9:58 AM

What we mean by quoting other people's posts in the defunct forum is that you could see the BBcode that had been used in the other person's post. So if they posted an image with size specifications that would show up in the quoted post and you could see how they had managed to post that particular image. In Talk there's no way of finding out how someone else has modified an image to produce a specific size.

Posted July 14, 2014 10:07 AM

by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

Hi, Geoff I have been on this TALK and others for awhile. I am moderator over on Plankton Portal. But I have only use the recent board to communicate. So actually trying to use TALK is a learning Experience.

Posted July 14, 2014 10:09 AM

by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

Oh thanks Geoff you said that well. It was a very cool feature.

Posted July 14, 2014 10:13 AM

Here's an example of code stolen from the Moon Zoo forum using the "Quote" function which shows how to size an image and also uses the 'Table' construct:

Three of the highly commended entries (all from the UK) were lunar photos:

[table][tr][td][i]Lonely Moon by Peter Pihlmann Pedersen[/i]
[img height=200]http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/img_400/Peter_Pihlmann_-Astronomy_Competition_3-308.jpg[/img][/td][td]
[i]First-Quarter Moon by Tom Chitson[/i]
[img height=200]http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/img_400/Tom_Chitson-First_Quarter_Moon_308_20110906143126.jpg[/img][/td][td]
[i]Winter's Moon by Jessica Caterson[/i]
[img height=200]http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/img_400/Jessica_Caterson_-_Winters_Night_308.jpg[/img][/td][/tr][/table]

Posted July 14, 2014 10:19 AM

by elizabeth_s in response to Budgieye's comment.

More image testing:

Patrick's picnic

![Patrick's picnic](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14622862516_5da4ee43c5_s.jpg)

Patrick's picnic

![Patrick's picnic](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14622862516_5da4ee43c5.jpg)

Getting better - the second lot of code seems to work.

Posted July 14, 2014 11:01 AM

by Budgieye moderator

s for small?

Patrick's picnic

![Patrick's picnic](htt p://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14622862516_5da4ee43c5_s.jpg)

![Patrick's picnic](htt p://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14622862516_5da4ee43c5.jpg)

Posted July 14, 2014 11:49 AM

cool 😃 but how did you do it?

Posted July 14, 2014 11:51 AM

by JeanTate in response to elizabeth's comment.

Putting an image into a post? Or producing smaller images?

The former: clicking the image icon brings up a pop-up, into which you can copy (or type, or ...) the URL (=link) of the image. Works similarly to posting images in the GZ forum.

The latter: the image size is controlled by the source, Flickr in this case (?). The first, small, image is 75x75pix; the latter 375x500pix. These sizes come from the image source, not anything done in HTML in Talk.

By the way, you can get a lot of info about images, using Firefox: put your cursor over the image, right-click, select "View Image Info", and you get - in a new window - its location (i.e. URL), type (JPEG, in this case), size (in bytes), and 'Dimensions' (which I'd've called size! the number of pixels, in x and y directions). I imagine there's similar functionality in other browsers.

Posted July 14, 2014 1:37 PM

by elizabeth_s in response to JeanTate's comment.

cool! Thanks I will work on it. It would be nice to have a place to try things out with out going off topic in a thread.

Posted July 14, 2014 1:46 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist

Over on the Talk Formatting thread Arfon said that image tags in HTML aren't supported, though the last time I tried it they worked fine:

<IMG SRC="http://www.galaxyzoo.org.s3.amazonaws.com/subjects/standard/1237661083193442789.jpg" WIDTH="250">

will, if supported, make an image of the #beardedalien that's 250 pixels in width (and scaled properly in height, since I didn't specify).

(If the end of that tag is getting cut off it just had a WIDTH="250" and an ending > sign.)

As long as that image is still showing up the tag is still unofficially supported; so it works as a last resort right now but may break at any time.

The only thing I'd add to that is just to be careful as a mistake in this tag can break the way the page displays... but if you absolutely need to re-size an image and can't find another way, it might work.

Posted July 14, 2014 3:03 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Joy! It works, I can shrink an image.

http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ00056gl

Posted July 14, 2014 3:43 PM

by jules

I agree we need somewhere to try things out Liz - but maybe Chat is OK for now. Meanwhile I'm just trying out different picture sizes from flickr:

enter image description here

So far so good.

And vrooje's way :

Yay! I didn't realise you could resize images at all! This is great - while it lasts! 😃

That's a painting of Sir Patrick's in the Royal Oak by the way. 😃

I see we're all practising!!!

Posted July 14, 2014 3:53 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Well, this is fun ! 😄

Posted July 14, 2014 4:32 PM

by c_cld

IMG SRC=" ......." WIDTH="999" > seems max width allowed

https://www.sdss3.org/images/sdss_grid_spec.png

Posted July 14, 2014 4:33 PM

by c_cld

Spiral Galaxy NGC 4565; credit ESO

http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0525a/

Posted July 14, 2014 4:45 PM

by Budgieye moderator

😃

I see that the grid of spectra was already a grid. Can we put two images side by side?

Posted July 14, 2014 4:50 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Budgieye's comment.

I think that might happen automatically as long as you put the tags on the same line?

Not completely sure.

Note: width=999 may be the max but it also gets cut off at the width of the message window! 😃

Posted July 14, 2014 6:05 PM

Thanks for all the info about posting images with size parameters - I'll start a Talk help document for myself.

Posted July 14, 2014 6:50 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

When I get a chance I will try to incorporate it into the tutorial - I don't have a lot of time available in the week 😃

Posted July 14, 2014 6:54 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

Oh and i collected an entire £10 for Argentina coming second! Woohoo - Oxford here we come 😃

Posted July 14, 2014 6:55 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

LOL, an entire 10 quids ! It is better than having won nothing at all !

Posted July 14, 2014 7:17 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

Yeah - I think Germany deserved to win - so I am not too disheartened!

Posted July 14, 2014 7:30 PM

by Infinity moderator

Good work on the image posting. I've just returned from a training lap around Richmond Park and then a rehydrating session in the pub!

Congrats on the win J, I agree on the result.

Posted July 14, 2014 11:55 PM

by johnfairweather in response to Capella05's comment.

Oh I forgot to post HAPPY BIRTHDAY JeanTate.

Posted July 15, 2014 6:36 AM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to elizabeth's comment.

Happy birthday!

Posted July 15, 2014 7:04 AM

by klmasters scientist, admin

Oh Happy Birthday Jean! Hope you have fun plans.

Posted July 15, 2014 9:11 AM

Well done - a round of drinks? (I bought two drinks, recently in SW London, cost me £9.)

