Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey

[John J.]

The million-dollar question has never been whether the objects are present on the plates.

I do sort of wonder whether the features on the reproduced images of the plates identified as transients by Solano, Villarroel et al. are actually all present on the original plates, and if some methodological error or reprographic process might have caused an under-representation of such features within Earth's shadow (or an over representation elsewhere) when studying the reproduced images.

 

[JMartJr]

I've always favored the intermittent spouting of space whales, myself.

Reference to:
1) Star Trek
2) Star Wars
3) Futurama
4) Avatar sequels
5) other?

 

[jdog]

Reference to:
1) Star Trek
2) Star Wars
3) Futurama
4) Avatar sequels
5) other?

Add Doctor Who and Pinocchio in Space...

 

[John J.]

I've always favored the intermittent spouting of space whales, myself.

Reference to:
1) Star Trek
2) Star Wars
3) Futurama
4) Avatar sequels
5) other?

6) Unfortunate but apparently happy whale brought into existence by Heart of Gold's infinite improbability drive, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
7) Star Whale in Doctor Who, "new" series 5 ep. 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_Below

Edited to add (8) Extraterrestrial whale in 2000 AD's strip Damnation Station. Encountered in an ocean of an alien planet, but implied to have travelled there from outside our galaxy. The premise of the strip is that a powerful ET civilization in our galaxy, The Host, tolerates our existence as long as (often unwilling or unbalanced) human combatants hunt down and destroy any species entering the galaxy from outside. Dark stuff.