by sid1138 » Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:47 pm
The sky is an AWESOME place, a place of magic, mystery, color, and inspiration. All of these pictures are great pictures, and the coice was difficult. However, I decided to vote for the picture of NGC 602 for several reasoons. First, while I may not be in Greece, I have seen beautiful sunsets. Therefore, while a nice picture, it was not "astronomical" and mysterious enough for me. A similar thing holds for the star trails (while not in Iran - I have done that before). That leave M45, N11, and NGC 602.
M45 is always an inspiration to me (I love looking for it in the early fall/late summer as the nights get cooler). And there is the problem - I do and can look for it. So, while the picture is awesome, it does not have the mystery, the magic, and the power of the other two.
N11 is a great picture, but the split is distracting. It lost points for that.
Which, of course, brings us back to NGC 602. It has everything a truly awesome APOD contains. It has out-of-this-world colors, forms, and flows. The pillars of dust are almost organic in nature. It has mystery - what would it be like to travel near there, seeing stars be formed, maybe new planets, new systems. Wow that would be COOL. But it has more - way more. Look deep into the picture, and you see a galaxy. Oh wait, there is another. Oh, and look at that, even more. This picture continues to reveal new secrets and excitement every time I look at it.
THAT is why I picked NGC 602.
Thank you for posting it.
Sid1138
The sky is an AWESOME place, a place of magic, mystery, color, and inspiration. All of these pictures are great pictures, and the coice was difficult. However, I decided to vote for the picture of NGC 602 for several reasoons. First, while I may not be in Greece, I have seen beautiful sunsets. Therefore, while a nice picture, it was not "astronomical" and mysterious enough for me. A similar thing holds for the star trails (while not in Iran - I have done that before). That leave M45, N11, and NGC 602.
M45 is always an inspiration to me (I love looking for it in the early fall/late summer as the nights get cooler). And there is the problem - I do and can look for it. So, while the picture is awesome, it does not have the mystery, the magic, and the power of the other two.
N11 is a great picture, but the split is distracting. It lost points for that.
Which, of course, brings us back to NGC 602. It has everything a truly awesome APOD contains. It has out-of-this-world colors, forms, and flows. The pillars of dust are almost organic in nature. It has mystery - what would it be like to travel near there, seeing stars be formed, maybe new planets, new systems. Wow that would be COOL. But it has more - way more. Look deep into the picture, and you see a galaxy. Oh wait, there is another. Oh, and look at that, even more. This picture continues to reveal new secrets and excitement every time I look at it.
THAT is why I picked NGC 602.
Thank you for posting it.
Sid1138