Posted July 15, 2014 1:31 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Infinity's comment.

Lucky you Inf!

By the time we get to Oxford,will that be pre or post 'The big walk' 😃

Posted July 15, 2014 8:46 PM

by Rona in response to Capella05's comment.

Still miffed I can't make Oxford this year 😢

Still, Portsmouth should be good too.....

Posted July 15, 2014 9:01 PM

by Infinity moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

Pre, so I'll still be in Beer training 😃

Posted July 15, 2014 9:52 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

LOL all of the above ! 😄

Posted July 15, 2014 9:59 PM

by Infinity moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

😃 x

Posted July 15, 2014 10:25 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Excellent - guess it would only be fair for us to beer train along with you 😃

Posted July 15, 2014 10:32 PM

by Infinity moderator

Yes please I need the moral support 😉

Posted July 15, 2014 10:39 PM

by Infinity moderator

The kettle's on. Help yourselves, tea, coffee available 😉

Posted July 16, 2014 11:15 AM

by jules

...and cookies! Help yourselves - fresh out of the oven. 😉

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Right, off to do some MilkyWay stuff now (hope you don't mind - I do like to spread myself around!)

Posted July 16, 2014 12:51 PM

Coffee and cookies what i nice way to start the day! 😃

Posted July 16, 2014 8:43 PM

by Infinity moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

heh, and we're way ahead of you, I just had dinner and opened the red. Have a good day 😉

Posted July 16, 2014 8:48 PM

And here I sit, looking for candidate circumstellar disks, playing Spore, and wishing I could visit JPL if they weren't already full-booked for tours.

Posted July 17, 2014 4:50 AM

Hi just got off work time for some of the red but I am sure Infinity is fast asleep. So must fend for myself.....OH this white looks good 😃

Posted July 17, 2014 9:18 AM

I visited JPL often when I lived near Pasadena, great place!

Posted July 17, 2014 9:18 AM

by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

Some chilled white would be great a bit later today - we are supposed to be having a heat-wave in England over the next two days.

Posted July 17, 2014 9:20 AM

Oh dear a heat wave I myself do not function well in heat. Let us truly hope you electricity does not go out like mind did yesterday for 3 hours.

Posted July 17, 2014 9:59 AM

by JeanTate in response to klmasters's comment.

@klmasters, vrooje, elizabeth: thank you! 😄

Posted July 17, 2014 10:51 AM

by Infinity moderator

Oh dear Liz, hope it's all fixed now!

As we don't have many heat waves we don't have Aircon and the like in homes and some buildings. My office is a beautiful Victorian Gothic structure, so it's a case of shorts and T-shirt today, plus tea and fluids 😉

Posted July 17, 2014 10:53 AM

yes plenty of fluids are needed in the heat! take care all of you. 😃 (speaking as a Nurse now) 😃

Posted July 17, 2014 11:10 AM

by Infinity moderator

Thanks Liz 😃 x

Posted July 17, 2014 11:19 AM

😃 😃 It sure would be nice to have the recent working been off here for over a hour any info anyone? Thanks

Posted July 17, 2014 11:28 AM

by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

Hi Liz, have you tried clicking the "reload" icon to refresh the page? This works for me 😃

Posted July 17, 2014 12:29 PM

Oh thank you Geoff yes many times. I can get to the other boards but not the recent. I have been on for awhile now. Must say I hope lighting does not strike me down. This talk needs tech support. sorry to everyone but it does. that is IMHO .

Posted July 17, 2014 12:36 PM

Hi Liz, maybe you should start a thread in "Help" called "Recent Not Working" and specify your browser and version and also the operating system you're using.

Posted July 17, 2014 4:24 PM

For people in the UK, the Sky at Night is repeated tonight on BBC4 at 7:30pm - see if you can spot BP 😃

Posted July 17, 2014 4:25 PM

by Infinity moderator

Yes, I saw him lurking in the background of the feature at the beginning of that report 😉

Posted July 17, 2014 5:43 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

This bug (?) has been reported. 😄

Posted July 17, 2014 6:15 PM

Last night I took my telescope out and learned where the little dipper is. Frankly I'm disappointed in myself for not knowing that until yesterday.

Posted July 17, 2014 6:17 PM

by Infinity moderator

Well good that you looked now, did you see the double star? And as you'll know know, it's great in the Northern hemisphere for locating Polaris 😉

Posted July 17, 2014 7:04 PM

by Rona in response to Infinity's comment.

Nope. I actually just looked around the big dipper a bit, found a star that looked a bit like Polaris, aimed my telescope at it and waited for it to move out of view, which it of course didn't. I was going to look around the area more but then you came up, nearly full, and ruined the rest of my hope of observing any fainter stars with your brightness. 😉 xD

Posted July 17, 2014 7:29 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Ice tea anyone?

Just got back from a long day in the sun - Clay pigeon shooting and foraging (and no, no pigeons were hurt 😉 )

Posted July 17, 2014 9:28 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

And hopefully - we should see an improvement 😃

Posted July 17, 2014 10:22 PM

Yes, I saw BP practicing his lurking skills too!

Do you think he'll give me his autograph now he's famous 😉

Posted July 17, 2014 11:12 PM

by Infinity moderator

heh, possibly and yes to iced tea 😉

Posted July 17, 2014 11:55 PM

........................spoke to soon about talk working better! I have been going batting trying every thing to get anywhere on it for a hour . Ah well I am sure it will be fixed soon( insert rolled eyes) other than that everyone have good day! 😃 Hmmm hope this works

Posted July 18, 2014 11:31 AM

by jules

Hello one and all. Hope those experiencing the UK heatwave today are coping. It decided to give the north of England a miss so business (and cardigans) as usual here! 😄

Talk is working just fine for me by the way - even Recents.

Posted July 18, 2014 1:49 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist

The only thing I could use a cardigan for right now is shade! 😄 I could definitely down some iced tea right now. Hope the nice weather lasts through the weekend and into next week...

Posted July 18, 2014 3:23 PM

Heat wave? Where I live the high is 95 daily and rising.

Posted July 18, 2014 6:18 PM

by Capella05 moderator

I am positively melting!

Here in the UK our houses are designed to keep in the heat (being 51 deg N after all 😉 ) - when we get a heatwave, they turn into ovens - not pleasant. 10 pm at night and I am still recording 34 degrees 😦

Posted July 18, 2014 10:20 PM

That certainly doesn't sound very pleasant.

