____________ AAUGH!Chris Peterson wrote:Very good! What struck me about this was that even with a large crop,RJN wrote:The correct answer.
the result looked strikingly like a nebula rather than a solid body.
Solved: What is it? Space mystery object
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #9
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What is it? Space mystery object #10
Identify the APOD from which this image fragment was taken.
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #10
Hint: It's a few million light years away.
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #10
Well...that's pretty much a dead giveaway on what it is (more or less)...now which APOD?RJN wrote:Hint: It's a few million light years away.
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #10
I would guess M45
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #10
Found it. Only thing I knew without searching is that it had to be one of the older ones because it's pretty noisy.
...Am I supposed to do one now?
...Am I supposed to do one now?
Just call me "geck" because "zilla" is like a last name.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #10
Yes. Your turn. I will take it off the APOD front page now! - RJN
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What is it? Space mystery object #11
Identify the APOD from which this image fragment was taken. Pretty popular one. Any APOD it came from will do. That's your only clue!
Just call me "geck" because "zilla" is like a last name.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #11
I found nine going all the way back to 1996. I cheated, I used your image search engine, got the name, and searched APOD.
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #11
You should be deported back to Melmac!bystander wrote:I cheated, I used your image search engine, got the name, and searched APOD.
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #11
Can I try one? (Even though I'm woefully bad at identifying what others have posted.)
I was cutting out a piece of an image this afternoon and noticed a nice little bit nearby that would be an interesting one of these mystery objects.
Rob
I was cutting out a piece of an image this afternoon and noticed a nice little bit nearby that would be an interesting one of these mystery objects.
Rob
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #11
It's OK by me. Bystander might have dibs but he only indicated he knew the answer, he did not give it.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #11
I'll give the answer, geckzilla can verify it, and Rob can have my turn. It seems to have been a favorite.
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #11
I notice that some of the pics have been inside of [img] tags, but others inside of [attachment] tags. Is one preferred? If attachment is preferred, how do I do that? I don't see an attachment tag button in the post interface.
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #11
At the bottom of the post a new topic or post a reply are tabs for options and upload attachments. Select the upload attachments tab and follow the instructions. The last step is to select place inline which places your uploaded attachment on the page within the [attachment] tags. There is no real preference, except [img] assumes a permanent link to an image hosting site.
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #11
Yes, sorry, been a bit busy. Bystander is correct. Start the next one, Rob!
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What is it? Space mystery object #12
Okay, first time for me to tease the experts. The mystery will probably last only a few minutes, but who knows, I may get them snagged on irrelevancies.
This one is obviously within a certain kind of object, but the questions are...
Which object is it within?
What, in particular, are we looking at?
And, of course, which APOD is it from?
Rob
This one is obviously within a certain kind of object, but the questions are...
Which object is it within?
What, in particular, are we looking at?
And, of course, which APOD is it from?
Rob
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #12
http://www.fbrt.org.uk/pages/athena/frameset-athena.html wrote:
<<Inscribed on Athena's shield is a Latin motto,
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*OBSCURIS VERA INVOLVENS*
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meaning *TRUTH is enveloped in obscurity* , which explains
. the imagery on the shield-the central sun representing
. TRUTH and the surrounding clouds obscurity.>>
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #12
Yes, exactly!neufer wrote:<<...the central sun ... and the surrounding clouds obscurity.>>
Does this mean I've stumped the experts? What do I win?
Perhaps I should offer up some nebulous clues...
* I should at least tell you it is within one of the most easily seen and most often photographed of the nebulae.
* I started from an extremely large image -- in the neighbourhood of 130MB on disk -- and cut only a small piece out of it. (It's a fun image to browse in.)
* It is, perhaps obviously, a star-forming region, and the central object is a new(ish) star. I doubt if it has a name, but coordinates would do as identifier.
* I have no idea what the red dots are.
Rob
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #12
must be somewhere in here, overall colors and spike angles match, but I can't really seem to find it oh well, but, maybe I did narrowed it down enough for someone to spot it
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #12
You're no Clyde Tombaugh!makc wrote:must be somewhere in here, overall colors and spike angles match, but I can't really seem to find it oh well, but, maybe I did narrowed it down enough for someone to spot it
(One would have to be blind not to see it! I think I can even see it here.)
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #12
Stars!rstevenson wrote: * I have no idea what the red dots are.
makc got it. his turn in the barrelmakc wrote:must be somewhere in here, overall colors and spike angles match, but I can't really seem to find it oh well, but, maybe I did narrowed it down enough for someone to spot it
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Re: What is it? Space mystery object #12
bystander wrote:makc got it. his turn in the barrelmakc wrote:must be somewhere in here, overall colors and spike angles match, but I can't really seem to find it
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What is it? Space mystery object #13
I only had to enter words "pink" and "apod" in g0ogle to find an image in #12, and didn't really find the star in it. But people insist that I should post next one. They probably all are a bit triskaidekaphobs deep inside.
Oh well, here's my choice: What could be more mysterious than a lonely bright thing in a black background Oh wait, it is not alone there, there's two of them... both are rather famous objects.
Oh well, here's my choice: What could be more mysterious than a lonely bright thing in a black background Oh wait, it is not alone there, there's two of them... both are rather famous objects.
Re: What is it? Space mystery object #12
neufer, now it's other way around: blind leading madmen any way, here you go.