Need help finding an image (found: APOD 24 Mar 2006)
Need help finding an image (found: APOD 24 Mar 2006)
Greetings and Salutations, all!
I need your help in finding an image. I had saved it to my computer and made it my background, and I loved looking at this APOD image every day -- it was simply one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen. However, last night, my hard-disk went to the big super-computer in the sky, and I lost all kinds of files. My background was one of those things.
The image is of a nebula (I think -- I could be wrong) and it has every color of the rainbow in it, across the image, with purples and blues on the outside, and reds more to the center. I have this vague memory that it was called the "Rainbow Nebula" -- however, that cannot be it, because I've searched the archives for "rainbow" (0 entires) and then all entries with "nebula" in the name.
I started enjoying APOD in 2005, and I think the image came from that year.
Can anyone help me find this image? My computer (new hard disk later) just doesn't look right without it!
Thank you!
I need your help in finding an image. I had saved it to my computer and made it my background, and I loved looking at this APOD image every day -- it was simply one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen. However, last night, my hard-disk went to the big super-computer in the sky, and I lost all kinds of files. My background was one of those things.
The image is of a nebula (I think -- I could be wrong) and it has every color of the rainbow in it, across the image, with purples and blues on the outside, and reds more to the center. I have this vague memory that it was called the "Rainbow Nebula" -- however, that cannot be it, because I've searched the archives for "rainbow" (0 entires) and then all entries with "nebula" in the name.
I started enjoying APOD in 2005, and I think the image came from that year.
Can anyone help me find this image? My computer (new hard disk later) just doesn't look right without it!
Thank you!
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Re: Need help finding an image
elisabeth wrote:Greetings and Salutations, all!
I need your help in finding an image. I had saved it to my computer and made it my background, and I loved looking at this APOD image every day -- it was simply one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen. However, last night, my hard-disk went to the big super-computer in the sky, and I lost all kinds of files. My background was one of those things.
The image is of a nebula (I think -- I could be wrong) and it has every color of the rainbow in it, across the image, with purples and blues on the outside, and reds more to the center. I have this vague memory that it was called the "Rainbow Nebula" -- however, that cannot be it, because I've searched the archives for "rainbow" (0 entires) and then all entries with "nebula" in the name.
I started enjoying APOD in 2005, and I think the image came from that year.
Can anyone help me find this image? My computer (new hard disk later) just doesn't look right without it!
Thank you!
Hi,
I know it's a little laborious, but, if you're sure it's APOD, you could
try : http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/ca0501.html and
click on "Next Month" if you don't see your image on January's page.
Only 26, or 27 pages to scan. That's not too bad.
I hope you find it,
RJ.
Perhaps the Ring Nebula
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040704.html
or perhaps supernova remnant Cassiopeia A
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050615.html
or one of my favorites "The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi"
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060714.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040704.html
or perhaps supernova remnant Cassiopeia A
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050615.html
or one of my favorites "The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi"
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060714.html
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alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk. — Garrison Keillor
These aren't from the APOD site, but they might be what you are looking for. (Several have been APOD's)
"Rainbow Galaxy"
http://gallery.spitzer.caltech.edu/Imag ... =sig06-010
Orion
http://gallery.spitzer.caltech.edu/Imag ... sc2006-21a
From Spitzer
http://gallery.spitzer.caltech.edu/Imag ... cal_Images
"Rainbow Galaxy"
http://gallery.spitzer.caltech.edu/Imag ... =sig06-010
Orion
http://gallery.spitzer.caltech.edu/Imag ... sc2006-21a
From Spitzer
http://gallery.spitzer.caltech.edu/Imag ... cal_Images
Last edited by BMAONE23 on Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
The hard part, of matching the OP's description, is "with purples and blues on the outside, and reds more to the center". Most planetary nebulae are displayed with reds on the outside and blues in the middle (though there are some nice ones with greens and blues, they lack reds, esp in the centre). Images of other nebulae - emission, reflection, galaxies - also tend not to have this kind of systematic distribution of colour.
But perhaps this is it: The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light?
In general, images in polarised light tend to have rainbow colour distributions (and there are a few others, in APOD, such as The Boomerang Nebula).
But perhaps this is it: The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light?
In general, images in polarised light tend to have rainbow colour distributions (and there are a few others, in APOD, such as The Boomerang Nebula).
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Thank you to all who took the time to help me out -- you are all wonderful, and I'm very grateful!
The image in question was:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060324.html
(Rosette Nebula, March 2006)
In the end, it came down to folloing the suggestion:
Nereid was quite right, that:
Thank you all for your help -- it's so comforting to have that as my background again -- makes the situation seem less dire, somehow.
All the images you shared were gorgeous -- if/when I get tired of the Rosette Nebula, I have lots of wonderful choices awaiting me!
Thanks again!
~Elisabeth
The image in question was:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060324.html
(Rosette Nebula, March 2006)
In the end, it came down to folloing the suggestion:
And I must say that it was no laborious task at all! 2005-6 were great years for APOD!SittingDownMan wrote:I know it's a little laborious, but, if you're sure it's APOD, you could try : http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/ca0501.html
and click on "Next Month" if you don't see your image on January's page.
Only 26, or 27 pages to scan. That's not too bad.
I hope you find it,
RJ.
Nereid was quite right, that:
I guess I'd been looking at it for so long, I'd forgotten how to "see" it! Also, why I remembered "Rosette" as "Rainbow" is quite beyond me!Nereid wrote:The hard part, of matching the OP's description, is "with purples and blues on the outside, and reds more to the center". Most planetary nebulae are displayed with reds on the outside and blues in the middle (though there are some nice ones with greens and blues, they lack reds, esp in the centre).
Thank you all for your help -- it's so comforting to have that as my background again -- makes the situation seem less dire, somehow.
All the images you shared were gorgeous -- if/when I get tired of the Rosette Nebula, I have lots of wonderful choices awaiting me!
Thanks again!
~Elisabeth
What a coincidence! I have that same image as my background image! ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
jay ballauer
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![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
jay ballauer
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Well, IMHO, it's the perfect background because it has all the colors of the rainbow in those pleasing swirls, and that wonderful purple-black center!jay52 wrote:What a coincidence! I have that same image as my background image!
jay ballauer
http://www.allaboutastro.com
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And I now have it as my wallpaper too.elisabeth wrote:Well, IMHO, it's the perfect background because it has all the colors of the rainbow in those pleasing swirls, and that wonderful purple-black center!jay52 wrote:What a coincidence! I have that same image as my background image!
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http://www.allaboutastro.com
Nice one. Many thanks for that.
Regards,
Andy.
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An even prettier picture?
Hi Elisabeth,elisabeth wrote:Andy -- how delightful! I'm glad I could get that image the notice it deserves! Enjoy your wallpaper!Andy Wade wrote: And I now have it as my wallpaper too.
Nice one. Many thanks for that.
~Elisabeth
H'actually I think I may have found one that's even nicer.
See what you think about this one:
http://bmckee.ca/gallery/astronomy5/m8_ ... big?full=1
Regards,
Andy.
Andy.