Posted July 18, 2014 11:50 PM

I also want to say, looking back on my PMs I recovered from early in galaxy zoo, I'm looking at some of these and thing, "Man, I must have sounded so stupid back then." and I remember thinking how mature I was when I first went on the forums, but in the (nearly) year that I've spent, I've learned much more than just the difference between a star and galaxy, and thank everyone here for helping me with that endeavor.

Posted July 19, 2014 12:48 AM

by Budgieye moderator

I feel so embarrassed about the my early posts. I even lurked for 3 days before I posted, and I still cannot believe what mistakes I made. I even emailed a scientist saying that I had found a "supernova" (star overlap).

:[ 😦

There is more help for the newbie now, but there is more to learn too.

Posted July 19, 2014 8:26 AM

by Capella05 moderator

I had a similar experience....

Fortunately, everyone was so lovely I stuck around 😃

Posted July 19, 2014 10:09 AM

by Capella05 moderator

@mrniaboc- I now have all the ST-TNG S1 episodes and am about to start watching them...

Just a warning 😄 😄 😄

Posted July 19, 2014 10:42 AM

by Infinity moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

Oh enjoy, got to be way better than walking around in the current hot and humid conditions here, the rain seems to evaporate faster than it wets you 😉

Posted July 19, 2014 11:01 AM

by Capella05 moderator

He he - just kicked off the first episode 😃

Posted July 19, 2014 1:24 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Well - finally finished the first one (two?)....

Somewhat under whelmed - now onto to the pod-cast! 😃

Posted July 19, 2014 5:40 PM

by jules in response to Capella05's comment.

I've noticed that star trek isn't the kind of series that you can have marathons of, but I'm sure there's plenty of fans who would disagree with me.

Posted July 19, 2014 8:15 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Nice one @mrniaboc and @tfnrob... 😃

I may have to create a separate thread for the ST related questions 😄

Posted July 19, 2014 8:38 PM

Go on - do it! Love the podcasts so far. 😃

Posted July 19, 2014 8:49 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to jules's comment.

Watch this spot 😄

Posted July 19, 2014 9:34 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Capella05's comment.

I love watching Star Trek now as an adult... I somehow feel I can make fun of it without losing any of my love for it, the way my brother and I sometimes playfully tease each other. I'm glad for the excuse to watch it again! 😃

Posted July 20, 2014 4:37 PM

by elizabeth_s in response to planetaryscience's comment.

And tomorrow is my first birthday of finding out about GZ.

Posted July 22, 2014 2:15 AM

WELL! HAPPY BIRTHDAY and many more!

Posted July 22, 2014 6:11 AM

by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

I went to the annual RAS picnic on Sunday 20th July and was the only representative on the Zoo to attend. Quentin Stanley asked me to send his regards to all the people who have attended in the past.

The picture shows the opening of the champagne to begin the picnic.

Posted July 22, 2014 8:38 AM

cool I hope you had a great time. Champagne to open the picnic. Now that is my kind off picnic. 😃

Posted July 22, 2014 8:52 AM

by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

Plus plenty of strawberries and interesting conversation about galaxies and cosmology 😃

Posted July 22, 2014 9:20 AM

Ah! I wish I could of been there. 😃

Posted July 22, 2014 9:33 AM

by ElisabethB moderator

I completely forgot about the picnic !

Hope you had a great time ! 😄

Posted July 22, 2014 9:36 AM

by Rona in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

Drat, missed the picnic!

I do love Quentin - send him a hug from me if you see him!

Posted July 22, 2014 10:01 PM

Meanwhile out of Galaxy Zoo, I'm attempting to star an observation campaign for the long-lost comet 5D/Brorsen.

Posted July 23, 2014 8:30 PM

by lboynton

Hello all! I'm back after an extended leave of absence (um, like 5 years or so, sorry), and hope to pick up where I left off with spectra. Good to see you all again. It's good to be 'home.' I hope to learn the new layout soonest!

Posted July 24, 2014 2:10 AM

by ElisabethB moderator

Hi lboynton. Great to have you back ! 😄

Posted July 24, 2014 6:57 AM

by Capella05 moderator in response to lboynton's comment.

Hi @lboyton 😃

Welcome back!

Posted July 24, 2014 5:25 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to lboynton's comment.

Anyone for an ice slushy? It is HOT!

Posted July 24, 2014 5:26 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Anything that is cold will do ! Hot over here as well ! Not complaining though ;D

Posted July 24, 2014 5:51 PM

Hi everyone. Just a quick question I was not sure where to post it. but the AAAS Symposium in Feb. 2015: Cutting-Edge Research with 1 Million Citizen Scientists. is there any more info I can get on this? It is after all in my neck of the woods.
") thanks and if I posted it the wrong thread sorry. LIZ

Posted July 26, 2014 12:16 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

Hey Liz - I saw that blog as well, and I am intrigued 😃

Struggling to find additional info, but I will email one of the Scientists involved (Dr Phil) and get back to you.

When we know more details, I will start a new thread 😃

Posted July 26, 2014 12:38 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

Here is the link to the homepage of AAAS - but no info on the symposium yet. I do not know if it is a open event, but I will find out.

Posted July 26, 2014 12:46 PM

http://citizenscienceassociation.org/conference/citizen-science-2015/overview/themes/#education

Oh thanks! It reminds me of a time why back at the beginning of the zoo. where they did a live fed. the ("Zookeepers) )that was so cool! It was atso at one these AAAS Symposium things. 😃

Posted July 26, 2014 1:21 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

Zookeepers? are you listening 😄

I think they might be able to arrange that.... 😃 I think a lot of Zooniverse people will be interested - we do, after all, have a vested interest 😄

Posted July 26, 2014 1:46 PM

by c_cld

Citizen Science 2015 is a pre-conference of the AAAS Annual Meeting.

February 11th-12th, San Jose, California, USA

blog.galaxyzoo.org (2014/07/18) AAAS Symposium in Feb. 2015: Cutting-Edge Research with 1 Million Citizen Scientists

Posted July 26, 2014 1:56 PM

by elizabeth_s in response to C_cld's comment.

Thank you all! will check out all the post. Thanlks LIZ

Posted July 26, 2014 2:19 PM

by Capella05 moderator

I so wish we could split threads 😦

Posted July 26, 2014 2:51 PM

by raminskibba scientist

I just noticed your thread. The AAAS will finalize their program for the San Jose meeting and open registration in August, so more information will be available within a couple weeks. We don't know yet which day of the AAAS meeting (12th-16th Feb.) that this will be on, but we should find out soon. You might need to register to attend, but maybe there will be other options. I haven't heard any cancellations among our speakers, so it looks like we'll confirm all six of them, but I want to be sure before we announce them.

