APOD

[Cygnalschick]

Fascinating stuff

[RushRevisited]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0610/OriondeepfieldM_gendler.jpg

 

Explanation: Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, the glowing Orion Nebula and the dark Horsehead Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. They both appear in this stunning composite digital image assembled from over 20 hours of data that includes exposures filtered to record emission from hydrogen atoms. The view reveals extensive nebulosities associated with the giant Orion Molecular Cloud complex, itself hundreds of light-years across. The magnificent emission region, the Orion Nebula (aka M42), lies at the upper right of the picture. Immediately to its left are a cluster of of prominent bluish reflection nebulae sometimes called the Running Man. The Horsehead nebula appears as a dark cloud, a small silhouette notched against the long red glow at the lower left. Alnitak is the easternmost star in Orion's belt and is seen as the brightest star to the left of the Horsehead. Below Alnitak is the Flame Nebula, with clouds of bright emission and dramatic dark dust lanes. Fainter tendrils of glowing hydrogen gas are easily traced throughout the region in this Orion deep field.

[blonde77th]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Oct 12 2006, 01:05 PM)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0610/irsaturn_vims_c80.jpg Explanation: Known for its bright ring system and many moons, gas giant Saturn looks strange and unfamiliar in this false-color view from the Cassini spacecraft. In fact, in this Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) mosaic the famous rings are almost invisible, seen edge-on cutting across picture center. The most striking contrast in the image is along the terminator or boundary between night and day. To the right (day side) blue-green hues are visible sunlight reflected from Saturn's cloud tops. But on the left (night side) in the absence of sunlight, the lantern-like glow of infrared radiation from the planet's warm interior silhouettes features at Saturn's deeper cloud levels. The thermal infrared glow is also apparent in the broad bands of ring shadows draped across the northern hemisphere of Saturn.

Good Job Teach I learn alot in here

[blonde77th]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Oct 16 2006, 04:12 PM)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0610/OriondeepfieldM_gendler.jpg Explanation: Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, the glowing Orion Nebula and the dark Horsehead Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. They both appear in this stunning composite digital image assembled from over 20 hours of data that includes exposures filtered to record emission from hydrogen atoms. The view reveals extensive nebulosities associated with the giant Orion Molecular Cloud complex, itself hundreds of light-years across. The magnificent emission region, the Orion Nebula (aka M42), lies at the upper right of the picture. Immediately to its left are a cluster of of prominent bluish reflection nebulae sometimes called the Running Man. The Horsehead nebula appears as a dark cloud, a small silhouette notched against the long red glow at the lower left. Alnitak is the easternmost star in Orion's belt and is seen as the brightest star to the left of the Horsehead. Below Alnitak is the Flame Nebula, with clouds of bright emission and dramatic dark dust lanes. Fainter tendrils of glowing hydrogen gas are easily traced throughout the region in this Orion deep field.

Interesting & very pretty

[Daylin]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Oct 16 2006, 03:12 PM)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0610/OriondeepfieldM_gendler.jpg Explanation: Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, the glowing Orion Nebula and the dark Horsehead Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. They both appear in this stunning composite digital image assembled from over 20 hours of data that includes exposures filtered to record emission from hydrogen atoms. The view reveals extensive nebulosities associated with the giant Orion Molecular Cloud complex, itself hundreds of light-years across. The magnificent emission region, the Orion Nebula (aka M42), lies at the upper right of the picture. Immediately to its left are a cluster of of prominent bluish reflection nebulae sometimes called the Running Man. The Horsehead nebula appears as a dark cloud, a small silhouette notched against the long red glow at the lower left. Alnitak is the easternmost star in Orion's belt and is seen as the brightest star to the left of the Horsehead. Below Alnitak is the Flame Nebula, with clouds of bright emission and dramatic dark dust lanes. Fainter tendrils of glowing hydrogen gas are easily traced throughout the region in this Orion deep field.

Awesome!

 

Interesting as well

[RushRevisited]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0611/ngc6745_hst.jpg

 

Explanation: Galaxies don't normally look like this. NGC 6745 actually shows the results of two galaxies that have been colliding for only hundreds of millions of years. Just off the above photograph to the lower right is the smaller galaxy, moving away. The larger galaxy, pictured above, used to be a spiral galaxy but now is damaged and appears peculiar. Gravity has distorted the shapes of the galaxies. Although it is likely that no stars in the two galaxies directly collided, the gas, dust, and ambient magnetic fields do interact directly. In fact, a knot of gas pulled off the larger galaxy on the lower right has now begun to form stars. NGC 6745 spans about 80 thousand light-years across and is located about 200 million light-years away.

