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I suppose this is pointing out the obvious, but although all the prominences we see in this image are on or very near the planar edge of the Sun we happen to be seeing here, the entire surface of the Sun must in fact be studded with prominences, much like looped carpet piling on a shag rug. Perhaps...

I suppose this is pointing out the obvious, but although all the prominences we see in this image are on or very near the planar edge of the Sun we happen to be seeing here, the entire surface of the Sun must in fact be studded with prominences, much like looped carpet piling on a shag rug.

zeecatman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 8:32 pm

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:32 pm So far, I am able to see exactly zero lions in this nebula.

Somehow I knew this would be the main topic of discussion

This is what I decided on:

LionNeb_Badr_3720.jpg

Yeah, that's about what my last reply approximated, though your outline is more refined.

So far, I am able to see exactly zero lions in this nebula. EDIT - ok, perhaps this is it: lion nebula lion.jpg Maybe this? (Probably have to click on it.) _ qu9m8y5l.gif Yeah, that's certainly better. Big lion head, no body. Still tough to see it though! Maybe big head little bod version: lion neb...

So far, I am able to see exactly zero lions in this nebula.

EDIT - ok, perhaps this is it:

The red dot is located at number 3 in my annotated image. You have put it at number 10. :ssmile: The red dot is quite faint and only looks bright in the enlarged image. Ann But that's not the red dot from the video. That red dot is near your "10" label as shown in Christian G.'s post abov...

I'm on very shaky ground here, but I think Johnny is right. I think rotation may indeed have something to do with how fast a star exhausts in core hydrogen and turns into a red giant. I think that a sufficiently fast rotation may mix the interior gases of a hot star in such a way that more hydrogen...

If we're talking about the red dot at 1:00, I see it left of the galaxy circled in white: Thanks - that's it alright! But I don't see it in Ann's reply images. Here's the side-by-side with the movie still and Ann's labeled image, with a dotted green line relating them: pandora cluster mystery dod.j...

Does anyone else see it? No - you might be hallucinating, or having a brain aneurysm.

Ann, is the mysterious "red dot" seen in the video seen in either of the labeled images you posted? Also, I can't seem to orient and locate your images, OR the "red dot" on today's APOD. <sigh> If we're talking about the red dot at 1:00, I see it left of the galaxy circled in wh...

Ann, is the mysterious "red dot" seen in the video seen in either of the labeled images you posted? Also, I can't seem to orient and locate your images, OR the "red dot" on today's APOD. <sigh>

The Dolphin Head nebula looks so much like a dolphin head that there really is no need to overdo the colour to make it look still more like a dolphin head! Which often astrographers tend to do I find, in blue-greens, but not in this case, it's just the right amount in my view! A fascinating aspect ...

It's interesting/amusing that the image at one of the W-R links shows another dolphin-like nebula, this time depicting the entire body: https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/07/Wolf-Rayet-star-WR-134-June-2020-scaled-e1659119484487.jpg Perhaps dolphins like to play near the strong winds of Wolf-Rayet stars! 😊

The Dolphin Head nebula looks so much like a dolphin head that there really is no need to overdo the colour to make it look still more like a dolphin head! Which often astrographers tend to do I find, in blue-greens, but not in this case, it's just the right amount in my view! A fascinating aspect ...

Thanks, Ann.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240606.jpg NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge Explanation: Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours of the northern sky, in the faint...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240606.jpg NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge Explanation: Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours of the northern sky, in the faint...

There is a small hollow on the front of the sort of white box located under the small cylinder, just to the right of the wheel. Maybe it's a stone when passing through a dust devil? Alex Not sure what you're referring to. This dent perhaps? dent on perseverence.jpg Yes, this one. Alex. Well, then y...

alex555 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:54 am There is a small hollow on the front of the sort of white box located under the small cylinder, just to the right of the wheel. Maybe it's a stone when passing through a dust devil?

Alex

Not sure what you're referring to. This dent perhaps?

It looks spectacular but, what could this have been like? https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Cometa_de_1744 Fantastic! The Great Comet of 1744 looked like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ch%C3%A9seaux%27s_Comet_of_1744_%28The_World_of_Comets%29.jpg/1280px-Ch%C3%A9sea...

The best part of this APOD is the link to a crow having fun repeatedly sliding down a snowy roof. If that doesn't prove animals are conscious and sentient (are those even different things?), nothing does! ... Amazing!!! The crow is even using a plastic lid as a sled!!! Crows are so smart! I'm remin...

The best part of this APOD is the link to a crow having fun repeatedly sliding down a snowy roof. If that doesn't prove animals are conscious and sentient (are those even different things?), nothing does!

Halton Arp, in his book Seeing Red thinks the “tidal tail” Ann highlights could be ejection debris. Fringe science, rejected by virtually all cosmologists. For this galaxy though, the desc links to this paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.13526 We present new neutral hydrogen (HI) observations of the ...

When the Moon became tidally locked, the Earth surface was still about 2500°C, and the Moon was 10-20 times closer than it is today. At that time, the Moon had an atmosphere of vaporized heavy elements (basically, rock vapor). The cooler side away from the Earth would have had material condense soo...

MelvzLuster wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2024 4:31 pm That galaxies are meant to be inhabited by man in the near future as foretold by scientists when starships are ready to be piloted by future astronauts
like us, so live forever & prosper!

Please define "near", "foretold" and which "scientists".