ImWithStupid Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 That is awsome.. Til our Sun explodes and vaporizes a nearby planet. Go look at the pic today bud.. beautiful.. Astronomy Picture of the Day That's a cool pic of the cat's eye nebula. I've seen pictures of it before, but nothing with that much detail, resolution or that close up. Quote
snafu Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 That is awsome.. Til our Sun explodes and vaporizes a nearby planet. Astronomy Picture of the Day You caught that too? Oh s Quote "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller NEVER FORGOTTEN
snafu Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Here's a picture I had in a collection of the Mars Path Finder. http://Off Topic Forum.com/gallery/uploads/5/viking1panorama.jpg Quote "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller NEVER FORGOTTEN
snafu Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 In a view form the International Space Station facing north, the green glow of aurora borealis stretches over the Gulf of Alaska. The photograph was taken by a crew member of space shuttle Endeavour, which was scheduled to leave the station this morning. The circular cloud pattern below the lights indicates a low pressure area. Digg - Aurora Borealis, Witnessed by the Crew of the Space Shuttle Quote "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller NEVER FORGOTTEN
Guest sheik-yerbouti Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 Star explodes halfway across universe - Yahoo! News The article estimates that the star exploded when the universe was about half it's current age, and the light just now reached the Earth. That's a long way to go. 7.5 billion light years away......wow....I just cannot begin to mentally visualise that linear distance. Quote
wez Posted April 3, 2008 Author Posted April 3, 2008 You have to right click on the pic itself to get the image properties and that address is what needs to go in the image tags. [attach=full]1689[/attach] Cool.. I think I figured out how to post a pic.. or not.. Yeah!! Nice Thanks a lot bud... Beautiful. Quote
wez Posted April 3, 2008 Author Posted April 3, 2008 You have to right click on the pic itself to get the image properties and that address is what needs to go in the image tags. [attach=full]1690[/attach] Cool.. I think I figured out how to post a pic.. or not.. Yeah!! Nice Thanks a lot bud... Beautiful. Quote
wez Posted April 3, 2008 Author Posted April 3, 2008 Jupiter is awsome.. [attach=full]1691[/attach] This was always one of my favs.. Makes a great background on the comp. Here's Io.. one of it's moons.. [attach=full]1692[/attach] Quote
wez Posted April 3, 2008 Author Posted April 3, 2008 Jupiter is awsome.. [attach=full]1693[/attach] This was always one of my favs.. Makes a great background on the comp. Here's Io.. one of it's moons.. [attach=full]1694[/attach] Quote
RoyalOrleans Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Ahhhhhhhh......... it! I was going to post a UTube video of Blue Oyster Cult performing ASTRONOMY. I reckon I'm not holding my lip just right, because I can't get the freaking to post. Oh well... back to the ing salt lick. Quote To be the Man, you've got to beat the Man. - Ric Flair Everybody knows I'm known for dropping science.
RoyalOrleans Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Ahhhhhhhh......... it! I was going to post a UTube video of Blue Oyster Cult performing ASTRONOMY. I reckon I'm not holding my lip just right, because I can't get the freaking to post. Oh well... back to the ing salt lick. Quote To be the Man, you've got to beat the Man. - Ric Flair Everybody knows I'm known for dropping science.
wez Posted April 4, 2008 Author Posted April 4, 2008 Here's the two together.. Jupiter and Io.. Gives a good perspective of size.. [attach=full]1695[/attach] Another of Io against the planet.. unreal [attach=full]1696[/attach] Good one of the Great Red Spot.. [attach=full]1697[/attach] From Voyager [attach=full]1698[/attach] Quote
wez Posted April 4, 2008 Author Posted April 4, 2008 Here's the two together.. Jupiter and Io.. Gives a good perspective of size.. [attach=full]1699[/attach] Another of Io against the planet.. unreal [attach=full]1700[/attach] Good one of the Great Red Spot.. [attach=full]1701[/attach] From Voyager [attach=full]1702[/attach] Quote
ImWithStupid Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Ahhhhhhhh......... it! I was going to post a UTube video of Blue Oyster Cult performing ASTRONOMY. I reckon I'm not holding my lip just right, because I can't get the freaking to post. Oh well... back to the ing salt lick. Here's your problem... [attach=full]1703[/attach] I think? All you need to do for YouTube vids is post the address from the address bar and it embeds. The html embeding doesn't work. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE4ecIKXr5o]YouTube - Astronomy - Blue Oyster Cult[/ame] Quote
ImWithStupid Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Ahhhhhhhh......... it! I was going to post a UTube video of Blue Oyster Cult performing ASTRONOMY. I reckon I'm not holding my lip just right, because I can't get the freaking to post. Oh well... back to the ing salt lick. Here's your problem... [attach=full]1704[/attach] I think? All you need to do for YouTube vids is post the address from the address bar and it embeds. The html embeding doesn't work. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE4ecIKXr5o]YouTube - Astronomy - Blue Oyster Cult[/ame] Quote
wez Posted April 4, 2008 Author Posted April 4, 2008 Some Nebulas.. Cats paw [attach=full]1705[/attach] The Eight Burst Nebula [attach=full]1706[/attach] The Horsehead Nebula [attach=full]1707[/attach] Dust and the Helix Nebula [attach=full]1708[/attach] Quote
