Starship Asterisk*

As usual, we have thick clouds - can't even see the moon.

My first thought upon seeing today's APOD was What a Beautiful Image. :D My second thought was that we were coming under attack by flying saucers. :shock: Reading that the attackers were 100 million ly away I decided not to worry about the attack at this time and just enjoy the beautiful picture. T...

After spending several years attempting this ourselves, we appreciate the effort put into an image like this! Thank you.

We both remember Hale-Bopp and how we tried to get good photos of it.

This is a fascinating and beautiful image. The objects look downright mysterious, as if they were a gathering of spirits wandering the vastness of the universe. In reality, of course, they are just a fragmented cloud of gas and dust being sculpted by the ultraviolet radiation and stellar wind of on...

Beyond wrote:Yes, it certainly is wild looking for a galaxy. From that picture, i would never have guessed it to actually be a galaxy. Space can be very strange

I agree, very wild.

Thank you APOD.

Lovely photo - thank you APOD.

Wonderful image, very detailed, hot young stars in the "arms". Thank you APOD!

Got here via the mirror link - thank you for keeping it going APOD!

Two "wows" and six thumbs up for today's image. Stunning!

A person must be patient and consistent - and have luck of good weather to capture such an image. Hats off to the photographer! My smarter half has attempted this over the years, but we have so many cloudy days, and a very tall horizon to frustrate his efforts.

Stunning!

Makes one wonder if these kinds of clouds form on other planets. Astronomy and weather are both fascinating to us. Thanks APOD - we love the Sunday repeats as they are usually outstanding images.

Stunning image - looks like a tadpole to us.

My mother used to say, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." I think that applies to the folks who always seem to complain on Sundays about a repeat on APOD, or a photo that isn't a stunning Hubble image. We appreciate the hard work these guys do for FREE for...

What most people have forgotten (or not learned) is that the First Americans set fires to "manage" the land, gleaned firewood for cooking and heating. The "park like" forests that the first Europeans saw were due to thousands of years of "management". Now we lock up the...

Wow great photo!!! Thanks Joey Mole.

Good pick for the APOD on the anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 July 16, in 1969.

Fascinating image and we usually learn more about the APODs by reading the discussion.

Beautiful!!!!!

Wonderful image.

Very nice image Ken Crawford.

Very nice photo Bill Metallinos. Thank you for carrying all that heavy equipment up the mountain!

Mind bending!

Actually, I find it resembles packed snow that has sublimated in below-freezing weather. Dark areas heat more quickly in the sun and sublimate away, leaving hollows like these. I see them every late winter/early spring. :mrgreen: We see the snow becoming "finned" and cratered like that wh...

For some reason today's APOD reminded me of one of our cats. His tail is longer than his body!