Comments on: This Week's "Where In the Universe?" Challenge http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:14:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Sakib http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-2/#comment-36269 Sakib Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:24:12 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-36269 I thought it was Minkowski's Object in galaxy cluster Abell 194! Guess I was wrong! I thought it was Minkowski's Object in galaxy cluster Abell 194! Guess I was wrong!

]]> By: PaulS http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35904 PaulS Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:51:32 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35904 It's a Smurf giving a ghost a hug, taken with a Panaflex movie camera. Dang! Wrong again! It's a Smurf giving a ghost a hug, taken with a Panaflex movie camera.

Dang! Wrong again!

]]> By: Nancy Atkinson http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35834 Nancy Atkinson Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:17:15 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35834 Okay, you've talked me into it. For next week's challenge, I won't give the answer right away. Nancy Okay, you've talked me into it. For next week's challenge, I won't give the answer right away.

Nancy

]]> By: Alphonso http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35812 Alphonso Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:03:09 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35812 Nope. didn't get it. Not a chance. Nope. didn't get it. Not a chance.

]]> By: Jorge http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35758 Jorge Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:34:52 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35758 I agree with moonlight maker in thiking this would be more fun if the answer wasn't given right away. I actually suggested a 24-hour wait between question and answer back when the game was in the beginning, so the idea isn't new. I don't think there are many people lying, though. I see people getting things right, getting things wrong, then getting things right again, and then wrong. Plenty of partial hits. That's more consistent with people being honest than with people trying to show off. And, quite frankly, if anyone is lying, he/she is an idiot. Period. This is a game that would be completely uninteresting if it wasn't for the self-challenge factor. And nobody keeps scores. I agree with moonlight maker in thiking this would be more fun if the answer wasn't given right away. I actually suggested a 24-hour wait between question and answer back when the game was in the beginning, so the idea isn't new.

I don't think there are many people lying, though. I see people getting things right, getting things wrong, then getting things right again, and then wrong. Plenty of partial hits. That's more consistent with people being honest than with people trying to show off. And, quite frankly, if anyone is lying, he/she is an idiot. Period. This is a game that would be completely uninteresting if it wasn't for the self-challenge factor. And nobody keeps scores.

]]> By: fst http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35742 fst Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:42:12 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35742 Finally one right! And that's because I got to know Galaxy Zoo through the APOD of Hanny's Voorwerp. Anyway, together with Universe Today, Galaxy Zoo is one of the coolest sites on the net. Finally one right! And that's because I got to know Galaxy Zoo through the APOD of Hanny's Voorwerp. Anyway, together with Universe Today, Galaxy Zoo is one of the coolest sites on the net.

]]> By: Vino http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35738 Vino Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:20:53 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35738 Hi! one for a change got it almost right...guess the project and SDSS though couldnt exactly get the name...atleast i think i score half for this.... Thanks Nancy for this very intriguing object.... Hi! one for a change got it almost right…guess the project and SDSS though couldnt exactly get the name…atleast i think i score half for this….
Thanks Nancy for this very intriguing object….

]]> By: moonlight maker http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35733 moonlight maker Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:33:57 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35733 i like this feature, but i think if you give us the picture, a few facts and a day or two to talk about it we might remember a bit more about the actual object. maybe even try to find it by looking through things. definitely a lot more fun than just flipping the page, getting the answer and seeing the same people lie about how they guessed it right off the bat i like this feature, but i think if you give us the picture, a few facts and a day or two to talk about it we might remember a bit more about the actual object. maybe even try to find it by looking through things.
definitely a lot more fun than just flipping the page, getting the answer and seeing the same people lie about how they guessed it right off the bat

]]> By: RapidEye http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35726 RapidEye Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:56:32 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35726 I either get it right away or have no clue - got this one right away =-) Go Hanny, its your birthday! Looking forward to the GZ upgrade coming out soon!!! I either get it right away or have no clue – got this one right away =-)

Go Hanny, its your birthday!

Looking forward to the GZ upgrade coming out soon!!!

