I would say by a very good margin! Can anyone hazard a guess as to the diameter of the disk? Considering angular size and distance from us.. I would guess maybe hundreds of times as big as our solar system!I'm pretty sure that it's larger than our solar system by a good margin.
Environs of Horsehead Nebula (APOD 21 Feb 2006)
Try here
http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?ac ... nt=1057595
You will need to go thru the process of setting up a free account (my account) and be aware there is a size limit for pictures with the "Free" account. It is approx. 200k. I've had to take a low resolution digital image of my high resolution pictures (640 X 480 pixels) this seems to have no problem with their website.
If you get a premium account then the restriction changes but to what???
http://www.imagehosting.us/index.php?ac ... nt=1057595
You will need to go thru the process of setting up a free account (my account) and be aware there is a size limit for pictures with the "Free" account. It is approx. 200k. I've had to take a low resolution digital image of my high resolution pictures (640 X 480 pixels) this seems to have no problem with their website.
If you get a premium account then the restriction changes but to what???
http://rapidshare.de/ allows 100 MB per file, but it has limited number of downloads.
p.s.: also, http://imageshack.us/ has fewer ads than that of imagehosting.us
p.s.: also, http://imageshack.us/ has fewer ads than that of imagehosting.us
Thank you Makc,
All the sites I went to would not post this image for free except rapidshare. It took the large file -no problem.
And........HERE IT IS THE LONG AWAITED IMAGE....
[/quote]Sorry about the delay -- here is the extended mosaic I promised. This has not benn published yet so you are the first outside SSRO to see the image!
Rick
SSRO
All the sites I went to would not post this image for free except rapidshare. It took the large file -no problem.
And........HERE IT IS THE LONG AWAITED IMAGE....
[/quote]Sorry about the delay -- here is the extended mosaic I promised. This has not benn published yet so you are the first outside SSRO to see the image!
Rick
SSRO
http://rapidshare.de/files/16743544/m42_MOSAIX.jpg.html
It’s beautiful. And if you can dL and zoom in you can still see the hole but it does look a little different here ????
I noticed you have to go through a couple of windows in rapidshare to view the image but it’s free and worth it.
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orin stepanek - on the 1st page you need to choose if you want the free DL or the premium. On the 2nd page you need to scroll down 1/2 way and choose to the alpha or omega site to DL from and then you must type in the 3 characters shown for some verification. If there are DL limits I am unaware. I did not read anything (of course) I was just happy I could post image.
I would be happy to email anyone (virus-free) the picture. Just message me ur email address.
I would be happy to email anyone (virus-free) the picture. Just message me ur email address.
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The image has two different sides, both showing the same exact region of space at the same scale. On the right side image, the Visible light image, You will notice a bright blue star at the 12:00 position. Then below and left @ 11:00, there is a group of 3 stars. The star on the right of this small group has a lens flare that is traveling towards the southeast. The flare crosses a black area. That is the area in the image of the original post that appears to resemble a hole.
If you view the largest available image attached
http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ssc2006-16c.jpg
and pan between the Visible image and the Infrared image you will notice that those bright blue stars now appear to be almost green and the black cloud is not visible with heat imaging so it must be cold dust.
If you view the largest available image attached
http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ssc2006-16c.jpg
and pan between the Visible image and the Infrared image you will notice that those bright blue stars now appear to be almost green and the black cloud is not visible with heat imaging so it must be cold dust.
Here is another great Orion image. It really shows what can only be seen with photography.
http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ssc2006-16e.jpg
http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ssc2006-16e.jpg
I see it now -thank you for remembering the discussion and my request for more images.
How do these images compare to the original? I can't seem to match these up to the original posted image:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060221.html
I am navigationally lost!!!
How do these images compare to the original? I can't seem to match these up to the original posted image:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060221.html
I am navigationally lost!!!
I believe the original posted image:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060221.html
is oriented with a 90deg top to left rotation (counterclockwise).
The horsehead at the bottom middle has a small star below and left of it and another star left and slightly above it. The star that is left and slightly above the horsehead is the left most star in Orions belt. The brightest star above and left of the one by the horsehead is the center belt star. The area in question, on the right side of the original image, sits below the belt stars in the full image of Orion, in the knife.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060221.html
is oriented with a 90deg top to left rotation (counterclockwise).
The horsehead at the bottom middle has a small star below and left of it and another star left and slightly above it. The star that is left and slightly above the horsehead is the left most star in Orions belt. The brightest star above and left of the one by the horsehead is the center belt star. The area in question, on the right side of the original image, sits below the belt stars in the full image of Orion, in the knife.
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