SH2-114 A Cosmic Dragon from Grand Mesa Observatory by Transient Astro, on Flickr
Image credit and copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Kim Quick, Tom Masterson.
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- Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2024 March
- Replies: 88
- Views: 187049
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:01 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Star Factory Messier 17 (2023 Sep 08)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3075
Re: APOD: Star Factory Messier 17 (2023 Sep 08)
Great points Ann, your analysis is always much appreciated! :D I think you may be onto something with the very energetic type O stars in this area putting out massive amounts of bluish light and that light scattering in this area, of course this is only my very amateur opinion and I in no way consid...
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:56 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Star Factory Messier 17 (2023 Sep 08)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3075
Re: APOD: Star Factory Messier 17 (2023 Sep 08)
Is there an easy explanation I can tell my 7-year-old grandson explaining why the nebula is mostly 80% red but has a distinctive blue colored clock hand about at the 3 o'clock position? Here's what I know. The red is mostly hydrogen gas absorbing the red as absorbtion from the solar winds. The blue...
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 5:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Star Factory Messier 17 (2023 Sep 08)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3075
Re: APOD: Star Factory Messier 17 (2023 Sep 08)
Wow! Awesome info Ann!!!! Thank you!! Always a huge honor to have our image posted on APOD :D If anyone is interested here's the tech info for this image: Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado Captured over 4 nights in June, July and August 2023 for Total acquisition time of 14.3 h...
- Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:12 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 August
- Replies: 146
- Views: 311161
Re: Submissions: 2023 August
Omega Nebula from Grand Mesa Observatory by Transient Astro, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Kim Quick, Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Kim Quick, Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:40 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 August
- Replies: 146
- Views: 311161
Re: Submissions: 2023 August
Spectacular Airglow from Grand Mesa Observatory on 7/16/2023 Annotated by Transient Astro, on Flickr
Image credit and copyright Tom Masterson
Image credit and copyright Tom Masterson
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:37 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 August
- Replies: 146
- Views: 311161
Re: Submissions: 2023 August
Spectacular Airglow from Grand Mesa Observatory on 7/16/2023 by Transient Astro, on Flickr
Image credit and copyright Tom Masterson
Image credit and copyright Tom Masterson
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 June
- Replies: 74
- Views: 127198
Re: Submissions: 2023 June
Milky Way Rises Behind the Ancient Bristlecone Pines 6/17/2023 by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image credit and copyright Tom Masterson www.transientastronomer.com
Image credit and copyright Tom Masterson www.transientastronomer.com
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 12:53 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 February
- Replies: 157
- Views: 200300
Re: Submissions: 2023 February
Wider Field of Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF passing by Mars from Grand Mesa Observatory by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Tom Masterson, Kim Quick, Terry Hancock.
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Tom Masterson, Kim Quick, Terry Hancock.
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10994
Re: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)
Hi Tom! What you call a simple correction in the APOD description has a deep meaning IMHO and deserves some further toughts. As we pointed out the comet is at the right place for the date and time declared by the author but there's a whole amount of sky that doesn't show up to the West. At the time...
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 6:30 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10994
Re: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)
I've had to give a run down of this image to a few laypeople lately who have asked about it and it has been been pretty difficult. I won't belabor the point of the technical issues which have already been laid out quite well in this thread and elsewhere on web. But I think it's important to make a c...
- Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:16 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 February
- Replies: 157
- Views: 200300
Re: Submissions: 2023 February
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF Passes by Mars from Grand Mesa Observatory 2/10/2023 by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson
- Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:43 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 January
- Replies: 136
- Views: 167373
Re: Submissions: 2023 January
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF from Grand Mesa Observatory on 1/22/2023 by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory www.grandmesaobservatory.com Tom Masterson/Terry Hancock/Kim Quick
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory www.grandmesaobservatory.com Tom Masterson/Terry Hancock/Kim Quick
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:14 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2022 November
- Replies: 109
- Views: 145500
Re: Submissions: 2022 November
Iris Nebula Widefield from Grand Mesa Observatory by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson Grand Mesa Observatory
Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson Grand Mesa Observatory
- Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:12 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2022 July
- Replies: 97
- Views: 125337
Re: Submissions: 2022 July
Milky Way over Fairyland Canyon, Bryce Canyon NP by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image credit and copyright Tom Masterson
Image credit and copyright Tom Masterson
- Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:31 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2022 March
- Replies: 126
- Views: 167254
Re: Submissions: 2022 March
The Amazing Clouds of Orion by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image credit and copyright Nicolas Rolland, Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson. Grand Mesa Observatory www.grandmesaobservatory.com
Image credit and copyright Nicolas Rolland, Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson. Grand Mesa Observatory www.grandmesaobservatory.com
- Sat Dec 04, 2021 11:51 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2021 November
- Replies: 129
- Views: 206975
Re: Submissions: 2021 November
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51725407414_9f5697868d_c.jpg Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) Moves Past Globular Cluster M3 While a Meteor Streaks Across the Sky by Transient Astronomer , on Flickr Image Credit and Copyright Terry Hancock/Tom Masterson Grand Mesa Observatory www.grandmesaobservatory....
- Thu May 13, 2021 8:59 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Comet, the Whale, and the Hockey... (2021 May 13)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5574
Re: APOD: The Comet, the Whale, and the Hockey... (2021 May 13)
Ann, that's a TON of awesome information thanks for sharing!
Glad you all like the image
Tom
Glad you all like the image
Tom
- Mon May 10, 2021 6:11 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2021 May
- Replies: 82
- Views: 103126
Re: Submissions: 2021 May
Comet C/2020 R4 (ATLAS) Passes by the Hockey Stick and Whale Galaxies by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson
- Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2021 March
- Replies: 108
- Views: 159969
Re: Submissions: 2021 March
Blue Pleiades and Red Mars by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson
Image Credit and Copyright Grand Mesa Observatory, Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:33 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2021 January
- Replies: 114
- Views: 183600
Re: Submissions: 2021 January
Triangulum Galaxy and Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson, Grand Mesa Observatory
Image Credit and Copyright Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson, Grand Mesa Observatory
- Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:56 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2020 December
- Replies: 143
- Views: 281515
Re: Submissions: 2020 December
Emerald Comet Visits Colorful Auriga by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson, Grand Mesa Observatory
Image Credit and Copyright Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson, Grand Mesa Observatory
- Sat Aug 08, 2020 2:16 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2020 August
- Replies: 141
- Views: 187814
Re: Submissions: 2020 August
Comet NEOWISE Passing by Globular Clusters M53 and NGC5053 by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson, Grand Mesa Observatory www.grandmesaobservatory.com
Image Credit and Copyright Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson, Grand Mesa Observatory www.grandmesaobservatory.com
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:28 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2020 July
- Replies: 243
- Views: 286934
Re: Submissions: 2020 July
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE 7/22/2020 by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr
Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson
Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 5:12 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Finding NEOWISE (2020 Jul 18)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10330
Re: APOD: Finding NEOWISE (2020 Jul 18)
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_200718.jpg Finding NEOWISE Explanation: If you can see the stars of the Big Dipper , you can find comet NEOWISE in your evening sky tonight. After sunset look for the naked-eye comet below the bowl of the famous celestial kitchen utensil of the north and above ...