Thank you to everyone that responded to my original posting. The video of the nebula is simply amazing as is the rest of the web page.
Even with the explanation in hand, I'm still amazed at the ability to image the nebula across such a large swath of the sky.
Thanks again!
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- Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Vela Supernova Remnant in Visible Light (APOD 13 Feb 2007)
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- Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:47 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Vela Supernova Remnant in Visible Light (APOD 13 Feb 2007)
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appearing twenty times the diameter of the full moon?
I'm a novice at astronomy, so forgive me if the answer to this question is obvious. In today's APOD (2/13/2007), the description of the nebula included the comment that is appears as 20x the diameter of the full moon. How can this be? Wouldn't a photograph of a faint structure that encompasses that ...