Talk:3203: Binary Star - Revision history

Zaphod Beebledoc at 21:06, 24 February 2026

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BunsenH: engineering

2026-02-08T04:47:35Z

engineering

Wjbodin3 at 02:09, 7 February 2026

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The Yeti at 01:59, 7 February 2026

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The Yeti at 01:55, 7 February 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 09:14, 6 February 2026

2026-02-06T09:14:36Z

Ralfoide: cosmic sans

2026-02-05T19:24:48Z

cosmic sans

66.210.7.66 at 17:22, 5 February 2026

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Barmar at 16:54, 5 February 2026

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2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572: Reference to the James Web Space Telescope

2026-02-05T12:19:42Z

Reference to the James Web Space Telescope

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	If an object is known to exist, and it can't plausibly have come to exist "naturally" / by chance, it's worth considering that it may have been engineered. Consider the Babel Fish, for example. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 04:47, 8 February 2026 (UTC)		If an object is known to exist, and it can't plausibly have come to exist "naturally" / by chance, it's worth considering that it may have been engineered. Consider the Babel Fish, for example. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 04:47, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	: Wouldn't the caption below the image be "Space Space news Colon" --[[User:Zaphod Beebledoc\|Zaphod Beebledoc]] ([[User talk:Zaphod Beebledoc\|talk]]) 21:06, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

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	Found it ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet#/media/File:Betapic_orbit_v2_reduced.gif Well, its on Wikipedia, it must be true. [[User:The Yeti\|The Yeti]] ([[User talk:The Yeti\|talk]]) 01:55, 7 February 2026 (UTC)		Found it ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet#/media/File:Betapic_orbit_v2_reduced.gif Well, its on Wikipedia, it must be true. [[User:The Yeti\|The Yeti]] ([[User talk:The Yeti\|talk]]) 01:55, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	If an object is known to exist, and it can't plausibly have come to exist "naturally" / by chance, it's worth considering that it may have been engineered. Consider the Babel Fish, for example. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 04:47, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

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 ::: Here before the comments [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33|82.13.184.33]] 09:15, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
 :::: Here After the comments [[Special:Contributions/66.210.7.66|66.210.7.66]] 17:22, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
+::::: Here for the comments [[User:Wjbodin3|WJBodin3]] ([[User talk:Wjbodin3|talk]]) 02:09, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
 Randall has been, uh, funnier… I thought I must be missing something, a clever joke or some astronomers insider, but no—that's really all there was to it. Well. {{unsigned ip|2a02:908:c30:5000:b86c:d747:e182:c327|07:54, 5 February 2026 (UTC)}}
 :They can't all be blockbusters. I suspect he first came up with the "big asterisk" pun in the title text, and worked backwards from that to the main comic. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 16:54, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

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	: No - for that you want Impact. Not a Cosmic Impact though - those are dangerous. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 09:14, 6 February 2026 (UTC)		: No - for that you want Impact. Not a Cosmic Impact though - those are dangerous. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 09:14, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

−	Found it ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet#/media/File:Betapic_orbit_v2_reduced.gif [[User:The Yeti\|The Yeti]] ([[User talk:The Yeti\|talk]]) 01:55, 7 February 2026 (UTC)	+	Found it ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet#/media/File:Betapic_orbit_v2_reduced.gif Well, its on Wikipedia, it must be true. [[User:The Yeti\|The Yeti]] ([[User talk:The Yeti\|talk]]) 01:55, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

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	Hey, sometimes a good simple pun is all what it takes. The second star should have been rendered with the Cosmic Sans font, though, for more impact amongst the typography fanbase. [[User:Ralfoide\|Ralfoide]] ([[User talk:Ralfoide\|talk]]) 19:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)		Hey, sometimes a good simple pun is all what it takes. The second star should have been rendered with the Cosmic Sans font, though, for more impact amongst the typography fanbase. [[User:Ralfoide\|Ralfoide]] ([[User talk:Ralfoide\|talk]]) 19:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
	: No - for that you want Impact. Not a Cosmic Impact though - those are dangerous. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 09:14, 6 February 2026 (UTC)		: No - for that you want Impact. Not a Cosmic Impact though - those are dangerous. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 09:14, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Found it ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet#/media/File:Betapic_orbit_v2_reduced.gif [[User:The Yeti\|The Yeti]] ([[User talk:The Yeti\|talk]]) 01:55, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

