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Elephant Trunk Nebula in Narrowband
Copyright: Malcolm Park
http://www.astromodelismo.es
Copyright: Máximo Ruiz NGC 6369: Little Ghost Nebula
http://www.kellysky.net
Credit and copyright: HLA (image); Al Kelly (processing)
http://picasaweb.google.com/blacksir/2009
Copyright: Alexander Vasenin Between Sagittarius, Ophiuchus and Scorpius
http://blog.deepskycolors.com/archive/2 ... -Scor.html
Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo Circumhorizontal Arc, Take 2
Copyright: Brad Viets
Known in the weather world as a circumhorizontal arc, this rare sight was caught on film on June 23 as it hung over Boise, Idaho. It lasted about 1/2 hour.
The arc isn't a rainbow — it is caused by light passing through wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds. The sight occurs only when the sun is very high in the sky (more than 58° above the horizon). What's more, the hexagonal ice crystals that make up cirrus clouds must be shaped like thick plates with their faces parallel to the ground.
When light enters through a vertical side face of such an ice crystal and leaves from the bottom face, it refracts, or bends, in the same way that light passes through a prism. If a cirrus's crystals are aligned just right, the whole cloud lights up in a spectrum of colors. ~ Brad Viets Lagoon Nebula and NGC6559
Copyright: Scott Tucker and Dail Terry
http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/lan ... yChris.htm
Copyright: Chris Kotsiopoulos Antennae Galaxies
http://www.skyfactory.org/antennae/antennae.htm
Credit: NASA, ESA, and B. Whitmore (STScI). Image processing: Davide De Martin This Image Needs a Good Name; Can You Help?
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Copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral Please post your suggestions for a name for this image; thank you! ~ Owlice <- Previous submissions