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[missionman]

I've never seen a bad pic of the stars. Nice pic ENA.

[missionman]

Planet Earth is a WONDERFUL thought.

[Inthend]

QUOTE (EveryNerveAware @ Feb 2 2008, 08:44 PM)

Venus and Jupiter in Morning Skies http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb305/EveryNerveAware/RUSH/VenJupMorn_tafreshi800.jpg These two celestial beacons shining brightly in the east before sunrise are actually children of the Sun, the planets Venus and Jupiter. The second and third brightest objects in the sky at Night after the Moon, Venus and Jupiter appeared separated by about 2 degrees when this picture was taken on January 30th, but closed to within nearly half a degree early yesterday morning. In the serene foreground is the shoreline along the Miankaleh Peninsula and Gorgan Bay, an important bird and wildlife refuge in the southeastern Caspian Sea. Over the next two days, early morning risers around the globe will be able to enjoy a close pairing of Venus and Jupiter with an old crescent Moon.

Nice pic.

 

but is that shore line lit up? are they partying on the Caspian?

looks like the bars, casinos, and discos are open.

[RushRevisited]

Happy VD Day!

 

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0802/rosette_abtps_v.jpg

 

Explanation: The Rosette Nebula (aka NGC 2237) is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers. But it is the one most often suggested as a suitable astronomy image for Valentine's Day. Of the many excellent Rosette Nebula pictures submitted to APOD editors, this view seemed most appropriate, with a long stem of glowing hydrogen gas in the region included in the composition. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros, some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this rose are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young stars. The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula is about 50 light-years in diameter. Happy Valentine's Day!

 

[sundog]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Feb 14 2008, 10:24 AM)

Happy VD Day! http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0802/rosette_abtps_v.jpg Explanation: The Rosette Nebula (aka NGC 2237) is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers. But it is the one most often suggested as a suitable astronomy image for Valentine's Day. Of the many excellent Rosette Nebula pictures submitted to APOD editors, this view seemed most appropriate, with a long stem of glowing hydrogen gas in the region included in the composition. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros, some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this rose are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young stars. The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula is about 50 light-years in diameter. Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Happy Valentine's Day, my friend!

[EveryNerveAware]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Feb 14 2008, 10:24 AM)

it is the one most often suggested as a suitable astronomy image for Valentine's Day.

 

Great picture! One of my favorite nebula photos.

 

 

Happy Valentines Day!

 

[Daylin]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Feb 14 2008, 09:24 AM)

Happy VD Day! http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0802/rosette_abtps_v.jpg Explanation: The Rosette Nebula (aka NGC 2237) is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers. But it is the one most often suggested as a suitable astronomy image for Valentine's Day. Of the many excellent Rosette Nebula pictures submitted to APOD editors, this view seemed most appropriate, with a long stem of glowing hydrogen gas in the region included in the composition. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros, some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this rose are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young stars. The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula is about 50 light-years in diameter. Happy Valentine's Day!

Sweet! Perfect, M...

 

Happy Valentine's Day to you

[RushRevisited]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0802/m16_lopez.jpg

 

Explanation: Bright blue stars are still forming in the dark pillars of the Eagle Nebula. Made famous by a picture from the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, the Eagle Nebula shows the dramatic process of star formation. The above picture taken by a 0.8-meter telescope in the Canary Islands captures part of M16, the open cluster of stars that is being created. The high amount of detail in the above image results from it being taken only in specific colors of light emitted by hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. The bright blue stars of M16 have been continually forming over the past 5 million years, most recently in the famous central gas and dust columns that have been informally dubbed the Pillars of Creation and the Fairy. Light takes about 7,000 years to reach us from M16, which spans about 20 light years and can be seen with binoculars toward the constellation of the Serpent (Serpens).

[Rush!]

^^^Very nice!

[EveryNerveAware]

The LHC is one of the most important advances in science ever. We are on the brink of understanding a lot more about the nature of matter (and anti-matter) once this baby is online.

 

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb305/EveryNerveAware/RUSH/atlas_cern_big.jpg

 

Explanation: Why do objects have mass? To help find out, Europe's CERN has built the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful particle accelerator yet created by humans. This May, the LHC is scheduled to start smashing protons into each other with unprecedented impact speeds. The LHC will explore the leading explanation that mass arises from ordinary particles slogging through an otherwise invisible but pervasive field of virtual Higgs particles. Were high energy colliding particles to create real Higgs bosons, the Higgs mechanism for mass creation may be bolstered. LHC will also look for micro black holes, magnetic monopoles, and explore the possibility that every type of fundamental particle we know about has a nearly invisible supersymmetric counterpart. The LHC@Home project will allow anyone with a home computer to help LHC scientists search archived LHC data for these strange beasts. Pictured above, a person stands in front of the huge ATLAS detector, one of six detectors being attached to the LHC.