wez Posted April 4, 2008 Author Posted April 4, 2008 Some Nebulas.. Cats paw [attach=full]1709[/attach] The Eight Burst Nebula [attach=full]1710[/attach] The Horsehead Nebula [attach=full]1711[/attach] Dust and the Helix Nebula [attach=full]1712[/attach] Quote
wez Posted April 4, 2008 Author Posted April 4, 2008 Ahhhhhhhh......... it! I was going to post a UTube video of Blue Oyster Cult performing ASTRONOMY. I reckon I'm not holding my lip just right, because I can't get the freaking to post. Oh well... back to the ing salt lick. Hahahahaha... hey man. Blue Oyster Cult is the ing man! Quote
wez Posted April 4, 2008 Author Posted April 4, 2008 Ahhhhhhhh......... it! I was going to post a UTube video of Blue Oyster Cult performing ASTRONOMY. I reckon I'm not holding my lip just right, because I can't get the freaking to post. Oh well... back to the ing salt lick. Hahahahaha... hey man. Blue Oyster Cult is the ing man! Quote
wez Posted April 4, 2008 Author Posted April 4, 2008 4 More nebs.. Planetary Nebula NGC 2440 [attach=full]1713[/attach] The Rosette Nebula [attach=full]1714[/attach] The Eagle Nebula in Infrared [attach=full]1715[/attach] Star Forming Region DR 6 [attach=full]1716[/attach] Quote
wez Posted April 4, 2008 Author Posted April 4, 2008 4 More nebs.. Planetary Nebula NGC 2440 [attach=full]1717[/attach] The Rosette Nebula [attach=full]1718[/attach] The Eagle Nebula in Infrared [attach=full]1719[/attach] Star Forming Region DR 6 [attach=full]1720[/attach] Quote
wez Posted April 4, 2008 Author Posted April 4, 2008 Hows about some galaxies... Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1132 [attach=full]1721[/attach] Galaxies in Pegasus [attach=full]1722[/attach] Peculiar Arp 87 [attach=full]1723[/attach] Galaxy Group Hickson 44 [attach=full]1724[/attach] Quote
wez Posted April 5, 2008 Author Posted April 5, 2008 Some more nebs.. Orion's Horsehead Nebula [attach=full]1725[/attach] Boomerang Nebula [attach=full]1726[/attach] The Medusa Nebula [attach=full]1727[/attach] IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula [attach=full]1728[/attach] Quote
wez Posted April 5, 2008 Author Posted April 5, 2008 Why the hell not... more nebs The Eskimo Nebula from Hubble [attach=full]1729[/attach] NGC 6164: A Bipolar Emission Nebula [attach=full]1730[/attach] Orion Nebula: The Hubble View [attach=full]1731[/attach] M1: The Crab Nebula [attach=full]1732[/attach] Quote
wez Posted April 6, 2008 Author Posted April 6, 2008 Excellent pic of the Horsehead today! Wisps Surrounding the Horsehead Nebula [attach=full]1733[/attach] Credit & Copyright: Star Shadows Remote Observatory Explanation: The famous Horsehead Nebula in Orion is not alone. A deep exposure shows that the dark familiar shaped indentation, visible just below center, is part of a vast complex of absorbing dust and glowing gas. To bring out details of the Horsehead's pasture, amateur astronomers at the Star Shadow Remote Observatory in New Mexico, USA fixed a small telescope on the region for over seven hours filtering out all but a very specific color of red light emitted by hydrogen. They then added the image to a full color frame taken over three hours. The resulting spectacular picture details an intricate tapestry of gaseous wisps and dust-laden filaments that were created and sculpted over eons by stellar winds and ancient supernovas. The Horsehead Nebula lies 1,500 light years distant towards the constellation of Orion. Two stars from the Orion's Belt can be found in the above image. Southern Orion: From Belt to Witch [attach=full]1734[/attach] Credit & Copyright: St?phane Guisard Explanation: Do you recognize the belt of Orion in this image? The familiar trio of stars, visible to the unaided eye, can be found across the upper left. Otherwise, the southern part of the constellation Orion has taken on a new look in this unusually deep and wide view First note that the lower left belt star, Alnitak, is the easternmost star in Orion's belt. Left of Alnitak is the Flame Nebula, with clouds of bright emission and dramatic dark dust lanes. Directly below Alnitak, a close inspection will reveal the Horsehead Nebula. Farther right and below is the Orion Nebula, M42, itself visible to the unaided eye. The brightest star in the frame, near the bottom right, is Rigel. A bright blue star, Rigel illuminates the ominously shaped dust patch known as the Witch Head Nebula, visible as the blue reflection nebula near the lower right corner. Finally, appearing as a vast red ring and encompassing the entire region, is Barnard's Loop. Humans could see this entire menagerie, unaided, were their eyes about 10,000 times more sensitive. Cool pic of Phobos... Moon of Mars.. Stickney Crater [attach=full]1735[/attach] Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA Explanation: Stickney Crater, the largest crater on the martian moon Phobos, is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathematician and wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Asaph Hall discovered both the Red Planet's moons in 1877. Over 9 kilometers across, Stickney is nearly half the diameter of Phobos itself, so large that the impact that blasted out the crater likely came close to shattering the tiny moon. This stunning, enhanced-color image of Stickney and surroundings was recorded by the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as it passed within some six thousand kilometers of Phobos last month. Even though the surface gravity of asteroid-like Phobos is less than 1/1000th Earth's gravity, streaks suggest loose material has slid down inside the crater walls over time. Light bluish regions near the crater's rim could indicate a relatively freshly exposed surface. The origin of the curious grooves along the surface is mysterious but may be related to the crater-forming impact. Quote
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