by Ann » Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:01 am
I really like today's APOD, even though it's a mapped color image. Yes, but not only does it bring out details in the nebula beautifully, as mapped color narrowband nebula images almost always do, but I also like the mapped colors as such. I'm particularly glad that hydrogen alpha is not mapped to a sickly green color in this image!
And how can you not like the Gabriela Mistral Nebula? Gabriela Mistral was a Chilean poet, diplomat, educator and humanist, and she won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. Not only that, but she sure put her own portrait in the heavens, too! Just look at the picture at right. Surely you can see the resemblance?
A more formal name for the Gabriela Mistral Nebula is NGC 3324, and Hubble has snapped a remarkable picture of this nebula - or rather Hubble has snapped a remarkable picture of the long sharp-edged dust lane that creates the outline of the Chilean poet on the canvas of the sky:
Amazing, isn't it? I think Gabriela Mistral is lying face down in the image above. Do you think that elongated deep valley left of center could be her nose?
I said before that I really like today's APOD, and I do, but narrowband images are not ideal when it comes to portraying stars and star clusters. The great NGC 3293 star cluster deserves a better picture, and ESO has made a stunning BVIHα image of it:
It's lovely, isn't it? I think that NGC 3293 is one of the most beautiful open clusters in the sky. All right, the
Double Cluster is certainly even more stunning, but you can't have everything!
Ann
[float=left][img3="Carina Nebula North. Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto Colombari"]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2201/CarinaNorth_Colombari_960_annotated.jpg[/img3][/float][float=right][img3="Chilean Nobel Laureate Gabriela Mistral and her cosmic likeness, the Gabriela Mistral Nebula."]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DBv-vjZoUHE/UHx6BbXbkfI/AAAAAAAAABY/GlisxshE5e4/s1600/Blog+Image+9.jpg[/img3][/float]
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I really like today's APOD, even though it's a mapped color image. Yes, but not only does it bring out details in the nebula beautifully, as mapped color narrowband nebula images almost always do, but I also like the mapped colors as such. I'm particularly glad that hydrogen alpha is not mapped to a sickly green color in this image!
And how can you not like the Gabriela Mistral Nebula? Gabriela Mistral was a Chilean poet, diplomat, educator and humanist, and she won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. Not only that, but she sure put her own portrait in the heavens, too! Just look at the picture at right. Surely you can see the resemblance?
A more formal name for the Gabriela Mistral Nebula is NGC 3324, and Hubble has snapped a remarkable picture of this nebula - or rather Hubble has snapped a remarkable picture of the long sharp-edged dust lane that creates the outline of the Chilean poet on the canvas of the sky:
[float=left][img3="Hubble image of NGC 3324. Credit:
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)"]https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/thumb700x/opo0834a.jpg[/img3][/float]
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Amazing, isn't it? I think Gabriela Mistral is lying face down in the image above. Do you think that elongated deep valley left of center could be her nose?
I said before that I really like today's APOD, and I do, but narrowband images are not ideal when it comes to portraying stars and star clusters. The great NGC 3293 star cluster deserves a better picture, and ESO has made a stunning BVIHα image of it:
[float=left][img3="Star cluster NGC 3293. ESO/G. Beccari."]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Eso1422a.jpg/1024px-Eso1422a.jpg[/img3][/float]
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It's lovely, isn't it? I think that NGC 3293 is one of the most beautiful open clusters in the sky. All right, the [url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Double_Cluster_in_Perseus_-_Flickr_-_gjdonatiello.jpg]Double Cluster[/url] is certainly even more stunning, but you can't have everything!
Ann