Posted July 26, 2014 6:37 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Dr Ramin Skibba?

Not that I doubt you - but this is the internet after all 😄

Wow - nice to meet you 😃

Posted July 26, 2014 6:56 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Capella05's comment.

Yep, sorry, I had forgotten to mark him as a scientist! That's fixed now. 😃

Posted July 26, 2014 7:08 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Excellent!

Posted July 26, 2014 7:12 PM

by JeanTate in response to raminskibba's comment.

Do you know if those who register to attend will have to pay a fee as well? If so, how much is it likely to be?

The current registration page seems to suggest that most ordinary zooites would have to pay $399 (as non-AAAS members, and not Postdocs, K-12 Teachers, or Emeritus), or $90 if they are Students (presumably university, not high school or college).

There also seem to be huge benefits and opportunities for university students, but ordinary zooites who are not such students?

Student Opportunities

The Annual Meeting provides many opportunities for students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program. Present in the Student Poster Competition to get feedback on your research from leading scientists and engineers. Register to attend the meeting for a reduced student rate or serve as a session aide to receive free registration and an online subscription to Science.

Posted July 26, 2014 8:41 PM

by Capella05 moderator

I will create a separate thread WRT AAAS 2014 in the morning.

On a different note...In Rona's absence (She is on Holiday 😃 ) I have decided to be bar keep 😄

Who would like a glass of white? or a cup of tea?

Posted July 26, 2014 10:09 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Is the bar still open ? 😄

Posted July 26, 2014 11:00 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Always 😃

Posted July 26, 2014 11:11 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

LOL !

A glass of white then, please. It's no use going to bed, the neighbours are having a (rather noisy) party ! 😄

Posted July 26, 2014 11:15 PM

by elizabeth_s in response to planetaryscience's comment.

In unrelated news, I recently identified a comet found in 2010 in SDSS images by joinpep as asteroid (188617) 2005 QN26. I sent the information to the Minor Planet Center, and we're working on confirmation of the identification.

Posted July 27, 2014 2:51 AM

Cool! You will keep us updated please. 😃

Posted July 27, 2014 4:02 AM

by c_cld in response to planetaryscience's comment.

Would be nice to get joinpep's post reference or SDSS Id(s).

Please open an object thread in science for discussion. Thanks

Posted July 27, 2014 3:22 PM

by elizabeth_s in response to planetaryscience's comment.

I finally made my 10,000th zooniverse classification! AGZ00063il

Posted July 28, 2014 11:15 PM

😃 😃 😃 Awesome!

Posted July 29, 2014 9:40 AM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to planetaryscience's comment.

Amazing! Thank you so much! 😃

Posted July 31, 2014 11:18 AM

by Capella05 moderator

Hmmmm, no Mods about for the next few hours- play nicely everyone!

Posted August 1, 2014 10:20 AM

Hmmmmm Of course......... Pinky it is time to take over the world 😃

Posted August 1, 2014 11:03 AM

by Capella05 moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

Oh my word- a pinky and the brain reference! Why did I not see this sooner!

I now officially have 'cabin fever'.... help.

Posted August 4, 2014 9:39 PM

LOL You will be fine in a day or two. 😃

Posted August 5, 2014 9:58 AM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Capella05's comment.

All part of the process... makes you motivated to do those ankle exercises so you can leave the house! 😃

Really hope it feels better soon...

Posted August 5, 2014 11:51 AM

by Capella05 moderator

I guess I can use this time to do important stuff, like watch Star Trek - but never in my life have I wanted to go for a run, as much as I do now!

Posted August 5, 2014 11:57 AM

by Capella05 moderator

Just got out of bed for the first time in 2 days! #freedom

But, I don't wan't to push things, so I might go back to bed in an hour 😃

Posted August 5, 2014 9:20 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Careful, careful ! 😄 but good for you !

Posted August 5, 2014 9:32 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

😄

Posted August 5, 2014 9:42 PM

by Rick_N. in response to Hanny's comment.

Glad to hear that you're back on your feet 😃

Posted August 6, 2014 10:12 AM

by Capella05 moderator

Barely! But it is a start 😃

Going to attempt to walk down to the shops to pick up supplies...first time outside in 3 days! woohoo!

Posted August 6, 2014 11:57 AM

by Hanny moderator

Hello! I know I'm late to the party here, but I assume this cafe has the same opening hours as Little Prince' on the forum and better late than never eh. You know, I'm leaning towards admitting that it might just be me who's used to an organised forum and that Talk is indeed not all that bad... 😉 It's great to see you all in here in any case!

Posted August 7, 2014 4:42 PM

by Hanny moderator

Oh and kudos to Julianne for the "how to" threads! X

Posted August 7, 2014 4:43 PM

by Hanny moderator in response to mrniaboc's comment.

Would you still like us to fill in that form? 😃

Posted August 7, 2014 4:44 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Capella05's comment.

Woooohoo!

Posted August 7, 2014 5:14 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Hanny's comment.

I'm so impressed by the how-to threads -- and it's great to see you here! 😄

Posted August 7, 2014 5:16 PM

by Rick_N.

Just been emailing with Lovethetropics. We've both run into some bother on the forum CosmoQuest. I can't write that I recommend it. Lacking in social niceties, unlike GZ.

Anyone heard anything from Alice? She's recently moved and is active on Twitter. It would be good to get her on GZ talk. Perhaps someone could tempt her on?

Posted August 8, 2014 9:50 AM

by Hanny moderator

Well why not you? 😉 Personally I don't think I could've been convinced by anyone else though. I got back in here because I wanted to myself and I think we should respect people's choices when it comes to using other forums, Talk, something else or none of the above.

You know that old saying about the Zoo how "you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave", right?

Posted August 8, 2014 10:05 AM

I've huge respect for Moderator Alice. It would be of little use if I contacted her as she would not repond to me. Anyway, I guess you're right and we shouldn't talk about her behind her back. Just that, now you're here, it's beginning to feel like the old days!

Posted August 8, 2014 11:09 AM

by Hanny moderator in response to Rick N.'s comment.

Well, These Are The Days Of Our Lives... 😉

Posted August 8, 2014 4:14 PM

by Rick_N. in response to Hanny's comment.

Indeed they are. You should write a song.

Posted August 8, 2014 7:08 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Very sad news about Robin Williams - couldn't believe it when I heard the news this morning 😦

Posted August 12, 2014 6:52 PM

Just watched The Sky at Night - all about the Rosetta probe, well worth a watch. It's on iPlayer for another four days.

