Starship Asterisk*

Leo Triplet is has already become an APOD:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110803.html

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Asterisk poster [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=112005]bystander[/url] scours the web every day to find [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewforum.php?f=31][color=#4000BF]the latest news[/color][/url] and images to share.
Here are thirteen of his recent finds; which THREE do you think would make the best APOD?
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[url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=23849][size=110][b][color=#4000BF]<- Bystander's Finds #12[/color][/b][/size][/url]


[url=http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/main.php?v=item&id=88][size=120][b]Revealing the Old Man in the Sun[/b][/url][/size]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X67VMG3D6Vg[/youtube]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=22525&start=25#p153615]this thread[/url] for more information.


[size=120][url=http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_023234_1460][b]The Crazy Floor of Hellas Basin[/b][/url][/size]
[size=85][url=http://www.uahirise.org/images/wallpaper/800/ESP_023234_1460.jpg][attachment=0]Hellas Basin.jpg[/attachment][/url][/size]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=24578]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://www.universetoday.com/87667/cosmic-bullseye-aurigas-wheel/][size=120][b]Cosmic Bullseye: Auriga’s Wheel[/b][/size][/url]
[img2]http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/aurigaswheel.jpg[/img2]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=24504]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-218][size=120][b]Spitzer Sees Spider Web of Stars in Galaxy IC 342[/b][/size][/url]
[img2]http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0006/8802/sig11-009_Sm.jpg[/img2]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=24491]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1130a/][size=120][b]Sunset Glow in Orion[/b][/size][/url]
[img2]http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/screen/potw1130a.jpg[/img2]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=24541]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1126/][size=120][b]VST Looks at the Leo Triplet — and Beyond[/b][/size][/url]
[img2]http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/eso1126a.jpg[/img2]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=24573]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://www.nature.com/news/specials/space_shuttle/][size=120][b]Space Shuttle: The Complete Missions[/b][/size][/url]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II7QBLt36xo[/youtube]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=24536]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_GUM22.html][size=120][b]WISE: GUM 22 -- Star Formation Everywhere[/b][/size][/url]
[img2]http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_images/WISE2011-023-med.jpg[/img2]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=24248]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/421-Crash-or-Coincidence.html][size=120][b]Crash or Coincidence?[/b][/size][/url]
[img2]http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/uploads/LROCiotw/M141485413R.thumb.png[/img2]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=24603]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/alfven-waves.html][size=120][b]GSFC: SDO Spots Extra Energy in the Sun's Corona[/b][/size][/url]
[img2]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/575168main1_spicules-670.jpg[/img2]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=24585]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://www.icrar.org/news/news_items/media-releases/a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe][size=120][b]A New Way to Measure the Expansion of the Universe[/b][/size][/url]
[img2]http://www.icrar.org/__data/assets/image/0020/1670411/0006.tga.jpg[/img2]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=24570]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/11_releases/press_072711.html][size=120][b]NGC 3115: Chandra Images Gas Flowing Toward Black Hole[/b][/size][/url]
[img2]http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/n3115/n3115.jpg[/img2]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=24574]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://www.gemini.edu/node/11656][size=120][b]Gemini Image Captures Elegant Beauty of Planetary Nebula[/b][/size][/url]
[img2]http://www.gemini.edu/images/pio/20110725_k61_planetary_nebula.jpg[/img2]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=24545]this thread[/url] for more information.


[url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=23849][size=110][b][color=#4000BF]<- Bystander's Finds #12[/color][/b][/size][/url]