by Ann » Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:56 am
canopia wrote:
It is a very ingenious idea to look for the signs of an eclipse below the horizon and this is a flawless execution by Tarmo Tanilsoo. Very nice looking, too.
I agree completely!
I also love Arne Danielsen's midnight eclipse image. The color of the light in the picture is magical. It could be that the "chance conjuction" between the eclipsed Sun and the semi-transparent cloud helped bring out the fantastic light.
I love the latest image of SN 1987A, too. The incredible "birdie shape" inside the glowing ring makes it look like this could be a cosmic kiddie cartoon. And Arnold Oberschelp could perhaps star in a more educational children's TV show, with his amazing eclipse glasses!
I was also happy to see Enrico Africa's portrait of M53 and NGC 5053, two globular clusters which are so alike and yet so different, because one is truly brimming with stars, while the other has lost very many of them. It's a very nice picture, too, with a very fine color balance.
I also love Yuri Beletsky's Dark Doodad Molecular Cloud image. The colors may possibly be somewhat enhanced, but they are lovely. The blue star is Gamma Musca, a B5V star that is quite blue and bright, with a B-V of about -0.15 and a V magnitude of about 240 times the Sun. The globular cluster is the 7.2 magnitude NGC 4372, with an A0 star superimposed on the edge of it. Note the dark reddish-brown color of the Dark Doodad! (I'm sure I recently read that molecular clouds in the Milky Way are typically long and narrow structures, just like the Dark Doodad. Do the follow magnetic lines, perhaps?)
Ann
canopia wrote:
[quote]It is a very ingenious idea to look for the signs of an eclipse below the horizon and this is a flawless execution by Tarmo Tanilsoo. Very nice looking, too.[/quote]
I agree completely!
I also love Arne Danielsen's midnight eclipse image. The color of the light in the picture is magical. It could be that the "chance conjuction" between the eclipsed Sun and the semi-transparent cloud helped bring out the fantastic light.
I love the latest image of SN 1987A, too. The incredible "birdie shape" inside the glowing ring makes it look like this could be a cosmic kiddie cartoon. And Arnold Oberschelp could perhaps star in a more educational children's TV show, with his amazing eclipse glasses!
I was also happy to see Enrico Africa's portrait of M53 and NGC 5053, two globular clusters which are so alike and yet so different, because one is truly brimming with stars, while the other has lost very many of them. It's a very nice picture, too, with a very fine color balance.
I also love Yuri Beletsky's Dark Doodad Molecular Cloud image. The colors may possibly be somewhat enhanced, but they are lovely. The blue star is Gamma Musca, a B5V star that is quite blue and bright, with a B-V of about -0.15 and a V magnitude of about 240 times the Sun. The globular cluster is the 7.2 magnitude NGC 4372, with an A0 star superimposed on the edge of it. Note the dark reddish-brown color of the Dark Doodad! (I'm sure I recently read that molecular clouds in the Milky Way are typically long and narrow structures, just like the Dark Doodad. Do the follow magnetic lines, perhaps?)
Ann