by Anthony Barreiro » Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:44 pm
This is a beautiful picture full of astronomical wonders -- a yellow supergiant star, a hot blue star, yellow and blue reflection nebulae, red emission nebula, a couple of globular clusters. Wow.
And, I hate to admit that I know this, NCC 1701 is the Starfleet number for the starship Enterprise. You know, with Kirk, Spock, etc. My childhood enthusiasm for Star Trek has had a lasting effect on my mind. I can't remember Kepler's laws of planetary motion, but I could still run the transporter controls in an emergency.
This is a beautiful picture full of astronomical wonders -- a yellow supergiant star, a hot blue star, yellow and blue reflection nebulae, red emission nebula, a couple of globular clusters. Wow.
And, I hate to admit that I know this, NCC 1701 is the Starfleet number for the starship Enterprise. You know, with Kirk, Spock, etc. My childhood enthusiasm for Star Trek has had a lasting effect on my mind. I can't remember Kepler's laws of planetary motion, but I could still run the transporter controls in an emergency.