by Ann » Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:45 am
I'm very glad to see this great photo become an APOD!
Sebastian Voltmer posted this picture in the
Recent Submissions thread less than a week ago, and I was duly impressed by it!
Sebastian Voltmer then told me that Mars had been described as a
"very bright optical transient near the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae" - as if the "transient" had been a nova, for example - by someone who didn't understand that they were seeing Mars!!!!
Anyway, this is a great image and a splendid APOD. Just a few words from the Color Commentator:
APOD Robot wrote:
What that bright red spot between the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas? Mars. This gorgeous color deep-sky photograph captured the red planet passing between the two notable nebulas -- cataloged by the 18th century cosmic registrar Charles Messier as M8 and M20. M20 (upper right of center), the Trifid Nebula, presents a striking contrast in red/blue colors and dark dust lanes. Across the bottom right is the expansive, alluring red glow of M8, the Lagoon Nebula. Both nebulae are a few thousand light-years distant. By comparison, temporarily situated between them both, is the dominant "local" celestial beacon Mars. Taken last week, the red planet was only about 10 light-minutes away.
Well, there is a lot of
red in this APOD, except that the "
red" of Mars is really
orange, and the "
red" of the the Lagoon and Trifid is really mostly
pink!
Ann
I'm very glad to see this great photo become an APOD! :D
Sebastian Voltmer posted this picture in the [url=https://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=280842#p280842]Recent Submissions thread[/url] less than a week ago, and I was duly impressed by it! :D
Sebastian Voltmer then told me that Mars had been described as a [url=http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=11448]"very bright optical transient near the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae[/url]" - as if the "transient" had been a nova, for example - by someone who didn't understand that they were seeing Mars!!!! :lol2:
Anyway, this is a great image and a splendid APOD. Just a few words from the Color Commentator:
[quote]APOD Robot wrote:
What that bright [color=#FF0000]red[/color] spot between the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas? Mars. This gorgeous color deep-sky photograph captured the [color=#FF0000]red[/color] planet passing between the two notable nebulas -- cataloged by the 18th century cosmic registrar Charles Messier as M8 and M20. M20 (upper right of center), the Trifid Nebula, presents a striking contrast in [color=#FF0000]red[/color]/[color=#0040FF]blue[/color] colors and dark dust lanes. Across the bottom right is the expansive, alluring [color=#FF0000]red[/color] glow of M8, the Lagoon Nebula. Both nebulae are a few thousand light-years distant. By comparison, temporarily situated between them both, is the dominant "local" celestial beacon Mars. Taken last week, the [color=#FF0000]red[/color] planet was only about 10 light-minutes away.[/quote]
Well, there is a lot of [color=#FF0000]red[/color] in this APOD, except that the "[color=#FF0000]red[/color]" of Mars is really [color=#FF8000]orange[/color], and the "[color=#FF0000]red[/color]" of the the Lagoon and Trifid is really mostly [color=#FF00FF]pink[/color]!
Ann