Starship Asterisk*

If the Coat Hanger is an asterism, have you got an asterism for my coat?

[img]http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/lifeandhealth/gallery/2007/nov/01/fashion/coat3-3544.jpg[/img]

Ann

[quote="owlice"][quote="beyond"]WOW! this last one really has such a Rich color. Look at all that gold![/quote]
Indeed! And do you see a playful dinosaur's head and neck in the image? She's all pink and peeking around part of the nebula![/quote]

You mean with the two sparkleing eyes and a little white fuzz under Her chin? Not really. I'm toooooooo busy looking at all that Gold stuff!!
And whats a pink dinosaur doing in the land of the Archer?
By the way take a closer look under Miss Pink, you may discover She has an offspring with her.

[quote="owlice"][size=120][b]The Coat Hanger Cluster CR399[/b][/size]
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
[img2]http://asterisk.apod.com/download/file.php?id=542&mode=view[/img2][/quote]
This isn't really a cluster, it's just an asterism.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brocchi%27s_Cluster#Status]Wikipedia: Coathanger Status[/url]

[quote="beyond"]WOW! this last one really has such a Rich color. Look at all that gold![/quote]
Indeed! And do you see a playful dinosaur's head and neck in the image? She's all pink and peeking around part of the nebula!

WOW! this last one really has such a Rich color. Look at all that gold!

[size=120][b]IC1274 in Saggitarius[/b][/size]
http://www.astrogarage.com/site/Default.aspx?ctl=viewmedia&mid=914&tabid=328&id=103
Copyright: Stefano Cancelli and Paul Mortfield
[img2]http://www.astrogarage.com/site/portals/10/MediaGallery/1/IC1274.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]Antares, Rho Ophiuchi and the Blue Horsehead[/b][/size]
http://philhart.com/gallery/Astrophotography/Nebulae/RhoOphMosaic_rz.jpg.html
Copyright: Phil Hart
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My first comment is that "Coat Hanger" is upside down. My second comment is that i like M3. It's simple - elegant - and it's -- "OUT THERE"!!

[size=120][b]The Coat Hanger Cluster CR399[/b][/size]
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
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Hmmm, I think I prefer NGC 206. I get a kick out of what I know that this object is, the largest OB association of our great neighbouring galaxy (and future nemesis), M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy!

Usually I get really bored by pictures of globular clusters, but I think that the one of M3 is really very nice. The image is well resolved, and it shows a few yellow-orange giants, a large number of blue horizontal branch stars and a myriad of small neutral-colored stars which are still on the main sequence. I admire the way the colors of the stars are so clearly separated, and since I think that blue is the loveliest color of them all, I really like the overall blue appearance of the cluster. At the same time the overall blue color bothers me, because I don't think a globular cluster should look that blue.

Ann

[size=120][b]Globular Cluster M3[/b][/size]
Credit: Student Groups Controlling the Israeli Internet Telescope
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[size=120][b]NGC206: Star Cluster in the Andromeda Galaxy[/b][/size]
Credit: Student Groups Controlling the Israeli Internet Telescope
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[size=120][b]Hayabusa's Fiery Reentry[/b][/size]
Copyright: Hayabusa Reentry Observation Team, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
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[size=120][b]NGC_6888: Crescent Nebula[/b][/size]
Credit: Student Groups Controlling the Israeli Internet Telescope
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[size=120][b]M43 Deep Field[/b][/size]
Credit: Student Groups Controlling the Israeli Internet Telescope
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