Starship Asterisk*

It looks like a worm-bird leading it's bird bird through space and time, whilst being marauded by a dratini.

[quote="Fred the Cat"]You are right. The star fields are much more prevalent in the older image. To view the North America nebula with [url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/celestial-objects-to-watch/seeking-summers-dark-nebulae/]binoculars[/url] from a dark site will be a good "next" target on a clear night. Thanks! I am curious what it will appear like with my 25 x 100 binos.[/quote]


It looks pretty good through my 11x70 binoculars, but it would be even better if I could use a narrowband filter with them.

[quote="tennisjazz"]"scientifically assigned colors]" ([url]https://petlawblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/istock_000001924032xsmall-dog-and-paint.jpg[/url], ha ha.[/quote]

I liked that too. As opposed to "[url=http://www.jackson-pollock.org/reflection-of-the-big-dipper.jsp]artistically[/url]" [i]appointed [/i]colors. :?

"scientifically assigned colors]" ([url]https://petlawblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/istock_000001924032xsmall-dog-and-paint.jpg[/url], ha ha.

[quote="Joe Stieber"][quote="Fred the Cat"]As with many APOD's the high resolution version reveals a great amount of detail.[/quote]
However, some detail is lacking in the wavelengths used for this image. For example, stars are generally weak, so the mini-Orion asterism off the Gulf of Mexico in the North America Nebula, which shows nicely in a [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081028.html]previous APOD linked in today's text[/url] is barely visible in today's APOD. This asterism plus the adjoining Gulf area is one of my favorite visual telescopic views.[/quote]

You are right. The star fields are much more prevalent in the older image. To view the North America nebula with [url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/celestial-objects-to-watch/seeking-summers-dark-nebulae/]binoculars[/url] from a dark site will be a good "next" target on a clear night. Thanks! I am curious what it will appear like with my 25 x 100 binos.

[quote="Fred the Cat"]As with many APOD's the high resolution version reveals a great amount of detail.[/quote]
However, some detail is lacking in the wavelengths used for this image. For example, stars are generally weak, so the mini-Orion asterism off the Gulf of Mexico in the North America Nebula, which shows nicely in a [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081028.html]previous APOD linked in today's text[/url] is barely visible in today's APOD. This asterism plus the adjoining Gulf area is one of my favorite visual telescopic views.

As with many APOD's the high resolution version reveals a great amount of detail. It must represent how much more one can see from such a "dark location". :wink: Either that or one of Alex Filippenko's versions of a black hole finally made it to APOD. :ssmile:

[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160614.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_160614.jpg[/img] [size=150]The North America and Pelican Nebulas[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] Here lie familiar shapes in [url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/nebclust.html]unfamiliar locations[/url]. On the left is an [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/emission_nebulae.html]emission nebula[/url] cataloged as NGC 7000, famous partly because it resembles our fair planet's continent of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America]North America[/url]. The emission region to the right of the [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081028.html]North America Nebula[/url] is IC 5070, also known for its suggestive outlines as the [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061130.html]Pelican Nebula[/url]. Separated by a dark cloud of [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/%20http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95tmYmeHf84]obscuring dust[/url], the two bright nebulae are about 1,500 [url=https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/Numbers/Math/Mathematical_Thinking/how_long_is_a_light_year.htm]light-years[/url] away. At that distance, the 4 degree wide field of view spans 100 light-years. [url=https://www.facebook.com/464754920382/photos/a.10151027804980383.775510.464754920382/10156921256840383/?type=3&theater]This spectacular cosmic portrait[/url] combines [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060324.html]narrow band images[/url] to highlight bright [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100819.html]ionization fronts[/url] with fine details of dark, dusty forms in silhouette. Emission from atomic [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX9x0piJ_Vo]hydrogen[/url], [url=http://periodic.lanl.gov/16.shtml]sulfur[/url], and [url=https://www.reference.com/science/oxygen-important-life-earth-5fe46bdcde955326]oxygen[/url] is captured in the narrow band image in [url=https://petlawblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/istock_000001924032xsmall-dog-and-paint.jpg]scientifically assigned colors[/url]. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtKUuAM3zDY]These nebulae can be seen[/url] with binoculars from a [url=http://www.e-try.com/black.htm]dark location[/url].

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