ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY

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Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 1007166 - Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 4:39:34 UTC The stunning green glow of the Southern Lights photographed by astronauts from ABOVE me@rescam.org ID: 1007166 · Reply Quote

Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1029346 - Posted: 29 Aug 2010, 0:10:51 UTC - in response to Message 1007166. Enjoy! http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/477729main_image_1747_346-260.jpg A Strange Ring Galaxy Is this one galaxy or two? Astronomer Art Hoag first asked this question when he chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object. On the outside is a ring dominated by bright blue stars, while near the center lies a ball of much redder stars that are likely much older. Between the two is a gap that appears almost completely dark. How Hoag's Object formed remains unknown, although similar objects have been identified and collectively labeled as a form of ring galaxy. Genesis hypotheses include a galaxy collision billions of years ago and the gravitational effect of a central bar that has since vanished. ID: 1029346 · Reply Quote

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34069 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1033673 - Posted: 17 Sep 2010, 20:34:33 UTC Man-in-the-moon Music Pictures ID: 1033673 · Reply Quote

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 1050171 - Posted: 21 Nov 2010, 8:25:33 UTC The Milky Way Over the Peak of the Furnace Frosted Leaf Orion ID: 1050171 · Reply Quote

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 1061631 - Posted: 30 Dec 2010, 22:16:38 UTC Last modified: 30 Dec 2010, 22:19:49 UTC Eclipse at Moonset Tyrrhenian Sea and Solstice Sky me@rescam.org ID: 1061631 · Reply Quote

tullio Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1	Message 1074927 - Posted: 7 Feb 2011, 2:17:21 UTC Found this in an Einstein@home thread: Anomalous signal Tullio ID: 1074927 · Reply Quote

Alf Send message Joined: 23 Jul 08 Posts: 1 Credit: 58,934 RAC: 0	Message 1079811 - Posted: 20 Feb 2011, 22:01:59 UTC You can find cool stuff here ID: 1079811 · Reply Quote

zehcoutinho Send message Joined: 11 May 11 Posts: 122 Credit: 280,227 RAC: 0	Message 1105321 - Posted: 12 May 2011, 1:25:45 UTC Wow, I just did the teapot thing, so cool. Once you're "locked" if you move your head sideways, te first plane moves too. Thumbs up. ID: 1105321 · Reply Quote

socreative Send message Joined: 1 Jun 11 Posts: 4 Credit: 54,073 RAC: 0	Message 1112349 - Posted: 2 Jun 2011, 15:29:41 UTC - in response to Message 1033673. Man-in-the-moon haha, i knew it! ID: 1112349 · Reply Quote

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34069 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1112664 - Posted: 3 Jun 2011, 13:57:51 UTC Hi socreative. Welcome:) Yeah, kinda obvious, that picture... Music Pictures ID: 1112664 · Reply Quote

Owner wraith fride Send message Joined: 9 Jun 11 Posts: 2 Credit: 142,642 RAC: 0	Message 1116362 - Posted: 12 Jun 2011, 18:31:47 UTC - in response to Message 1114030. Last modified: 12 Jun 2011, 18:34:55 UTC The universe wastes nothing ...all is transformed to it's origin state of Energy ... And once again becomes one with the greater Cosmic soup ... ID: 1116362 · Reply Quote

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34069 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1116367 - Posted: 12 Jun 2011, 18:56:05 UTC Hi Owner wraith fride. Welcome to Set@home:) Music Pictures ID: 1116367 · Reply Quote

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34069 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1116607 - Posted: 13 Jun 2011, 10:55:11 UTC - in response to Message 1116370. This thread ahs been going since 2005, that is almost as awesome as the pictures! :-) A real milestone:) Music Pictures ID: 1116607 · Reply Quote

skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60	Message 1127922 - Posted: 15 Jul 2011, 17:48:45 UTC Celebration 1 Neptunian Year since its discovery. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope ID: 1127922 · Reply Quote

Michael John Hind Send message Joined: 6 Feb 07 Posts: 1330 Credit: 3,632,028 RAC: 0	Message 1130300 - Posted: 21 Jul 2011, 2:42:51 UTC - in response to Message 1116362. Last modified: 21 Jul 2011, 3:19:36 UTC The universe wastes nothing ...all is transformed to it's origin state of Energy ... And once again becomes one with the greater Cosmic soup ... Energy to matter...matter to energy; a love match - so nowt can come between them ...Well, I am a Taurus ... ID: 1130300 · Reply Quote

Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1141009 - Posted: 16 Aug 2011, 1:37:20 UTC - in response to Message 1130300. Shooting Star Photographed From Space By NASA Astronaut Ron Garan During Perseid Meteor Shower ID: 1141009 · Reply Quote

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34069 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1144294 - Posted: 23 Aug 2011, 14:10:08 UTC Great picture Lynn! Music Pictures ID: 1144294 · Reply Quote

Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1144745 - Posted: 24 Aug 2011, 23:27:31 UTC - in response to Message 1144294. Thanks :-) ID: 1144745 · Reply Quote

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24938 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7	Message 1147626 - Posted: 31 Aug 2011, 19:52:39 UTC Liked this one so much, using it as desktop background. ID: 1147626 · Reply Quote

Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1219842 - Posted: 18 Apr 2012, 5:33:14 UTC - in response to Message 1147626. These four Hubble Space Telescope views are part of a massive mosaic of the Tarantula nebula released on April 17, 2012. They show: the young star cluster NGC 2070 (top left), star cluster NGC 2060 (bottom left), Hodge 301 star cluster (top right), and the region RMC 136, which is home to massive stars. Hubble Spies Tarantula Nebula's Starry Web As Space Telescope Anniversary Approaches (PHOTO) The photo released Tuesday is a mosaic, one of the largest ever built from Hubble images, of a region knows as 30 Doradus, the brightest star-forming region in our galactic neighborhood and home to the most massive stars ever seen, a release from the European Space Agency/Hubble Information Center said. The image is being released in celebration of the 22nd anniversary of the Hubble telescope, launched April 24, 1990. The nebula, 170,000 light years from Earth, is close enough that Hubble can resolve individual stars, giving important information about stars' birth and evolution, astronomers said. Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/04/17/UPI-NewsTrack-Science-and-Technology-News/UPI-61921334704044/#ixzz1sMp0zlPZ ID: 1219842 · Reply Quote

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