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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Three Arches Above Utah
NASA ^ | May 24, 2011 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 05/23/2011 9:23:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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1 posted on 05/23/2011 9:23:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...

I'm glad APoD's in my time zone, I'm able to take care of the 24th now. I plan to take it easy tomorrow, weaning myself off the www for the summer. Heard that one before, haven't we?

2 posted on 05/23/2011 9:24:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: SunkenCiv

nice


3 posted on 05/23/2011 9:28:03 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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the smaller one has a kind of 3-D quality, so I thought a larger size would be nice on the drive.

check it out, doesn’t that “rock” foreground look fake?

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1105/doublearch_goldpaint_3899.jpg


4 posted on 05/23/2011 9:28:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: SunkenCiv

I clicked and I clicked and that image is

HHHHUUUUGGGEEEE!!!!!


5 posted on 05/23/2011 9:29:11 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: SunkenCiv

Styrofoam set from the original Star Trek?? /s


6 posted on 05/23/2011 9:30:28 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: SunkenCiv

Probably a short time exposure for the stars, and then a flash exposure of the arch, with the same camera setting.


7 posted on 05/23/2011 9:57:10 PM PDT by dr_lew
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I remember camping out in the canyonlands and just being awed by the stars. It was incredible Same with the Mojave desert. If I could get rid of my house without losing a small fortune, I’d sell everything and move out there without hesitation. Utah was just incredible. I’m sure I’ll end up living there some day.


8 posted on 05/23/2011 9:57:58 PM PDT by RC one (DO NOT RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT!)
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To: SunkenCiv

And to think, that 300 million years ago, when that was the bottom of a sea, the stars were actually where we see them today.


9 posted on 05/23/2011 10:31:52 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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Here's a clip from the photo matched with my Starry Night view from a Utah location ( Salt Lake City - close enough for this purpose )

The "red" star is Antares in Scorpio. The red lines in the star chart are hour lines and latitude lines. The hour lines are 30 minutes apart here, so you can see the exposure was maybe a minute or tow long to produce the trails that we see. ( I can get a better estimate by blowing up the scale. )


10 posted on 05/23/2011 10:33:22 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: GeronL
Slightly differenbt view:


11 posted on 05/24/2011 5:03:05 AM PDT by mikrofon (Astro BUMP)
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To: SunkenCiv

Gorgeous!


12 posted on 05/24/2011 5:40:25 AM PDT by left that other site
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To: SunkenCiv

Two arches above California.

13 posted on 05/24/2011 6:40:08 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Because we are situated in the midst of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, the band of the central disk appears all around us.

More than a little imprecise.
14 posted on 05/24/2011 7:01:05 AM PDT by aruanan
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Yeah, aren’t we out in some backwater spiral arm?


15 posted on 05/24/2011 7:19:51 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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Orion Arm


16 posted on 05/24/2011 7:20:52 AM PDT by geege
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To: geege

Thanks!


17 posted on 05/24/2011 7:41:55 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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Welcome....Pretty interesting how many differnt “arms” are in our galaxy.


18 posted on 05/24/2011 7:46:43 AM PDT by geege
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*Groan* Now I have to go look that up and learn all about it.

As if I have nothing else to do.

Sigh...

;-p


19 posted on 05/24/2011 7:49:24 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: geege

Click the Pic

20 posted on 05/24/2011 7:57:31 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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