[Daylin]

^^^

 

Thanks, RR

[blonde77th]

Keep them coming

[ladirushfan80]

amazing stuff RR!

thanks !!

[Daylin]

 

Now, that you told me what APOD means get on the ball!

You know I had to say something Now that I know you're great sense of humor

[RushRevisited]

Just for you, Daylin

 

 

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0611/catseye_hst.jpg

 

Explanation: Three thousand light-years away, a dying star throws off shells of glowing gas. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals the Cat's Eye Nebula to be one of the most complex planetary nebulae known. In fact, the features seen in the Cat's Eye are so complex that astronomers suspect the bright central object may actually be a binary star system. The term planetary nebula, used to describe this general class of objects, is misleading. Although these objects may appear round and planet-like in small telescopes, high resolution images reveal them to be stars surrounded by cocoons of gas blown off in the late stages of stellar evolution.

[Daylin]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 13 2006, 03:21 PM)

Just for you, Daylin http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0611/catseye_hst.jpg Explanation: Three thousand light-years away, a dying star throws off shells of glowing gas. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals the Cat's Eye Nebula to be one of the most complex planetary nebulae known. In fact, the features seen in the Cat's Eye are so complex that astronomers suspect the bright central object may actually be a binary star system. The term planetary nebula, used to describe this general class of objects, is misleading. Although these objects may appear round and planet-like in small telescopes, high resolution images reveal them to be stars surrounded by cocoons of gas blown off in the late stages of stellar evolution.

 

This image looks like a flower

 

Thank you, RR

 

 

[ladirushfan80]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 13 2006, 04:21 PM)

Just for you, Daylin http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0611/catseye_hst.jpg Explanation: Three thousand light-years away, a dying star throws off shells of glowing gas. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals the Cat's Eye Nebula to be one of the most complex planetary nebulae known. In fact, the features seen in the Cat's Eye are so complex that astronomers suspect the bright central object may actually be a binary star system. The term planetary nebula, used to describe this general class of objects, is misleading. Although these objects may appear round and planet-like in small telescopes, high resolution images reveal them to be stars surrounded by cocoons of gas blown off in the late stages of stellar evolution.

beauty 'eh?

 

[different strings]

QUOTE (ladirushfan80 @ Nov 14 2006, 10:05 PM)

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 13 2006, 04:21 PM) Just for you, Daylin  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0611/catseye_hst.jpg Explanation: Three thousand light-years away, a dying star throws off shells of glowing gas. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals the Cat's Eye Nebula to be one of the most complex planetary nebulae known. In fact, the features seen in the Cat's Eye are so complex that astronomers suspect the bright central object may actually be a binary star system. The term planetary nebula, used to describe this general class of objects, is misleading. Although these objects may appear round and planet-like in small telescopes, high resolution images reveal them to be stars surrounded by cocoons of gas blown off in the late stages of stellar evolution. beauty 'eh? Magnificent well done RR

[Rolinda Bonz]

MeteorShowerThisWeekend

[Daylin]

QUOTE (Rolinda Bonz @ Nov 17 2006, 11:39 AM)

MeteorShowerThisWeekend

[RushRevisited]

For my little buddy Daylin

 

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0611/PelicanNebula1_shahar_f720.jpg

 

Explanation: The Pelican Nebula lies about 2,000 light-years away in the high flying constellation Cygnus, the Swan. Also known as IC 5070, this cosmic pelican is appropriately found just off the "east coast" of the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), another surprisingly familiar looking emission nebula in Cygnus. The Pelican and North America nebulae are part of the same large and complex star forming region, almost as nearby as the better-known Orion Nebula. From our vantage point, dark dust clouds (upper left) help define the Pelican's eye and long bill, while a bright front of ionized gas suggests the curved shape of the head and neck. Based on digitized black and white images from the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory, this striking synthesized color view includes two bright foreground stars and spans about 30 light-years at the estimated distance of the Pelican Nebula.

