Starship Asterisk*

Very nice except for the small guiding error, very unfortunately..

Astonishing. It's truly amazing what NASA has achieved. If not convinced, take a look a the full res image.

Very good, though I've always assumed that "Witch Head" actually refers to the head, as here, and most others on the web:
http://www.astrocruise.com/milky_way/ic2118.jpg

[quote=In natural colors, M42 looks gray. Any image that shows color is unnatural.[/quote] Perhaps to the naked eye, but using _any_ imaging device (which accumulates light) you'd have to grossly under-expose to get M42 to look grey . M42 has _very_ strong emissions in Ha and OIII, and a very large ...

Sorry but this is horribly over processed; how did such a wretched image get on to APOD? This is what M42 actually looks like, in natural RGB colours:
http://www.astrocruise.com/milky_way/M42_0712.jpg

NASA can feel very proud of themselves - a continuing series of stunning achievements - the highest of high adventurers! It's a privilege to be alive to witness such achievements!

The Twitter effect on science.

I can see nothing at all - just the light grey background - there is no image or video there. I thought it may be a very large file but have waited 5 mins and still nothing appears - I have 8Mbs broadband - nothing has taken this long to load. I've never had this problem with the APOD page in the pa...