 

 

[EveryNerveAware]

This isn't from the APOD website, but thought it belonged in this thread.

 

Very cool!

 

PASADENA, California (AP) -- A robotic spacecraft circling Mars has snapped the first image of a series of active avalanches near the planet's north pole, scientists said Monday.

 

A false color image from NASA taken February 19, 2008, shows an active avalanche on Mars.

 

The image, taken last month, reveals at least four avalanches of fine ice and dust breaking off from a steep cliff and settling on the slope below. The cascade kicked up massive debris clouds, with some measuring more than 590 feet across.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/03/03/m...e.ap/index.html

 

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb305/EveryNerveAware/RUSH/art_mars_ap.jpg

[missionman]

This is a really cool thread

[rickyrob]

I know its not an APOD, but thought some peeps might enjoy this...

 

Orion Nebula in 3D

[missionman]

The size is amazing!

[RushRevisited]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/M104b_peris800.jpg

 

Explanation: The striking spiral galaxy M104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust. Seen in silhouette against a bright bulge of stars, the swath of cosmic dust lanes lends a hat-like appearance to the galaxy in optical images suggesting the more popular moniker, The Sombrero Galaxy. Here, Hubble Space Telescope archival image data has been reprocessed to create this alternative look at the well-known galaxy. The newly developed processing improves the visibility of details otherwise lost in overwhelming glare, in this case allowing features of the galaxy's dust lanes to be followed well into the bright central region. About 50,000 light-years across and 28 million light-years away, M104 is one of the largest galaxies at the southern edge of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.

[RushRevisited]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/etacar_spitzer_c800.jpg

 

Explanation: Eta Carinae, one of the most massive and unstable stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, has a profound effect on its environment. Found in the the South Pillar region of the Carina Nebula, these fantastic pillars of glowing dust and gas with embedded newborn stars were sculpted by the intense wind and radiation from Eta Carinae and other massive stars. Glowing brightly in planet Earth's southern sky, the expansive Eta Carinae Nebula is a mere 10,000 light-years distant. Still, this remarkable cosmic vista is largely obscured by nebular dust and only revealed here in penetrating infrared light by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Eta Carinae itself is off the top left of the false-color image, with the bright-tipped dust pillars pointing suggestively toward the massive star's position. The Spitzer image spans almost 200 light-years at the distance of Eta Carinae.

[Daylin]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Mar 13 2008, 08:42 AM)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/etacar_spitzer_c800.jpg Explanation: Eta Carinae, one of the most massive and unstable stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, has a profound effect on its environment. Found in the the South Pillar region of the Carina Nebula, these fantastic pillars of glowing dust and gas with embedded newborn stars were sculpted by the intense wind and radiation from Eta Carinae and other massive stars. Glowing brightly in planet Earth's southern sky, the expansive Eta Carinae Nebula is a mere 10,000 light-years distant. Still, this remarkable cosmic vista is largely obscured by nebular dust and only revealed here in penetrating infrared light by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Eta Carinae itself is off the top left of the false-color image, with the bright-tipped dust pillars pointing suggestively toward the massive star's position. The Spitzer image spans almost 200 light-years at the distance of Eta Carinae.

Cool!

 

I love this thread

[Rush!]

That's a really neat one!

[LoneStar Boogie]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Apr 13 2005, 03:20 PM)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/earthmars_alves.jpg Explanation: Which image is Earth, and which is Mars? One of the above images was taken by the robot Spirit rover currently climbing Husband Hill on Mars. The other image was taken by a human across the desert south of Morocco on Earth. Both images show vast plains covered with rocks and sand. Neither shows water or obvious signs of life. Each planet has a surface so complex that any one image does not do that planet justice. Understanding either one, it turns out, helps understand the other. Does the one on the left look like home? Possibly not, but it is Earth.

The key to this picture, for me, is that the the sky in the distance on the left picture appears to be hazy, while in the right picture, Mars, the sky is relatively clear. I do not know that you would get a hazy picture on Mars, what with the thin atmosphere and all. Just a thought.

