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APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul 07)
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 4:05 am
by APOD Robot
NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting Dust
Explanation: In this beautiful
celestial still life composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula
NGC 2170 shines at the upper left. Reflecting the light of nearby hot stars, NGC 2170
is joined by other bluish
reflection nebulae, a compact red
emission region, and streamers of obscuring dust against a backdrop of stars. Like the common household items
still life painters often choose for their subjects, the clouds of gas, dust, and hot stars pictured here are also commonly found in this setting - a massive,
star-forming molecular cloud in the constellation of the Unicorn (
Monoceros). The giant
molecular cloud, Mon R2, is impressively close,
estimated to be only 2,400 light-years or so away. At that distance, this canvas would be about 15 light-years across.
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Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 4:17 am
by ta152h0
WOW, glad I stayed up to admire this sight
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 4:41 am
by Beyond
Yeah, ya got to see the orange eyed blue headed dust monster at work.
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Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:49 am
by Boomer12k
Sci-Fi B Movie...."Cosmic Shadowman VS Nebulus: The Thing from Beyond Space"...the plot is thin, but the action is sometimes good. Great Cinematography. A fairly good Human Story line, with a good climactic ending, but suffers from a slow, dragging middle and several plot lines that seem to go nowhere, and bad English dubbing....3 of 5 stars.....1 and a half thumbs up....
What a great shot. Great Work, Adam Block!!!
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Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:58 am
by Boomer12k
No doubt those stars will eventually erode it....making another awesome "still life" yet again! We can only hope....
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Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:08 am
by orin stepanek
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:09 pm
by Boomer12k
Good juxtaposition between Reflection and Emission Nebula....some one get a broom!
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Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:19 pm
by Beyond
The broom is over in the Witch's Head nebula.
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Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 2:15 pm
by saturno2
This image is a group de forms and colors
as a magic tapestry
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 2:30 pm
by Psnarf
Someone had a bad hair day!
Wonderful portrait. There's a lot going on in there, it's only a still-life on canvas. Kudos to the artist!
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 4:14 pm
by LocalColor
Beautiful!!!!!
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:01 pm
by ta152h0
speaking of brooms, I am beginning not to like those small CFL spiral lights. I thought I was doing the Earth some good. I am gonna go LED's .
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:15 pm
by DavidLeodis
I assume that the red emission nebula has a name, so I would be grateful if someone could please tell me as I have not been readily able to find out.
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:38 pm
by Case
DavidLeodis wrote:I assume that the red emission nebula has a name, so I would be grateful if someone could please tell me as I have not been readily able to find out.
Robert Gendler calls it
the Core of the Mon R2 association. http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/NGC2170text.html
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:33 pm
by DavidLeodis
Case wrote:DavidLeodis wrote:I assume that the red emission nebula has a name, so I would be grateful if someone could please tell me as I have not been readily able to find out.
Robert Gendler calls it
the Core of the Mon R2 association. http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/NGC2170text.html
Thanks for that Case, which is appreciated.
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Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:12 pm
by Anthony Barreiro
As I asked the last time this beautiful and interesting image was posted as an apod,
whose hand is holding the brush? Who composed, or is composing, this particular still life?
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:22 pm
by geckzilla
Anthony Barreiro wrote:
As I asked the last time this beautiful and interesting image was posted as an apod, whose hand is holding the brush? who composed this particular still life?
That which can only be feebly described through hypothetical and theoretical physics equations, otherwise known as nature.
Re: APOD: NGC 2170: Still Life with Reflecting... (2013 Jul
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:26 pm
by Beyond
Anthony Barreiro wrote:
As I asked the last time this beautiful and interesting image was posted as an apod, whose hand is holding the brush? who composed this particular still life?
According to your link, Adam Block took the picture. He has the copyright.