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	Hey, sometimes a good simple pun is all what it takes. The second star should have been rendered with the Cosmic Sans font, though, for more impact amongst the typography fanbase. [[User:Ralfoide\|Ralfoide]] ([[User talk:Ralfoide\|talk]]) 19:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)		Hey, sometimes a good simple pun is all what it takes. The second star should have been rendered with the Cosmic Sans font, though, for more impact amongst the typography fanbase. [[User:Ralfoide\|Ralfoide]] ([[User talk:Ralfoide\|talk]]) 19:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
		+	: No - for that you want Impact. Not a Cosmic Impact though - those are dangerous. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 09:14, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

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	The idea of pointed stars alongside normal ones is probably a reference to the James Web Space Telescope. In its images, very bright stars have diffraction spikes, caused by the segmented hexagonal primary mirrors and the three-strut support of the secondary mirror. However, these form 8 spiked images not 5. The Hubble Space Telescope forms 4 spike images, however the effect was not so noticeable with Hubble. [[Special:Contributions/2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572\|2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572]] 12:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC) dww-uk		The idea of pointed stars alongside normal ones is probably a reference to the James Web Space Telescope. In its images, very bright stars have diffraction spikes, caused by the segmented hexagonal primary mirrors and the three-strut support of the secondary mirror. However, these form 8 spiked images not 5. The Hubble Space Telescope forms 4 spike images, however the effect was not so noticeable with Hubble. [[Special:Contributions/2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572\|2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572]] 12:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC) dww-uk
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		+	Hey, sometimes a good simple pun is all what it takes. The second star should have been rendered with the Cosmic Sans font, though, for more impact amongst the typography fanbase. [[User:Ralfoide\|Ralfoide]] ([[User talk:Ralfoide\|talk]]) 19:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

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 Randall has been, uh, funnier… I thought I must be missing something, a clever joke or some astronomers insider, but no—that's really all there was to it. Well. {{unsigned ip|2a02:908:c30:5000:b86c:d747:e182:c327|07:54, 5 February 2026 (UTC)}}
 Nice to see that Randall has graduated from the woes of [[1029]], and now can draw Morocco-style stars :-) --[[Special:Contributions/2001:A62:5F7:FB01:BF80:8165:D7C9:B014|2001:A62:5F7:FB01:BF80:8165:D7C9:B014]] 08:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
 The idea of pointed stars alongside normal ones is probably a reference to the James Web Space Telescope.  In its images, very bright stars have diffraction spikes, caused by the segmented hexagonal primary mirrors and the three-strut support of the secondary mirror. However, these form 8 spiked images not 5.  The Hubble Space Telescope forms 4 spike images, however the effect was not so noticeable with Hubble. [[Special:Contributions/2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572|2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572]] 12:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC) dww-uk

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	Nice to see that Randall has graduated from the woes of [[1029]], and now can draw Morocco-style stars :-) --[[Special:Contributions/2001:A62:5F7:FB01:BF80:8165:D7C9:B014\|2001:A62:5F7:FB01:BF80:8165:D7C9:B014]] 08:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)		Nice to see that Randall has graduated from the woes of [[1029]], and now can draw Morocco-style stars :-) --[[Special:Contributions/2001:A62:5F7:FB01:BF80:8165:D7C9:B014\|2001:A62:5F7:FB01:BF80:8165:D7C9:B014]] 08:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	The idea of pointed stars alongside normal ones is probably a reference to the James Web Space Telescope. In its images, very bright stars have diffraction spikes, caused by the segmented hexagonal primary mirrors and the three-strut support of the secondary mirror. However, these form 8 spiked images not 5. The Hubble Space Telescope forms 4 spike images, however the effect was not so noticeable with Hubble. [[Special:Contributions/2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572\|2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572]] 12:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC) dww-uk