Starship Asterisk*

I didn't even recognise the formation as an arrow until apodman outlined it. I believe it is just a natural phenomena. I agree that the picture is awesome though. Imagine; 15 million LY away and being able to see individual stars with such clarity! :shock: 8)

Orin

[quote="rainbowresh"]As usual, AWESOME. But where did the white arrow come from on the left side of the pic of M83? That was the second thing I noticed, found in the white gaseous area on the left of the screen. What is it pointing to? Why is it there? :?: Just highly curious. :D[/quote]
Sorry, I see nothing on the left. But I did find this on the right:

[img]http://j3000.com/x/apod/arrow_in_m83.jpg[/img]

As usual, AWESOME. But where did the white arrow come from on the left side of the pic of M83? That was the second thing I noticed, found in the white gaseous area on the left of the screen. What is it pointing to? Why is it there? :?: Just highly curious. :D

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091116.html