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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- M42: Inside the Orion Nebula
NASA ^
| April 08, 2014
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 04/08/2014 10:38:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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[Credit: R. Villaverde, Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA]
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posted on
04/08/2014 10:38:50 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
This is what happens when a circus clown eats too much at Baskin and Robbins.
The Big One
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posted on
04/08/2014 10:39:54 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I love looking at this will my lowly binoculars. Just captivating.
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04/08/2014 10:44:45 AM PDT
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KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: SunkenCiv
Now that the weather is warming up enough for me to schedule some serious star parties, the beautiful Orion arm of the winter Milky Way is in full retreat into the sunset. :( I just love that part of the sky. There’s so many bright stars.
Off the top of my head.... (Pardon my spelling)
Sirius
Betelgeuse
Belatrix
Rigel
Saiph
Alnilam
Alnitak
Mintaka
Castor
Pollux
Regulus
Procyon
Aldebaran (& the Hyades)
Capella
Then there’s the Pleiades. Soooo many bright stars in that part of the sky. I always lament some when my observing switches over towards Leo’s droppings. :)
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04/08/2014 10:52:07 AM PDT
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MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: SunkenCiv
More Orion Nebula? Who at NASA is having a love affair with Orion?
I will admit, however, that the picture is truly beautiful.
Thank you for the ping.
To: SunkenCiv
That reminds me. I stepped on a frog last night in the dark.
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posted on
04/08/2014 10:53:32 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: SunkenCiv
I really love these astronomy pictures! They are fantastic.
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posted on
04/08/2014 11:01:02 AM PDT
by
Vinylly
(?)
To: Vinylly
Yes, pure innocent beauty.
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posted on
04/08/2014 11:02:21 AM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: KoRn
I can’t hold my still enough. :’)
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04/08/2014 11:35:44 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Looks like a Van Gogh version of a Georgia O’Keeffe painting.
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posted on
04/08/2014 11:38:57 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: SunkenCiv
I see a dragon’s face just off center (up and to the left). Almost perfect too...
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posted on
04/08/2014 11:41:28 AM PDT
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Bikkuri
(Molon Labe)
To: Bikkuri
I guess I don’t know what a dragon looks like because I don’t see it. But I do see a feral hog on the right side.
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04/08/2014 11:44:11 AM PDT
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Ditter
To: Ditter
Not the best freehand there.. but you can get the image idea now ;^) the teardrop is it's left eye, looking back our direction.. is facing toward our left shoulder.. small mouth.. some whiskers below the chin.. Winglike shape toward the back of the head.. etc.. :D
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posted on
04/08/2014 12:24:21 PM PDT
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Bikkuri
(Molon Labe)
To: Bikkuri
OK Did you see my feral hog?
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04/08/2014 12:51:26 PM PDT
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Ditter
To: Ditter
Lol.. yeah, I think so.. If I consider the 2 smaller round thingies eyes, I can see a crooked snout ;^)
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04/08/2014 1:01:30 PM PDT
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Bikkuri
(Molon Labe)
To: Bikkuri
The 2 round thingies are the nostrils in the snout. The 2 sticking up thingies are the ears, and I think he has his eyes closed. :)
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04/08/2014 1:11:36 PM PDT
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Ditter
To: SunkenCiv
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04/08/2014 5:29:49 PM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: TheOldLady
Orion is a favorite of astronomers with Irish ancestry; generally they can be found between viewing sessions resting on patio furniture.
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04/08/2014 5:36:29 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: MarineBrat
It’s always tempting when the overcast finally clears here (overcast is part of the joy of living in the region of the Great Lakes) to spring for a modern scope with the computerized guidance and do some viewing. But I’d probably give it the same period of attention as the rowing machine and the treadmill. ;’)
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04/08/2014 5:39:07 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: cripplecreek
Hey, my frog never came home last night...
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04/08/2014 5:39:24 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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