Starship Asterisk*

[b][size=127]Fireflies[/size][/b]
[b]Suggested by Tom Messenger[/b]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4pWAxnfL8w[/youtube]

[size=120][b]Milky Way Reflections[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourkind/13224981565/[/url]
Copyright: Carlos Orue
[attachment=0]13224981565_d42372e843_c.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]NGC 3610[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/geckzilla/9855231903/[/url]
Copyright: Hubble Legacy Archive/NASA/ESA
Processing: Judy Schmidt
[img2]http://www.geckzilla.com/img/art/pics/NGC3610.jpg[/img2]
The narrow field of view of the HST only shows the central region of this shell elliptical. The outer shells can be seen in this widefield image by Antonio Sánchez: [url]http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/NGC%203642-3610%20LRGB%20%28Ursa%20Major%29.html[/url]

[size=120][b]LBN 181[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astrophoton.com/LBN0181.htm[/url]
Copyright: Bernhard Hubl
[img2]http://www.astrophoton.com/images/LBN0181-1.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]Abell 45[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astrodonimaging.com/gallery/display.cfm?imgID=262[/url]
Copyright: Don Goldman
[img2]http://www.astrodonimaging.com/_img/Image/gallery/mid/ABell45Webs.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]NGC 7822[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/neutronman/9469342134/[/url]
Copyright: John Davis
[attachment=0]9469342134_89452ce192_h.jpg[/attachment]
NGC 7822 refers to the arc shaped nebula at the right side, the large nebula in the centre is Ced 214.

[b][size=120]M109[/size][/b]
[url]http://www.capella-observatory.com/ImageHTMLs/Galaxies/M109.htm[/url]
Copyright: Makis Palaiologou, Stefan Binnewies and Josef Pöpsel
[img2]http://www.capella-observatory.com/images/Galaxies/M109.jpg[/img2]

[b][size=120]NGC 660[/size][/b]
[url]http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1168.html[/url]
Copyright: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)
[attachment=0]ngc660kpno.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Omega Centauri (NGC 5139)[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astrobin.com/80104/[/url]
Copyright: Richard Muhlack
[attachment=0]f79c54e19d0ead83d271a617ea768345.1824x0.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=120]NGC 678 and NGC 680[/size][/b]
[url]http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/NGC678_NGC680/NGC678_NGC680.htm[/url]
Copyright: Ken Crawford
[attachment=0]NGC678_NGC680.jpg[/attachment]
NGC 680 on the left is a shell elliptical galaxy.

[size=120][b]NGC 2782[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.btlguce.com/page54.html[/url]
Copyright: Mark Hanson
[attachment=0]NGC2782.jpg[/attachment]
This is a strange example of a shell type galaxy.

[size=120][b]Abell 1367[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n3842.shtml[/url]
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
[img2]http://www.caelumobservatory.com/mlsc/n3842s.jpg[/img2]
The webpage describes this as an image of NGC 3842, this is the central elliptical galaxy of this galaxy cluster. There are many more interesting galaxies that are outside this frame.

[size=120][b]California Nebula (NGC 1499)[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.billionsandbillions.com/california.html[/url]
Copyright: Warren Keller
[attachment=0]NGC1499.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]NGC 1514[/b][/size]
[url]http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC1514.html[/url]
Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
[attachment=0]WISE2010-041.jpg[/attachment]

[img2]http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/medium/heic1404a.jpg[/img2]

[img2]http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/medium/heic1404b.jpg[/img2]

New Hubble image of spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 and a Hubble and Chandra composite image.
[url]http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1404/[/url]
[quote]This image not only captures the galaxy and its backdrop in stunning detail, but also something more dramatic — intense blue streaks streaming outwards from the galaxy, seen shining brightly in ultraviolet light.

These streaks are actually hot young stars, encased in wispy streams of gas that are being torn away from the galaxy by its surroundings as it moves through space. This violent galactic disrobing is due to a process known as ram pressure stripping — a drag force felt by an object moving through a fluid [1]. The fluid in question here is superheated gas, which lurks at the centres of galaxy clusters.[/quote]
[b]
I thought I'd posted these images earlier, or that someone had, but I can't find them on the board. Apologies if I'm duplicating!
[/b]
There is also a useful ESO video (Hubblecast 72: Clues to a Violent Crime) which explains "ram pressure stripping" in a way that helped ME to "get" it.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL2nMtQtdDY[/url]

Seeing a news blog on the [url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/New-Hubble-Images-Display-Galactic-Jellyfish-248408711.html]Sky and Telescope[/url] website today reminded me, as I thought I'd just be adding the Sky and Telescope link to an existing thread.

[quote="geckzilla"]James Webb, sexiest telescope... large version [url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/multimedia/photos/2010/photos10-094.html]available here[/url].
...[/quote]


I watch/read everything I can about the JWST! The fact that it will be [i] unfolded[/i] :shock: once it is in position in orbit is just one of its many amazing features. Here are two of my favourite videos about it:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adi4ADVlUvg[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjFYubAkMtQ[/youtube]

[i]I was going just to post one, but they are both equally good...[/i]

[size=120][b]NGC 1316-7[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/129487497[/url]
Copyright: Greg Bradley
[attachment=0]129487497.vYJHbpzF.jpg[/attachment]

[quote="geckzilla"]Also, why was this never an APOD? How could I have never seen this? NGC3690, also known as Arp 299.
[size=150]Page with big version => http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16/image/bs/[/size]
[attachment=0]arp299.jpg[/attachment][/quote]
geckzilla, you've got great taste in galaxies. :D

Also, why was this never an APOD? How could I have never seen this? NGC3690, also known as Arp 299.
[size=150]Page with big version => http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16/image/bs/[/size]
[attachment=0]arp299.jpg[/attachment]

James Webb, sexiest telescope... large version [url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/multimedia/photos/2010/photos10-094.html]available here[/url].
[img]http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/images/content/471236main_1001293_516x343.jpg[/img]

Edit: Did I already post this? That photo was from 2010. I probably did!

[b][size=120]Kronberger 1[/size][/b]
[url]http://www.pbase.com/jshuder/image/154008487[/url]
Copyright: Jim Shuder
[attachment=0]154008487_SymW6uY6.jpg[/attachment]
This planetary nebula was discovered by the Deep Sky Hunters member Matthias Kronberger.

[size=120][b]LBN 603[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.distant-lights.at/lbn603-2013_09_06.htm[/url]
Copyright: Thomas Henne
[attachment=0]lbn603.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]IC 4628 widefield[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.cosmicphotos.com/gallery/image.php?fld_image_id=230&fld_album_id=11[/url]
Copyright: Jason Jennings
[attachment=0]displayimage.php.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]vdB158[/b][/size]
[url]http://bf-astro.com/vdb158/vdb158.htm[/url]
Copyright: Bob Franke
[attachment=0]vdb158.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]ESO 576-69[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1321a/[/url]
Copyright: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola
[img2]http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/screen/potw1321a.jpg[/img2]