Astronomy Picture thread

[fe3333au]

Farout !!! ... Perfection thankyou for this thread ... this is what I call sexy

 

[Perfection]

Farout !!! ... Perfection thankyou for this thread ... this is what I call sexy

I aim to please,

Children avert your eyes...

Noone tell the mods...

Here comes somethin' special

This Nebula is so huge, that dispite it being in a seperate galaxy we can see it in full glory.
http://www.seds.org/messier/more/m033_n604.html

 

[Perfection]

Planetary Nebulae kick butt!

 

[steviejay]

IT'S LOOKING RIGHT AT ME *runs and hides*

 

[Rambuchan]

Great thread Perfection!

 

[Lozzy_Ozzy]

 

[Perfection]

Today's liftoff of ESAs Venus Express

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=64

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Such a grand thread, and it introduced me to 'Astronomy Picture of the Day.' I take it we all saw the fantastic picture of the sun today? Good chaps.

Thanks Perfection for a two year old thread, is there anything you cannot do?

 

[Perfection]

Such a grand thread, and it introduced me to 'Astronomy Picture of the Day.' I take it we all saw the fantastic picture of the sun today? Good chaps.

Indeed, but I think the bubble Nebula picture the day before yesterday was really cool

http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051107.html

Thanks Perfection for a two year old thread, is there anything you cannot do?

No, I can do anything. I can even turn wine into water.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Wine into water doesn't work for me, the real fun is the other way round...

While we're challenging the astronomy pic of the day to each other, I'll remind everyone of this recent picture. It has special meaning for me as one of the best nights of my life was staring up at ithe northern lights with my girlfriend. She'd never seen it before, and as half my family lives at the tip of Scotland I've seen it many times, was wonderful to watch her face.

Never seen it from this perspective though

 

[Perfection]

The Northern Lights indeed are a spectacular thing to see.

The latest from Spitzer:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2005-162

 

[Perfection]

By now everyone's probobly sick of Cassini but me...

Dione Tethys and Pandora, all in one shot.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07628

 

[Sophie 378]

I can't see the pic in your post 123 ("Planetary Nebulae kick butt!"), Perfection (even on broadband). Please could you post a link or a smaller pic?

 

[Perfection]

I can't see the pic in your post 123 ("Planetary Nebulae kick butt!"), Perfection (even on broadband). Please could you post a link or a smaller pic?

It's not that big, it's funny that it doesn' work for you.
Here's a link:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1996/07/image/a

Maybe this source will work beter

 

[Sophie 378]

Yeek! Now I understand Steviejay's comment! Cool, thanks.

 

[Perfection]

Because I'm feeling generous, more Cassini!

The features on Titan revealed by Cassini have now been named!

Study up!

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07753

 

[Sophie 378]

I presume the grid is an artifact of the photography?

 

[Perfection]

I presume the grid is an artifact of the photography?

Yeah, that image was made by taking different images and combining them into a "composite image". It's a fairly common practice.

A famous historical example is this image of Mercury taken by Mariner 10

 

[Zwelgje]

This is going to screw up the layout of the page just a little bit.
Panorama from Mars. Top of Husband Hill.

 

[Rambuchan]

No, I can do anything. I can even turn wine into water.

You definitely cannot do humble.