Posted August 13, 2014 8:14 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

Only available in the UK 😦

Posted August 13, 2014 10:48 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Hi all from a sunny, but slightly chilly afternoon in London.

@Geoff - Managed to watch 'Sky at Night' on Friday - very interesting!

Just about to start watching 'The Dark Crystal' by Jim Henson - it has been about 25 years since I last saw it, lets see how it holds up!

Posted August 17, 2014 3:30 PM

well good gosh was just about to hit the sack when this hit. An earthquake with magnitude 6.0 occurred near American Canyon, CA at 10:20:44.10 UTC on Aug 24, 2014. I must say foxy and chipper (my bird) started getting worked up and then I felt it. We are a few miles away from the spot. It appears no damage or injury reported. I must say we humans are not in charge of this planet. Mother Earth is. 😃

Posted August 24, 2014 12:40 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Wow ! Glad everyone is okay ! 😄

Posted August 24, 2014 12:53 PM

by elizabeth_s in response to Budgieye's comment.

😃 😃 As far as I know everyone is ok. The center of the quake and I am guessing here is around 150 miles away. I was just so surprised when both Foxy and the bird got in a uproar....and then I felt it! So I had my son look up the location on line. Since his computer is more advance than mine, and got to location. 😃 😃 LOL here I live California I should be use to a jolt once in a while should I not. 😃

Posted August 24, 2014 1:31 PM

by Budgieye moderator

I just saw it on the news. Must be scarey.

Posted August 24, 2014 11:16 PM

Like I said I am about 150 miles away! I can only image what the people who where there at the center felt! My surprise was that both Foxy and Chipper (the bird) sensed it before it happened! Chipper has been with me for about 20+ years and has a new name Chipper Firebird. Due to the nice lady who saved him from the fire that burnt down the house where I was living. He is my watch bird. If he is upset something is wrong! 😃

Posted August 25, 2014 1:30 PM

by elizabeth_s in response to ElisabethB's comment.

Happy birthday Els 😃

Posted August 25, 2014 8:42 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Aww, thanks Geoff ! x

Posted August 25, 2014 8:53 PM

Happy Birthday Els I hope you are having a wonderful day. 😃

Posted August 25, 2014 11:10 PM

On a more happy note than the earthquake, I've begun creation of a 3D map of the stars near the Sun, and hopefully eventually the Milky Way galaxy as a whole. Once I finish this (which may be a while) I will start on a similar map of the local group of galaxies and universe as a whole.

Posted August 26, 2014 4:55 AM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

Thanks Liz ! 😄

Posted August 26, 2014 6:43 AM

by Capella05 moderator

I can't believe I missed Els's birthday!

Happy belated birthday! x

Posted August 26, 2014 1:24 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

Thank you ! x 😄 This way I get to celebrate more than one day ! 😄

Posted August 26, 2014 1:57 PM

by Budgieye moderator

And from me too!

Posted August 26, 2014 10:04 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Thanks ! 😄

Posted August 27, 2014 6:39 AM

by jules

Birthday? 😮 Happy belated birthday from me too Els!

Posted August 28, 2014 12:11 AM

by ElisabethB moderator

Thanks ! 😄

Posted August 28, 2014 9:03 AM

by Alpha_Aurigae

Happy Birthday, Els 😃. I have been without a laptop for a week now, so I am not up-to-date with current developments. Best wishes,
Abe

Posted August 28, 2014 9:57 AM

by ElisabethB moderator

And thanks again ! 😄 At this rate I'll be celebrating my birthday for days and days ! 😄

Posted August 29, 2014 6:27 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Lol 😄

About to watch 'Alien' - the directors cut 😃

So, in all likely hood I will not be sleeping tonight.... Hope it meets up to all my childhood expectations.

Here, kitty, kitty 😄

Posted August 29, 2014 11:13 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

So, how did you sleep ? 😄

Posted August 30, 2014 10:56 AM

by Capella05 moderator

I did (barely!) - Alien was awesome! 😄

I think I might of enjoyed it more this viewing, and it is just as scary 😎

Amazing how far computers have come in 30 yrs - my mobile phone now has better graphics than 'mother' (the super computer on the ship).

Posted August 30, 2014 11:07 AM

by Rona

Eeeeek!

I missed Els's birthday!

So sorry, old bean!, I hope you bad a good one xxxxx

Posted September 2, 2014 11:15 PM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to Rona's comment.

Yup ! Still celebrating ! 😄

Posted September 3, 2014 11:02 AM

by williamaskew

happy belated Els

Posted September 3, 2014 5:47 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Thank you ! 😄

Posted September 3, 2014 5:58 PM

by Capella05 moderator

At this rate we will be celebrating for a fortnight 😄

Posted September 3, 2014 6:37 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

I'm not complaining ! 😄

Posted September 3, 2014 6:40 PM

by Hanny moderator

Well in that case I could congratulate you again here too? ;D Happy birthday dear Els X

Posted September 4, 2014 4:04 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

😄

Posted September 4, 2014 5:38 PM

by keith36

hi liz
been away for a while
whole site changed
just a question?
On the old site ,i classified an image, not sure if it was an ssds or hubble, but noted it on the forum , it was an image of merging galaxies an i titled it 'twister' , think the guys noted it.
Question is, can i get this saved image from the old site, id love to discuss it again , still wondering how it behaved like twister considering the blackhole aspect , or multiply blackholes ?

keith36

Posted September 5, 2014 8:06 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Hi keith36

The old forum is still accessible. You cannot longer post in it, but you can still search and copy posts from it.

Hope this helps.

Posted September 6, 2014 6:21 AM

by elizabeth_s in response to jules's comment.

Oh dear still after 2years still not use to this talk. simple questions here where is the report to moderator thing.....I must be getting old I can not find it. Any and all help will be needed! Oh and everyone have a great weekend. 😃

Posted September 6, 2014 12:21 PM

by jules

Hover your mouse top right of a post and the word "Report" will appear. Hopefully it won't be hidden in the next update!

Posted September 6, 2014 10:24 PM

😃 😃 thanks just what was needed!

Posted September 6, 2014 11:03 PM

by hamed_safari

Hello Grant it 'S an interesting idea

Posted September 7, 2014 8:50 AM

Happy Birthday Elisabeth! I went away for a long period of time but now I'm back and wish you a happy belated birthday- am I too late?

Posted September 11, 2014 2:08 AM

by ElisabethB moderator in response to planetaryscience's comment.

Never too late and thanks ! 😄

Posted September 11, 2014 5:58 AM

The Sky at Night is on at 7:30 tonight on BBC4 for those of us lucky enough to live in the UK.

