Starship Asterisk*

It looks like a Zombie Wile E. Coyote chasing a cosmic Roadrunner - from my point of view!

There could be any number of earths around any of those stars and we'd never know from simply looking at a single snapshot. So many planets, so hard to see...

[quote]The entire N11 emission nebula is second in LMC size only to 30 Doradus[/quote]
Apod quote

[quote]30 Doradus ... 1000 light-years in diameter[/quote]
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorado#section_4

[quote]A light-year, also light year or lightyear (symbol: ly), is a unit of length equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (or about 6 trillion miles). [/quote]
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year

[quote="Astronomy Dummy"]I have a hard time imagining how big this is. If the earth was in the picture, would I be able to see it?[/quote]

Mmmm. Like Neufer said - the short answer is "No"! :wink:

[quote="Astronomy Dummy"]

I have a hard time imagining how big this is. If the earth was in the picture, would I be able to see it?[/quote]
[list]No.[/list]

I have a hard time imagining how big this is. If the earth was in the picture, would I be able to see it?

[quote="neufer"][quote="MargaritaMc"]

I am making up a reference list to help me, and up to now have found them via Google.
But the only initials for LHA even slightly astronomically related is[b] Local Hour Angle.[/b] Which doesn't seen likely.

Can anyone help clarify this for me?[/quote]
http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Dic?LHA%20120-N [size=150]: [color=#FF0000]LH[/color]-[color=#FF0000]a[/color]lpha 115-[color=#FF0000]N[/color]
([color=#FF0000]L[/color]amont-[color=#FF0000]H[/color]ussey, H-[color=#FF0000]a[/color]lpha field 115: SMC, [color=#FF0000]N[/color]ebula)[/size]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gordon_Henize[/quote]

THANK YOU, Neufer :thumb_up: and [b]Bystander [/b] :thumb_up: - both for the info and the resources.

Calling it Sea Dragon would be a better name than horse:
[url=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/32/maleweedyseadragon61073.jpg/][img]http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4249/maleweedyseadragon61073.jpg[/img][/url]

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Every time I see an image like this I am reminded of the psychedelic visions of John the Revelator.

Wow - so beautiful!

Lamont-Hussey alpha - A catalog of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-alpha]hydrogen alpha[/url] (Hα) fields by the [url=http://www.assabfn.co.za/lamont_hussey/]Lamont–Hussey Observatory[/url].

[quote="MargaritaMc"]

I am making up a reference list to help me, and up to now have found them via Google.
But the only initials for LHA even slightly astronomically related is[b] Local Hour Angle.[/b] Which doesn't seen likely.

Can anyone help clarify this for me?[/quote]
http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Dic?LHA%20120-N [size=150]: [color=#FF0000]LH[/color]-[color=#FF0000]a[/color]lpha 115-[color=#FF0000]N[/color]
([color=#FF0000]L[/color]amont-[color=#FF0000]H[/color]ussey, H-[color=#FF0000]a[/color]lpha field 115: SMC, [color=#FF0000]N[/color]ebula)[/size]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gordon_Henize

Oh! :roll: :bang:

I get so STUMPED by initials!

I am making up a reference list to help me, and up to now have found them via Google. But the only initials for LHA even slightly astronomically related is[b] Local Hour Angle.[/b] Which doesn't seen likely.

Can anyone help clarify this for me?

Margarita

PS. The video is superb, by the way. Thank you for posting it, Neufer :clap:

A Spiny Seahorse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_seahorse
On the zoom-in you can see the awesome job of editing well.

[quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periorbital_dark_circles"]
[float=left][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q59QwM_YRDM[/youtube][/float]

<<Periorbital dark circles (also known as dark circles) are dark blemishes around the eyes. There are many causes of this symptom, including heredity and bruising. In most cases, the dark circles under the eyes are blood vessels that can be seen through the skin. The skin around the eyelids (periorbital skin) is the thinnest skin in the body. Like varicose veins, dark circles under the eyes are usually an inherited trait. When blood passes through the large veins close to the surface of the skin, it can produce a bluish tint. The more transparent the skin—also an inherited trait—the darker the circles appear. In people with a deep-set bone structure, shadowing can also contribute to the dark color under the eyes.>>[/quote]

Very Nice! 8-) :D :thumb_up: :thumb_up: :clap: :yes:

Kind of a Horned Dolphin Nebula, thingy...or Weird Alien Kanguru, perhaps? Wow.

Neat video, on N11 Link.

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Wow! I didn't know seahorses got that big! :D

[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130211.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_130211.jpg[/img] [size=150]N11: Star Clouds of the LMC[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] Massive stars, abrasive [url=http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/Astronomy/SteWin.html]winds[/url], mountains of [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap031228.html]dust[/url], and [url=http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/uv.html]energetic light[/url] sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/stellar_nurseries.html]star formation[/url] in the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Group]Local Group of Galaxies[/url]. Known as [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q59QwM_YRDM]N11[/url], the region is [url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0411d.html]visible[/url] on the upper right of many images of its home galaxy, the [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000130.html]Milky Way[/url] neighbor known as the [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980124.html]Large Magellanic Clouds[/url] (LMC). The [url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/fitsimages/josh_lake_ngc_1763/]above image[/url] was taken for scientific purposes by the Hubble Space Telescope and reprocessed for artistry by an amateur to win the [url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/hiddentreasures/]Hubble's Hidden Treasures[/url] competition. Although the section imaged above is known as [url=http://www.starsurfin.com/constellations/dorado.htm]NGC 1763[/url], the entire N11 emission nebula is second in LMC size only to [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap991026.html]30 Doradus[/url]. [url=http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0212525]Studying the stars in N11[/url] has shown that it actually houses three successive generations of star formation. Compact [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030816.html]globules of dark dust[/url] housing emerging young stars are also visible around the image.

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