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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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To: Vinylly

Ths one is an eyeful, eh? :’)


21 posted on 04/08/2014 5:39:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: TigersEye

Ear, ear!


22 posted on 04/08/2014 5:40:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Bikkuri

:’)


23 posted on 04/08/2014 5:40:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: left that other site
I wonder if it would work better as a wallpaper turned 90°, I'll have to try that.
24 posted on 04/08/2014 5:40:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

I still have the horsehead as mine.


25 posted on 04/08/2014 5:42:17 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Don’t wait up.

BTW a new orbital simulator game I discovered this afternoon.

http://www.stefanom.org/spc/


26 posted on 04/08/2014 5:44:01 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: left that other site

Great, now I’ve got “Speak Softly, Love” going through my head.


27 posted on 04/08/2014 5:44:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ha ha Ha!

Did i make an offer you couldn’t refuse?


28 posted on 04/08/2014 5:47:29 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Should have called it O’Ryan.


29 posted on 04/08/2014 6:06:34 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady

:’)


30 posted on 04/08/2014 6:16:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: cripplecreek

Well, this is fun! Thanks!


31 posted on 04/08/2014 6:18:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv
That's a bit over manipulated and over processed image..but very pretty.

Here's my Orion M-42

M-42 Orion Nebula

Canon 40D, 10" SCT, 6.3 reducer at 19X65seconds- No filters

32 posted on 04/08/2014 6:23:44 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: cripplecreek

On my second attempt, I’m over 400 points at 82 years.


33 posted on 04/08/2014 6:43:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: dragnet2

Nice!


34 posted on 04/08/2014 6:43:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

I got to just about 2,000,000 points with a full 500 years.

High mass bodies are where the points are but they disrupt orbits badly.


35 posted on 04/08/2014 6:49:25 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Well played! :)


36 posted on 04/08/2014 8:02:21 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: cripplecreek

Oooooh, nice! I tried submitting my scores, it ran all night, didn’t work, and now the website is down.


37 posted on 04/09/2014 2:58:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

I have always been a star-hopper, but I admit that I do enjoy observing next to a guy with a GoTo scope. Because they can always find something without fuss, or tell me if it’s high enough for a decent observation. Makes it easier for me to find it then. :)

My only complaint is if the GoTo scope is a noisy one. The early GoTo mounts from a manufacturer that will remain nameless sounded so bad that we called them coffee grinders. When at a large gathering like Pinos or RTMC I would always avoid setting up next to them.


38 posted on 04/09/2014 8:23:41 AM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks


39 posted on 04/09/2014 9:12:30 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: MarineBrat
Yeah, I have one of those coffee grinders myself. It's loud enough to wake the dead, but it gets the job done nicely. Here's my best shot of M42 so far with it:



I'm going to have to redo that this coming winter though with the new camera I just used to shoot the Lagoon.



Who needs a fancy newfangled quiet coffee grinder when the loud one still has some life left in her?
40 posted on 04/11/2014 7:38:38 AM PDT by messierhunter
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