Posted September 18, 2014 7:05 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

I used to have BBC on the cable, but I'm afraid BBC4 was never an option ! Sigh ! I'll have to classify some penguins instead ! 😄

Posted September 18, 2014 7:11 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Thanks Geoff - I will switch over and have a watch 😃

Els, no more Pengiuns, you have a paper to proof read!

Posted September 18, 2014 7:15 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Yes, miss ! Goes to sit quietly in a corner and reads ! 😄 😄

Posted September 18, 2014 7:21 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Don't make me come over there 😉

Posted September 18, 2014 7:36 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

LOL ! 😄

Posted September 18, 2014 7:41 PM

by Budgieye moderator

I missed "The Sky at Night" this month. I thought it was the first Sunday of each month? I can catch up on BBC iplayer, but it is annoying to keep checking the tv guide.

Posted September 20, 2014 6:15 AM

by ElisabethB moderator

Hey, you're back ! How was the Science festival ?

Posted September 20, 2014 7:45 AM

by Rick_N. in response to Capella05's comment.

It appears I've recently passed my 5000th galaxy zoo classification- or roughly 1% of the entire data set.

Posted September 21, 2014 3:27 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Congratulation on 5000, planetaryscience.

Posted September 21, 2014 12:36 PM

by Budgieye moderator

ElisabethB - science festival was fine. Someday I must add up how many times I have explained how the Plough / Big Dipper / Grande Casserole goes around the North Star (Polaris).

Posted September 21, 2014 12:40 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

Yay - Christine is back 😄

Posted September 21, 2014 3:24 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Budgieye's comment.

Is it really called the Grande Casserole? Is that en français? I love that!

Posted September 22, 2014 1:40 AM

by Capella05 moderator

I really need to get out more this winter and observe the northern night sky!

Apart from a few familar southern constellations, I am really out of my depth 😦

Posted September 23, 2014 8:08 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

I can only point out a couple of (northern sky) constellations : Orion, Cassiopeia, Big Dipper and Little Dipper. And that is about it. Btw, The big and little dipper are called Grote Beer and Kleine Beer respectively. Meaning Big Bear and Little Bear. 😄 Not as funny as Grande Casserole ;D

Posted September 23, 2014 8:38 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Orion is one of my favourite constellations that you can see 'down south', sadly it is upside down 😎

Took me ages to see that it was supposed to be a man with a bow 😄

Posted September 23, 2014 8:44 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Capella, you should see how helpless I am with southern constellations. I did a show in a planetarium last week, which was able to show the southern sky, (unlike the one I work in) and I could only point out the Southern Cross and Alpha Centauri. I had spent a hour poring over star charts beforehand, but that wasn't enough. I offered the red arrow to anyone in the audience who could do them for me, but there were no takers.

Posted September 24, 2014 10:19 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

Oh dear, if I was there I would of volunteered 😃

Do you know if there are any interesting star-parties coming up? I am preferably looking for ones far outside of London?

Posted September 25, 2014 7:14 PM

by Budgieye moderator

The farther you travel to a star party, the greater the probability of being clouded out. I am going to one Friday night, but I am in the dome, and the telescopes are outside. It is actually forecast to be clear! But perhaps I will see Neptune for the first time. The Milky Way should be visible by 9pm.

Posted September 25, 2014 10:03 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

Good luck with Neptune!

As for star parties - taking your advice I shall stick to the south 😃

Does anyone else know of south England star parties in October?

Pretty please 😃

Posted September 26, 2014 9:42 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist

The winter is my favorite constellation-spotting season in the northern hemisphere! 😃 We do some telescope evenings and stargazing stuff in Oxford, but for things further south you might ask Karen?

Plus there is some in-city stargazing going on... I think the Idler Academy runs some events in London (though they charge as far as I know).

Posted September 27, 2014 9:38 PM

by Budgieye moderator

The star party had mostly clear skies. The public saw Ring Nebula, Albireo ( double star- blue and yellow), M13 star cluster, Andromeda galaxy. The lights around the building were switched off, and we could see the dark dust lane in the Milky Way. No Moon, so the sky was dark. When the lights were switched on, we could hardly see the brightest stars. I still haven't seen Neptune. I used my green laser to outline constellations for 5 minutes, that always impresses people when they see a long light going up into the sky.

Only twice in my life have I seen the Milky Way so bright that I didn't notice the stars. This time wasn't one of them. It was noticeable, but not overwhelming. It was in farmland, and that isn't dark enough.

See the Milky Way in 2014: go to mountains (not farmland nor coast) when the Moon isn’t up.

Sept 19-30 (9:30pm), Oct 17-27, Nov 14-23, Dec 16-27 2014

Posted September 27, 2014 10:22 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to vrooje's comment.

Actually - Oxford is not that far for me. Do let me know when the next one is! 😃

Posted September 29, 2014 7:13 PM

by Rick_N.

The description of this section Science Powered by Citizens reads:

"A sounding board / contemplation area for our serious Citizens Scientists. All other posts will be moved / removed. For questions on the object you have classified, please post in Help/ The Objects - Thanks 😃"

Is this condescending and unnecessary? Or have we been over this ground? It does seem somewhat elitist- so what if someone posts a stray discussion? Who counts as a serious CS? Who decides? It just seems to me that it is somewhat exclusive rather than inclusive.

So I've posted this to ask for a chat about it.

Posted October 3, 2014 11:16 AM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Rick N.'s comment.

Unfortunately it can't be changed. There is no function on the GUI to allow board descriptions to be edited.

Like you said we have been over this before, so I do not know why you have brought this up again? When I created the board, I never realized that I would be unable to edit it, and frankly I would also like to change it. So I guess we are stuck with it until the new version of Talk is complete.

Posted October 3, 2014 12:55 PM

I didn't know it was uneditable otherwise I would not have posted about it. Thankyou for your explanation and perseverance. Chat over.

Posted October 3, 2014 5:17 PM

by Capella05 moderator

No worries, Rick 😃

I wish I could do something about it. We are on the same wavelength, and I was the one that created the Board!

Posted October 3, 2014 9:01 PM

Any word yet when the new talk will be complete?

Posted October 3, 2014 9:36 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Nothing concrete, but they are working on it.

Most likely summer next year? I will be corrected if I am wrong....

Posted October 3, 2014 9:44 PM

Oh it is going to be a long.....Fall.....Winter......Spring! (Insert rolled eyes) 😃

Posted October 3, 2014 9:49 PM

by Capella05 moderator

It may be quicker, but I am not privy to that information.