]]> By: Apium http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35713 Apium Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:11:11 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35713 I recognized it immediately! I am geekier than I though -- these challenges usually make me guess (I'm 50/50 on right/wrong). I recognized it immediately! I am geekier than I though — these challenges usually make me guess (I'm 50/50 on right/wrong).

]]> By: Jorge http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35699 Jorge Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:22:24 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35699 Neil, if the voorwerp is indeed assosiated with that galaxy, i.e., if it's that far away from us, it can't be a supernova remnant. A supernova cannot produce a remnant 65 thousand light-years across, particularly one so bright as to be seen 700 million light years away. Neil, if the voorwerp is indeed assosiated with that galaxy, i.e., if it's that far away from us, it can't be a supernova remnant. A supernova cannot produce a remnant 65 thousand light-years across, particularly one so bright as to be seen 700 million light years away.

]]> By: neoguru http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35697 neoguru Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:05:45 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35697 Ouch! My 7th miss. I thought it was from the Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey. Rats! Ouch! My 7th miss. I thought it was from the Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey. Rats!

]]> By: neil http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35691 neil Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:23:34 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35691 I thought I read somewhere that the object was a supernova remnant. Anybody know? I thought I read somewhere that the object was a supernova remnant. Anybody know?

]]> By: john http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35657 john Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:10:09 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35657 It is nice to have a mystery that is also pretty. It is nice to have a mystery that is also pretty.

]]> By: Caroline http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35649 Caroline Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:44:02 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35649 My colleagues have all decided this needs to be named the Gonzo Nebula very quickly! My colleagues have all decided this needs to be named the Gonzo Nebula very quickly!

]]> By: Navneeth http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35646 Navneeth Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:14:43 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35646 Didn't need the clue at all. I didn't remember the exact name, but I knew it was an object of unknown nature discovered by a teacher in Sweden (yup, that was wrong) via the Galaxy Zoo project. :) Didn't need the clue at all. I didn't remember the exact name, but I knew it was an object of unknown nature discovered by a teacher in Sweden (yup, that was wrong) via the Galaxy Zoo project. :)

]]> By: RL http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35624 RL Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:35:50 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35624 Nerts. I guessed NGC346 and Spitzer. I'll check out the Galaxy Zoo! Nerts. I guessed NGC346 and Spitzer. I'll check out the Galaxy Zoo!

]]> By: Jon Hanford http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35619 Jon Hanford Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:53:31 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35619 Hanny's Voorwerp, SDSS gri color composite, no doubt. Great shot of this mysterious object. Still waiting for Bill Keel's paper on this object. Hanny's Voorwerp, SDSS gri color composite, no doubt. Great shot of this mysterious object. Still waiting for Bill Keel's paper on this object.

]]> By: ringman http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35608 ringman Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:16:56 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35608 Yes, I got one right, FINALLY!!!!!!!! :) Yes, I got one right, FINALLY!!!!!!!! :)

]]> By: Maugrim http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35603 Maugrim Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:51:43 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35603 Hanny's Voorwerp, Galaxy Zoo. Will be instantly recognisable to me forever. What an awesome story that made! Hanny's Voorwerp, Galaxy Zoo. Will be instantly recognisable to me forever. What an awesome story that made!

]]> By: Jorge http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/08/this-weeks-where-in-the-universe-challenge-4/comment-page-1/#comment-35588 Jorge Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:51:03 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=19329#comment-35588 This time, zero, zip, no clue. Which is sad, because I had already seen several pictures of the Hanny's Voorverp, almost certainly including this one. Maybe even in UT. I failed to recognize it, though. This should be "where in the Solar System", not "where in the universe". I always fail these faraway destinations. Humpf... ;) This time, zero, zip, no clue. Which is sad, because I had already seen several pictures of the Hanny's Voorverp, almost certainly including this one. Maybe even in UT. I failed to recognize it, though.

This should be "where in the Solar System", not "where in the universe". I always fail these faraway destinations. Humpf…

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