Starship Asterisk*

Thanks to both 'alter-ego' and 'Pastorian' for the answer to my question. This is truly one of the more interesting pictures that I've seen on APOD. The Hummingbird (or Penguin) Nebula is gorgeous. The variety of galaxies and stars, the types of interactions and their placements within our view just...

So the two bright blue stars at the top of the pic are obviously stars from our galaxy but the stream of stars behind the right star looks to be an irregular galaxy. Is that correct? How far distant is that from the star in front?

Thanks.

Be still my heart!!! There are many, many, MANY beautiful and amazing images that have been made available for viewing with more coming all the time. While I oohhh and ahhhh over most of them, my heart belongs to the Eagle Nebula. I first saw The Pillars of Creation on an ABC news program on Hubble....

How can you forget this sweet little poem that started all your little careers in astronomy. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star By Jane Taylor Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing sh...

APOD is my 'home page' on my computer and has been for over 20 years (at least). When I saw today's explanation, I was charmed that someone was so enchanted by the image that they took the time to compose a poem about it - even if it was a knock off Poe. Then, I was SO DISAPPOINTED to find that it w...