Otherwise, it is good to see you back Liz:-)

Posted October 3, 2014 9:53 PM

Thanks yes the new monitor I got at the local thrift store seems to be working quite well. So watch out everyone, I am back! 😃 hmmm who is privy to that info I wonder?

Posted October 4, 2014 9:34 AM

by Capella05 moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

I would say Chris or Brooke - they pop by quite often, so the next time you see one of them wander in, do ask!

Or they could just answer this thread 😄

Posted October 4, 2014 10:25 AM

Thanks! 😃

Posted October 4, 2014 11:04 AM

by Capella05 moderator

About to watch 'Ghostbusters' for the first time in about 20 years 😃

Please live up to my expectations....

Posted October 4, 2014 7:14 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

LOL ! Have fun !

Posted October 4, 2014 7:22 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Ghostbusters didn't get off to a good start, until I realised I was watching it in russian....

Managed to switch to English - phew 😉

Posted October 4, 2014 7:46 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Nazdrovije ! (that should be cheers in Russian)

Posted October 4, 2014 7:51 PM

by Capella05 moderator

😄

Posted October 4, 2014 7:53 PM

by Loulouuse

Hi Im new here, I looove classifying, greeat! Anyone on now?

Posted October 4, 2014 8:13 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Great ! thanks for classifying ! Have fun ! 😄

Posted October 4, 2014 8:20 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Loulouuse's comment.

Hi and welcome Loulouuse 😃

Classifying is addictive 😄

Posted October 4, 2014 8:43 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Ghostbusters was AWESOME 😄

Now about to watch the sequel...

Posted October 5, 2014 2:09 PM

by DZM admin

Welcome to Galaxy Zoo, Loulouuse! Always great to have new people who love classifying galaxies. Hope you enjoy your stay, and hope to see you around the Talk boards!

Posted October 7, 2014 2:44 PM

by elizabeth_s in response to marjieN's comment.

Just wondering here did anyone get a picture of the lunar eclipse?

Posted October 9, 2014 9:13 AM

by DZM admin

Good question! There was a party here at the Adler Planetarium... Let me go ask around and see if anyone here snapped a shot!

EDIT: There are a ton of photos here on the Adler's Facebook page!

Posted October 10, 2014 3:26 PM

by marjieN

Ahhh just found this. Nice to see evryone here. Have been absent for a while. Had an accident. Back now. Good morning 😃

Posted October 14, 2014 9:34 AM

oh I hope you are well! Nice to see you again. 😃

Posted October 14, 2014 10:13 AM

by DZM admin

Welcome back, marjieN! I'm new to this project and to everything here (Zooniverse team), but it's definitely nice to see users return to the project and to Talk! 😃

Posted October 14, 2014 3:22 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to marjieN's comment.

Hey Marjie,

Ouch, I hope the accident wasn't too bad and that you are making a good recovery! It is always to see you back online 😃

Posted October 14, 2014 5:31 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Hey Marjie

Great to see you again ! 😄 Hope all is well now !

Posted October 14, 2014 5:53 PM

by Rona

MargieN!

Hey, good to 'see' you again

Hope you have fully recovered from your accident xxx

Posted October 14, 2014 10:39 PM

The Sky at Night is repeated tonight at 7:30 on BBC4 - all about Uranus and Neptune.

Posted October 16, 2014 5:02 PM

by Capella05 moderator

Thanks Geoff!

Will try to catch it on iPlayer 😃

Posted October 16, 2014 5:49 PM

by MyDogMilo

Hey, does anyone even in the slightest remember me? Well, I'm back, and a whole lot less wonky. I forgot the password for this account, so I'll probably switch to my (time being) alt, MyDogLuna.

Posted October 20, 2014 2:21 PM

by MyDogLuna

Oh, and sorry for double-posting, but that's sadly probably the last you'll see of MyDogMilo... Oh, what wonderful memories the old forums had... 😃
Anyways, I'm back, in a different account. I'll probably try to make a similar image, just like the last profile image, but with my new dog, Luna (Inspiration for the name, if you couldn't tell).

Posted October 20, 2014 2:24 PM

by DZM admin

Welcome back, Mil--er, Luna! (Did something happen to Milo? I'm sorry!)

Anyway, really glad to see more folks from the old days show up here! Take a look around, and please let me know if there's anything I can do to help you out with Talk or the project!

Posted October 20, 2014 3:11 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to MyDogMilo's comment.

I remember you 😃 Something to do with minecraft? I seem to recall that post 😃

So is Luna a new pet dog?

Posted October 20, 2014 3:52 PM

by elizabeth_s in response to Budgieye's comment.

Stepped outside tonight at work and glance up just in time to see a very bright falling star! cool!

Posted October 21, 2014 9:16 AM

by Budgieye moderator

stepped out before dawn, and saw the diminished remains of hurricane Gonzolo bending the trees.

Posted October 21, 2014 10:01 AM

Oh dear! hope everyone is ok!

Posted October 21, 2014 10:39 AM

by Budgieye moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

just wind and heavy rain... and rain...

Posted October 25, 2014 10:20 AM

by Capella05 moderator

Might be a bit scarce for the next few days - just got 'Sid Meiers Civilizations: After Earth' - very addictive. Quite similar to 'Alpha Centauri' if you are into strategy games 😃

Posted October 25, 2014 3:45 PM

by Budgieye moderator

Farscape started up at the beginning yesterday. here in the UK. I have now found out that John Creighton is actually a civilian scientist working on a modified slingshot trajectory.

Posted October 26, 2014 5:53 AM

by Capella05 moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

Oh my word - I was watching as well!

First time I ever got to watch the first episode 😃

Posted October 26, 2014 4:28 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist

Never seen Farscape but I did notice that Netflix (in the US, anyway) has put up a new-old season of Doctor Who, so I can finally resume trying to catch up. Sadly the writing just isn't as good as it used to be...

Posted October 27, 2014 12:25 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Dr Who : I was very disappointed in the Moon episode of Dr Who, the geology of the moon left a lot to be desired... I watched in total disbelief.

Posted October 27, 2014 6:17 AM

by Budgieye moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

Farscape: I found out that John Creighton is not a "Right Stuff" astronaut, but more of tinkering workshop genius, which makes sense because he learns very quickly how to use alien technology. But he feels inferior to his heroic Moon-walking Dad. I wish I had known this as I watched the final series, the plots would have made more sense. Farscape is the name of his experimental spaceship, I didn't know that either. I loved the scene of him staring over the sea to the space shuttle in the early morning, before he is due to go up, it was the real shuttle on location I think.