[LoneStar Boogie]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Sep 2 2006, 12:15 AM)

QUOTE (The Rocinante @ Sep 2 2006, 01:14 AM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Aug 7 2006, 05:51 AM) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0608/sunprom_soho.jpg Explanation: Our Sun is still very active. In the year 2000, our Sun went though Solar Maximum, the time in its 11-year cycle where the most sunspots and explosive activities occur. Sunspots, the Solar Cycle, and solar prominences are all caused by the Sun's changing magnetic field. Pictured above is a solar prominence that erupted in 2002 July, throwing electrons and ions out into the Solar System. The above image was taken in the ultraviolet light emitted by a specific type of ionized helium, a common element on the Sun. Particularly hot areas appear in white, while relatively cool areas appear in red. Our Sun should gradually quiet down until Solar Minimum occurs, and the Sun is most quiet. No one can precisely predict when Solar Minimum will occur, although some signs indicate that it has started already! that's scary as hell Isn't it though? Clearly the Sun is a threat to our way of life, and it must be stopped!

[rickyrob]

QUOTE (LoneStar Boogie @ Mar 18 2008, 11:15 PM)

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Sep 2 2006, 12:15 AM) QUOTE (The Rocinante @ Sep 2 2006, 01:14 AM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Aug 7 2006, 05:51 AM) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0608/sunprom_soho.jpg Explanation: Our Sun is still very active. In the year 2000, our Sun went though Solar Maximum, the time in its 11-year cycle where the most sunspots and explosive activities occur. Sunspots, the Solar Cycle, and solar prominences are all caused by the Sun's changing magnetic field. Pictured above is a solar prominence that erupted in 2002 July, throwing electrons and ions out into the Solar System. The above image was taken in the ultraviolet light emitted by a specific type of ionized helium, a common element on the Sun. Particularly hot areas appear in white, while relatively cool areas appear in red. Our Sun should gradually quiet down until Solar Minimum occurs, and the Sun is most quiet. No one can precisely predict when Solar Minimum will occur, although some signs indicate that it has started already! that's scary as hell Isn't it though? Clearly the Sun is a threat to our way of life, and it must be stopped!   Of course the sun would actually fry the earth if it wasn't for our ozone and magnetic field. Our planet is so fragile, and need to start learning how to look after it.   That pic is from a couple of years ago. Nice prominence.   Of course we have already hit solar minimum, and we should be getting good sunspot activity again within the next couple of years. c2011 should be solar maximum.

[EveryNerveAware]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/m78_pugh_big.jpg

 

M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion

 

 

Explanation: An eerie blue glow and ominous columns of dark dust highlight M78 and other bright reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion. The dark filamentary dust not only absorbs light, but also reflects the light of several bright blue stars that formed recently in the nebula. Of the two reflection nebulas pictured above, the more famous nebula is M78, on the upper right, while NGC 2071 can be seen to its lower left. The same type of scattering that colors the daytime sky further enhances the blue color. M78 is about five light-years across and visible through a small telescope. M78 appears above only as it was 1600 years ago, however, because that is how long it takes light to go from there to here. M78 belongs to the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that contains the Great Nebula in Orion and the Horsehead Nebula.

 

[Daylin]

QUOTE (EveryNerveAware @ Mar 20 2008, 11:07 AM)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/m78_pugh_big.jpg M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion Explanation: An eerie blue glow and ominous columns of dark dust highlight M78 and other bright reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion. The dark filamentary dust not only absorbs light, but also reflects the light of several bright blue stars that formed recently in the nebula. Of the two reflection nebulas pictured above, the more famous nebula is M78, on the upper right, while NGC 2071 can be seen to its lower left. The same type of scattering that colors the daytime sky further enhances the blue color. M78 is about five light-years across and visible through a small telescope. M78 appears above only as it was 1600 years ago, however, because that is how long it takes light to go from there to here. M78 belongs to the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that contains the Great Nebula in Orion and the Horsehead Nebula.

That's beautiful to see!

[RushRevisited]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/m78_pugh.jpg

 

Explanation: An eerie blue glow and ominous columns of dark dust highlight M78 and other bright reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion. The dark filamentary dust not only absorbs light, but also reflects the light of several bright blue stars that formed recently in the nebula. Of the two reflection nebulas pictured above, the more famous nebula is M78, on the upper right, while NGC 2071 can be seen to its lower left. The same type of scattering that colors the daytime sky further enhances the blue color. M78 is about five light-years across and visible through a small telescope. M78 appears above only as it was 1600 years ago, however, because that is how long it takes light to go from there to here. M78 belongs to the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that contains the Great Nebula in Orion and the Horsehead Nebula.

[EveryNerveAware]

QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Mar 20 2008, 02:12 PM)

Explanation: An eerie blue glow....

 

jinx

 

You owe me a Coke.