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A really great picture!

I wonder why and how it is that the area bottom-left of the horsehead is sharper than the rest. Does anyone of you have any ideas?

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Hofi wrote:Great image! I like the background galaxies most! There are really nice edge-on ones!

There are also some lovely spirals!

You are right! If you have a close look, you can even see some background nebulae! ... Really great stuff!

I was wondering some of the same things that tesla (above) mentioned. What is different in the gravitational forces that cause some globular clusters to apparently resolve themselves into a disk-like galaxy as our galaxy but others still remain as globular clusters? What kind of rotational motions ...

MilkyWay@home sounds a good idea. But I cannot remember to have heard any results from SETI@home and EINSTEIN@home. Does anyone of you know whether there have been results, yet? If the amount of computing power is really so great, there should have been some nice finds.

Great image! I like the background galaxies most! There are really nice edge-on ones!

Does anyone of you know what these orange to red dots are that appear all over the image?

I love it, I feel like im working for NASA or something and doing my little bit to help the heroes in space. Many people do so. ... And you are! ... I like the Galaxy Zoo Hubble images best. Something curious: When they started Galaxy Zoo some years ago, they got three minutes on BBC to present the...

I like this images of Saturn's moons and the gravitational influenced turbulences of the rings. I would be glad to see such an image as an APOD!

gravi wrote:if those are false colors what true colors it would be?

You cannot say exactly! Humans would see it gray because the colors are so faint that our eyes would not recognize it.
Just have a look at this website here. It probably will answer your question.

Congratulations to this beautiful immage! I really like it.
Currently, I have the Cat's Eye Nebular by Hubble hanging in my room. But I deliberate to change it into this one!

Great find, neufer! There are several such objects. Just look at the "North America Nebula" (NGC 7000)! I really like this similarities!

Hi! We all know that there are financial problems nearly all over the world. The shuttle was thought to be cheap because it's reuseable. Indeed, it did not work as planed. That's the reason why the USAF joined the project - because NASA had not the money to pay the expenses. In my opinion, the shutt...

WOW!
I like all of these images! They could have been taken on earth.

Viscous Flow in Protonilus Mensae look like there was plate tectonic forming canyons.

I like this photo. It shows the great height difference between the orbiter and the great fuel tank in the background.

I have one question: What are the dark spots left of the yellow retrainer? I don't think they are windows^^

Last year, there was an eppisode of "Hubble's Universe Unfiltered" which discussed the topic of merging galaxies. There was also an animation which, in my opinion, was quite good.
You can find it here. Hope it helps.

If this really is the photo of 2 galaxies that have collided, why do the curvatures in the tails become sharper as they collide? It seems the opposite would happen. Since we suppose that the galaxies are attracted to each other due to gravitational forces, the curvature lines should become more str...

Astronut wrote:Antennae? - not really.

I cannot agree with you. If you rotate the image 180°, the tidal tales look like old TV-antennas (although one is bend a little bit). Of course you need a little bit of creativity to see it.

I really love this image! It's a great example for how galaxies merge.!!!
How is it that the inner structure is not as blurred as the outher edge?

Were the colours made more intense by volcanic dust ? Maybe not. Normally, sunset (and sunrise) colours can be still be very dramatic, especially when the atmosphere is clear and the Sun is viewed very near the horizon, as in this scene. Nonetheless, I would not agree with APOD Robot. I'm living in...

When I saw the APOD title I thought the subject would be about the landforms on Mars that look a bit like faces. Nice thought! Such an APOD would be great! I have looked up in google and found some astonishing images: klick here . It fascinates me how shaddows and mountain formations can create suc...

Is it actually better known why the axial tilt is 177.3°? I just have heard that Venus possibly was hit by a huger object. How sure do "we" know that?


(Just because of the discussion on page 1 and 2)

Chris Peterson wrote:from our viewpoint we are looking through more material at the edge

Thanks for the information!

... but why is it that the density at the outer edge are denser? Shouldn't it be that the density decreases to the outside?

The similarity of this nebulae is really astonishing!

While looking at them, a question penetrated into my mind: Why and How is it that the colors at the edge of the nebulae are stronger than in the inner side? Is it because of the higher density of material/gas?

Hi!

I will add today's APOD to the list of favourites. The Faces of Mars. I really like the idea of letting children paint the planets. It helps increasing the fascination on the universe. The children of today are the (possible) astronomers of tomorrow!

I like this idea! And Mars is definitely the best object for such paintings through a telescope. My favourite image is the one by Pierre Desvaux. In my opinion, he got the colors as you would see them through a telescope. There has to be more to Mars than meets the eye when 24 different people look ...

Amir wrote:Thanks a lot Hofi, i was thinking about such a list for a while & i was gonna ask others to write about the website they know & use.
you've collected a great list!

Thanks!