Posted October 27, 2014 6:23 AM

by DZM admin

I quite enjoyed Farscape! It's available on US Netflix. A friend made me watch the whole series... Quite good! One would definitely want to start watching from the beginning, though, or many things wouldn't make sense.

Posted October 28, 2014 8:57 AM

by Capella05 moderator

I must admit I am enjoying watching Farscape more now, than when I originally watched it. If you live in the UK and have freeview, they seem to be repeating the episodes quite frequently on PickTV (channel 11).

I was always more of a Firefly fan myself 😃 It is such a pity they aired the episodes in the wrong order, I think that blunder alone led to it's demise.

As for Dr Who - I have never been able to get into it, even when David Tennant was the doctor. It seems to be a bit like marmite - lol 😄

Posted October 28, 2014 6:44 PM

by planetaryscience in response to Budgieye's comment.

just found 90377 Sedna in SDSS observations! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna

Posted October 29, 2014 1:50 AM

by Budgieye moderator in response to planetaryscience's comment.

Interesting but I can't find this in the link, can you give more information?

Posted October 29, 2014 6:33 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Morning Elisabeth 😃 I finally saw Neptune last night, like a blue star. I also saw Uranus which was a pretty blue in a tiny disk.

Posted October 29, 2014 7:05 AM

by ElisabethB moderator

Morning Christine 😄

Wow, both Neptune and Uranus. Nice !

Posted October 29, 2014 10:02 AM

here's the image of Sedna

The explore link: http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237670016737804583

Posted October 29, 2014 2:50 PM

by ElisabethB moderator

Are you sure that is an image of Sedna ? On the wikipage is a Hubble image and the resolution is a lot lower than the SDSS image which isn't logical at all.

Posted October 29, 2014 5:49 PM

by planetaryscience in response to ElisabethB's comment.

I am 100% sure it is an image of Sedna. The difference between the Hubble and SDSS images is that the pixels on the Hubble image are much higher resolution and are actually so high-resolution that the actual size of Sedna can be resolved. However the SDSS images, while approximately as sensitive to light, aren't nearly as high-resolution as Hubble and the size you see there isn't actual size, much like the apparent size of stars you see in SDSS images even though they are much, much smaller.

Meanwhile, using the same method I used to find Sedna, I was also able to find images of scattered disc object 2004 XR190, with the third largest perihelion of any non-comet in the Solar system (53 AU), although unlike Sedna, which at the time the image was taken, magnitude 20.8, 2004 XR190 was ~22.1, near the limits of SDSS resolution. Also, while the image of Sedna was over a year after Sedna was discovered, the SDSS image of 2004 XR190 was taken nearly two years before it was discovered or even first observed!

enter image description here

1237660557061652912

2004 XR190 (Wikipedia)

Posted October 30, 2014 2:11 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Dear planetaryscience, could you please explain your method in more detail for identifying Sedna?

mag of Sedan 20.5 in r - about right

Sedna coordinates in middle of 2006 03:20, 05:59 general area about right

looking for date of SDSS image.....

http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=90377&commit=Show

http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/sedna/

sorry I have to leave now.

Posted October 30, 2014 7:09 AM

by c_cld

I agree with @planetaryscience on its great find of Sedna!

Sedna has been imaged twice
first in

run 5711

rerun 301

camcol 5

field 212

id 1237670003853230369 50.14425, 6.00042 03:20:34.62, +06:00:01.52

on mjd_r 53654.45785977 i.e. 2005-10-11 10:59:19.084 UTC

and second the day after in

run 5714

rerun 301

camcol 5

field 207

id 1237670016737804583 50.13662, 5.99717 03:20:32.78, +05:59:49.81

on mjd_r 53655.45088663 i.e. 2005-10-12 10:49:16.605 UTC

Querying HORIZONS Web-Interface with the settings

Ephemeris Type [change] : OBSERVER
Target Body [change] : 90377 Sedna (2003 VB12)
Observer Location [change] : Apache Point-Sloan Digital Sky Survey [645] ( 254°10'45.9''E, 32°46'49.8''N, 2791.2 m )
Time Span [change] : Start=2005-10-11 10:59, Stop=2005-10-12 11:00, Step=1 h

you get the ephemeris:

Date__(UT)__HR:MN R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC APmag delta deldot S-O-T /r S-T-O

2005-Oct-11 10:59 03 20 34.63 +06 00 01.5 21.05 88.1217817882626 -16.0296192 146.7994 /L 0.3572

2005-Oct-12 10:59 03 20 32.79 +05 59 49.7 21.05 88.1125415544847 -15.5871213 147.7200 /L 0.3484

which are in very good agreement with the SDSS observations. 😃

Posted October 30, 2014 11:18 AM

by Capella05 moderator in response to C_cld's comment.

@C_Cld - PlanetaryScience posted his assertion that this was Sedna without posting any proof or an explanation on the methology he used to come to this conclusion.

Scientific Method requires that we ask these questions, so we can be objective and review the data for ourselves 😃

Why this is in the 'Just Chat' thread - I do not know! Sadly, I am unable to split threads.

Posted October 30, 2014 11:53 AM

by Budgieye moderator

Good find then! I will put in on the Index with asteroids and ice planets.

Posted October 30, 2014 1:11 PM

I apologize to those of you waiting for an explanation for the process I used to find Sedna, 2004 XR190, and now 1999 CL119. In the middle of explaining it my computer froze and currently remains frozen. If it doesn't unfreeze in the next few hours I'll just reboot and retype the entire thing.

Again, sorry for the delay.

Posted October 30, 2014 9:13 PM

Anyways the method I used, quite abridged from my original explanation, was to put the jpl ephemeris location into SDSS images, look at the MJD, if it's not the date of the location, keep going until I get a SDSS image from the same date the ephemeris was on.

Posted October 30, 2014 11:42 PM

Also 1999 CL119:

enter image description here

1237667209973138436

Posted October 30, 2014 11:58 PM

by Capella05 moderator in response to planetaryscience's comment.

Thank-you planetaryscience 😃

I will look forward to reading the unabridged version 😃

Perhaps a new thread for it?

Posted October 31, 2014 9:49 PM

created thread in science board http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ000116c

Posted November 1, 2014 10:46 PM

by vrooje admin, scientist

Yep, an unresolved KBO in SDSS might look like a star, whereas HST can -- barely, it seems -- resolve it.

I'm actually surprised the resolution isn't better with HST. But then I don't actually know much about Sedna at all! 😃

In other news, I have now caught up to Doctor Who as far as Netflix would let me. Enjoyed The Day of the Doctor but only because things just haven't been the same since David Tennant, and he came back for that one.

Posted November 3, 2014 12:52 PM