skr 1 #1 November 22, 2003 New observations from Voyager 1 indicate the spacecraft is approaching a formerly unexplored region at the very edge of our solar system. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031120.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #2 November 22, 2003 12 light hours.....that's a ways. Kinda makes you feel small doesn't it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #3 November 22, 2003 Yes, but there somes to be some debate about whether it actually is the heliopause, and whether fluctuations in solar activity cause the edge to move towards and away from the sun. If that's so, excited particles of the solar wind will sort of wash back and forth past the ship like waves on a shoreline when the tide changes. What boggles my mind is that the craft has instruments sensitive enough to detect this stuff. Amazing. mh"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #4 November 22, 2003 QuoteWhat boggles my mind is that the craft has instruments sensitive enough to detect this stuff. Amazing. well that and they were made back in the what 60's? eary early 70's ???? ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #5 November 22, 2003 From the Astronomy Picture of the day Archive.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gary350 0 #6 November 22, 2003 Nice to see a post referring to APOD. It's been my home page for a long time - most days when I get on the web, something new and often amazing comes up. . . Highly recommended for the curious. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremyneas 0 #7 November 22, 2003 Could be where the skygods are hanging out...tell um to get this snow outta Colorado!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,080 #8 November 22, 2003 >Yes, but there somes to be some debate about whether it actually is > the heliopause, and whether fluctuations in solar activity cause the > edge to move towards and away from the sun. If that's so, excited > particles of the solar wind will sort of wash back and forth past the > ship like waves on a shoreline when the tide changes. I think that in this case anything we think will happen falls under the category of "wild assed guess." There's a LOT of extrapolation involved in trying to understand the heliopause. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ripper0289 0 #9 November 22, 2003 Agreed, we live in a beautiful universe, I try to get my telescope out every chance I get. Winter is cold here in the hinterlands of Pennsylvania, so no jumping for a while but there are some great sites to see. APOD has provided me with many wonderful desktop backgrounds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #10 November 22, 2003 QuoteCould be where the skygods are hanging out...tell um to get this snow outta Colorado!!! Hell no.....it's snowboarding season!!!!!Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremyneas 0 #11 November 22, 2003 OK, I don't like being so specific with dem gods, i'll rephrase, "keep the snow east of the front range, outta colorado!", that should cover our 4 dz's although rumor has it there is one in the 'think through' stage out by grand junction being considered Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #12 November 22, 2003 QuoteOK, I don't like being so specific with dem gods, i'll rephrase, "keep the snow east of the front range, outta colorado!", that should cover our 4 dz's Ok I can live with that. Although I'm thinking of grabbing my board and taking to the top of the hill here by my house. Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
