Astronomy Picture thread

Atlas14 · Oct 22, 2005

The Helix Nebula- the remnant central star is a "white dwarf" that can no longer support nuclear reactions

Perfection · Oct 22, 2005

Artists impression of The Milky Way, based on latest research indicating it's, in fact, a barred spiral.

http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050825.html

Sophie 378 · Oct 23, 2005

Hubble has been watching Lord of the Rings...

from http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn7564 New Scientist Space.com

Perfection · Oct 23, 2005

@Sophie

Good article too :goodjob:

Another barred spiral

There's a huge versian in the link
http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050112.html

Perfection · Oct 29, 2005

Another Image from Nasa's "Astronomy Picture of the Day"
A Planetary Nebula NGC 3242

http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051029.html

Perfection · Oct 30, 2005

A view of Saturn's Icy moon Dione's surface

Perfection · Nov 1, 2005

Hubble's latest image of "the Pluto system" revealing two new moons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto's_natural_satellites

slip79 · Nov 1, 2005

I just get so enraptured of astronomy pics.
They are so wonderous and awe inspiring.

Keep 'em coming guys!!!

Perfection · Nov 1, 2005

Have a Ghost head Nebula, on the house:

sourboy · Nov 1, 2005

Perfection said:

Dark cloud or a deepspace jamming device?

Perfection · Nov 1, 2005

sourboy said:
Dark cloud or a deepspace jamming device?

Poorly cleaned lens

Yeah, yeah, more cassini

Eceladus over Saturn's Rings

Trogg · Nov 1, 2005

Heres one I found

Perfection · Nov 1, 2005

On the topic of gravitional lensing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q0957_plus_561

Sophie 378 · Nov 2, 2005

I'm going completely :crazyeye:

- when I scrolled down I thought that was your Pentagon! :lol:

Perfection · Nov 2, 2005

Sophie 378 said:
I'm going completely - when I scrolled down I thought that was your Pentagon!

Hopefully this picture will alleviate the insanity.

If it doesn't though, it still looks cool

Zany · Nov 2, 2005

Oh man, this is just made for me. Some of the pics I was considering posting have already been posted, but I hope these have not been posted yet:

The Twin Jet Nebula

The Southern Pinwhell Galaxy

An eclipse seen from space

Perfection · Nov 2, 2005

Just for Zany

Larger pic and some interesting information here:
http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051022.html

Perfection · Nov 3, 2005

Tempel 1 being hit by Deep Impact's impactor

Perfection · Nov 4, 2005

A view of the comet right before the impact:

Perfection · Nov 5, 2005

Cat's Eye Nebula

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