Recent Submissions: 2010 August 19-21

[owlice]

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Star Trails and Moai
http://www.mauriciolopez.cl
Copyright: Mauricio López Escobar
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Perseid Fireball and the Milky Way
Copyright: Robert Townsend
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Vela Supernova Remnant
http://astrosurf.com/lorenzi/ccd/vela_HaOIIIRGB.htm
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

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Four-day-old Moon
http://www.theskyscrapers.org
Copyright: John Kocur
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The Milky Way
Copyright: Gote Flodqvist
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[owlice]

The Wall in NGC 7000
http://www.outters.fr/thewall-rcos-16u-s2Hao3.html
Copyright: Nicolas Outters

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[Ann]

The Vela Supernova remnant image is impressive. It looks a tiny bit false color, but it is probably enhanced color rather than false. I don't think I have ever seen so many intricate details brought out in this region of the sky.

The very bright star in the lower right part of the image, is that Gamma Velorum, famous O-type supergiant/Wolf Rayet binary?

I've got to applaud Gote Flodqvist's image, too, for two reasons. The image is really nice, and I like how it brings the subtle colors of the Milky Way. And second, Gote Flodqvist (really Göte Flodqvist) must be a fellow Swede!

Ann

[owlice]

Integrated Flux Nebula near IC 4633 in Apus
http://www.starrysite.com/
Copyright: Bogdan Jarzyna

[owlice]

Perseids under the Dark Sky of Taftan Mountain
Copyright: Mojtaba Moghadasi
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[owlice]

Active Region 1092 (with the Earth for comparison)
Copyright: Jesús Carmona de Argila
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[geckzilla]

My mind can't help but arc Earth like a ping pong ball into the sunspot like a carnival game.

[owlice]

Perseid Meteor over Sifford Lake
http://www.AstroPics.com
Copyright: Wally Pacholka / AstroPics.com
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[owlice]

NGC 7822
http://www.philippemoussette.com
Copyright: Philippe Moussette
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[owlice]

Perseids at Palomar
Copyright: Iair Arcavi

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I am a graduate student in Astrophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. I was lucky enough to be observing at Palomar on August 12, and caught several Perseids over the observatory. The camera (a Canon 50D with a wide angle 10-22 mm lens) was left outside on a tripod taking 25 second exposures in sequence. That night, over 750 images were taken at that position, and about 9 of them caught bright meteors. These 9 images were then combined to form this composite.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to see any of the meteors myself (except for a few which just happened to pass when I was changing camera batteries), as I was inside the dome most of the night, using the mighty 200" telescope to take spectra of distant supernovae. The camera zapping away outside got to see all the action.
~ Iair Arcavi

[owlice]

NGC-891: Edge on Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
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[owlice]

Mt. Whitney and the Milky Way
http://www.polliniproductions.com/
Copyright: Alex Pollini
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[owlice]

Milky House
http://astrosurf.com/emilio/
Copyright: Emilio Rivero
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[owlice]

IC1396
http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.php?/90/category/2
Copyright: César Cantú

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[owlice]

M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/4909827684/
Copyright: Terry Hancock
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[Ann]

I find Wally Pacholka's image extremely beautiful. The composition, the colors, the reflections in the water, the fantastic stillness and serenity broken by a single Perseid. I love the star reflections in the water, but there is no reflection of the Perseid. No wonder: the Perseid was a momentary thing, but the image must be the product of an exposure longer than the time it took for this "shooting star" to flash across the sky.

Ann

[bystander]

Perseid Meteor over Sifford Lake
Copyright: Wally Pacholka / AstroPics.com
http://www.AstroPics.com

Perseid-LassenNP-SiffordLake-0049-850wp.jpg
http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... 38#p130038

I find Wally Pacholka's image extremely beautiful. The composition, the colors, the reflections in the water, the fantastic stillness and serenity broken by a single Perseid. I love the star reflections in the water, but there is no reflection of the Perseid. No wonder: the Perseid was a momentary thing, but the image must be the product of an exposure longer than the time it took for this "shooting star" to flash across the sky.

Somewhat different than Wally's usual style, but I agree, this is a beautiful image. I always enjoy his work.

[Beyond]

NGC-891: Edge on Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
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Owlice, is this picture labeled right? A few pictures down you show Andromeda and it is not on edge. Is there a section of space around Andromeda that is labeled Andromeda and NGC-891 is in it so it is called as being IN Andromeda? Or did i miss something important along the way, again??

[owlice]

It's in the constellation of Andromeda. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_ ... llation%29

There's the Andromeda galaxy, which is in ... you guessed it! ... the constellation of Andromeda. But there are other galaxies within the constellation, too.

That said, it could still be labeled incorrectly.

[bystander]

Owlice, is this picture labeled right? A few pictures down you show Andromeda and it is not on edge. Is there a section of space around Andromeda that is labeled Andromeda and NGC-891 is in it so it is called as being IN Andromeda? Or did i miss something important along the way, again??

M31 (aka NGC 224), known as The Andromeda Galaxy is a member of the Local Group and is found in the constellation Andromeda and is about 2.5 million light-years away.

NGC 891 is also found in the constellation Andromeda, but lies some 30 million light-years away and is not a member of the Local Group.

Wikipedia and Google are your friends. You should try them some time.

[Ann]

What I find so interesting about NGC 891 is that it is the only perfectly edge-on galaxy that I know of. Of course there must be myriads of others, but not nearby, as far as I know.

Ann

[Beyond]

It's in the constellation of Andromeda. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_ ... llation%29

There's the Andromeda galaxy, which is in ... you guessed it! ... the constellation of Andromeda. But there are other galaxies within the constellation, too.

That said, it could still be labeled incorrectly.

Now that with your fabulous help i have discovered there is a Constellation AND a Galaxy with the same name, there should be no more confusion.
I am at a lost as to why i didn't realize what i already knew, albeit differently. Hmm...i just answered my own question. I must be talking to myself. I'd better quit.