[Daylin]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 30 2006, 02:49 PM)

For my little buddy Daylin  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0611/PelicanNebula1_shahar_f720.jpg Explanation: The Pelican Nebula lies about 2,000 light-years away in the high flying constellation Cygnus, the Swan. Also known as IC 5070, this cosmic pelican is appropriately found just off the "east coast" of the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), another surprisingly familiar looking emission nebula in Cygnus. The Pelican and North America nebulae are part of the same large and complex star forming region, almost as nearby as the better-known Orion Nebula. From our vantage point, dark dust clouds (upper left) help define the Pelican's eye and long bill, while a bright front of ionized gas suggests the curved shape of the head and neck. Based on digitized black and white images from the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory, this striking synthesized color view includes two bright foreground stars and spans about 30 light-years at the estimated distance of the Pelican Nebula.

 

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[Jack Aubrey]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 30 2006, 04:49 PM)

For my little buddy Daylin http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0611/PelicanNebula1_shahar_f720.jpg Explanation: The Pelican Nebula lies about 2,000 light-years away in the high flying constellation Cygnus, the Swan. Also known as IC 5070, this cosmic pelican is appropriately found just off the "east coast" of the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), another surprisingly familiar looking emission nebula in Cygnus. The Pelican and North America nebulae are part of the same large and complex star forming region, almost as nearby as the better-known Orion Nebula. From our vantage point, dark dust clouds (upper left) help define the Pelican's eye and long bill, while a bright front of ionized gas suggests the curved shape of the head and neck. Based on digitized black and white images from the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory, this striking synthesized color view includes two bright foreground stars and spans about 30 light-years at the estimated distance of the Pelican Nebula.

That's amazing, it looks like an aerial view of a mountain. It's fascinating how natural phenomena tend to follow the same patterns. I'm sure there's an

explanation for that in chaos theory, or maybe that quantam thing.

 

[RushRevisited]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0612/phobos_hiresme.jpg

 

Explanation: This moon is doomed. Mars, the red planet named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, whose names are derived from the Greek for Fear and Panic. These martian moons may well be captured asteroids originating in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter or perhaps from even more distant reaches of the Solar System. The larger moon, Phobos, is indeed seen to be a cratered, asteroid-like object in this stunning color image from the Mars Express spacecraft, recorded at a resolution of about seven meters per pixel. But Phobos orbits so close to Mars - about 5,800 kilometers above the surface compared to 400,000 kilometers for our Moon - that gravitational tidal forces are dragging it down. In 100 million years or so it will likely crash into the surface or be shattered by stress caused by the relentless tidal forces, the debris forming a ring around Mars.

[Daylin]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Dec 4 2006, 03:05 PM)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0612/phobos_hiresme.jpg Explanation: This moon is doomed. Mars, the red planet named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, whose names are derived from the Greek for Fear and Panic. These martian moons may well be captured asteroids originating in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter or perhaps from even more distant reaches of the Solar System. The larger moon, Phobos, is indeed seen to be a cratered, asteroid-like object in this stunning color image from the Mars Express spacecraft, recorded at a resolution of about seven meters per pixel. But Phobos orbits so close to Mars - about 5,800 kilometers above the surface compared to 400,000 kilometers for our Moon - that gravitational tidal forces are dragging it down. In 100 million years or so it will likely crash into the surface or be shattered by stress caused by the relentless tidal forces, the debris forming a ring around Mars.

Very interesting. I'm learning a lot here!

 

Thanks, RR

[priest_of_syrinx]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Dec 4 2006, 04:05 PM)

In 100 million years or so it will likely crash into the surface or be shattered by stress caused by the relentless tidal forces, the debris forming a ring around Mars.

I want a ring for Earth!!

 

Mommy, why isn't there a ring on Earth??? I WANT ONE!!

 

[failte]

QUOTE (priest_of_syrinx @ Dec 4 2006, 05:33 PM)

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Dec 4 2006, 04:05 PM) In 100 million years or so it will likely crash into the surface or be shattered by stress caused by the relentless tidal forces, the debris forming a ring around Mars. I want a ring for Earth!!   Mommy, why isn't there a ring on Earth??? I WANT ONE!!

[Daylin]

I dedicate my 5000th post to my buddy, RR

 

 

 

NOW, POST SOMETHING

[RushRevisited]

QUOTE (Daylin @ Dec 8 2006, 05:00 PM)

I dedicate my 5000th post to my buddy, RR NOW, POST SOMETHING

I will later I promise!