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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:46 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: GOTD: Galaxy Of The Day
- Replies: 57
- Views: 306868
Re: GOTD: Galaxy Of The Day
Hubble captures a bright galactic and stellar duo phys.org | Original release 2024 April 22 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/hubble-captures-a-brig.jpg While the focus of this image is the spiral galaxy NGC 3783, the eye is equally drawn to the very bright object in the lower right part of...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: MAUVE survey: Giant galactic explosion in NGC 4383
- Replies: 2
- Views: 676
MAUVE survey: Giant galactic explosion in NGC 4383
MAUVE survey: Giant galactic explosion in NGC 4383 exposes galaxy pollution in action phys.org | 2024 April 21 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/giant-galactic-explosi.jpg A team of international researchers studied galaxy NGC 4383, in the nearby Virgo cluster, revealing a gas outflow so la...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: GOTD: Galaxy Of The Day
- Replies: 57
- Views: 306868
Re: GOTD: Galaxy Of The Day
Hubble captures a bright galactic and stellar duo phys.org | Original release 2024 April 22 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/hubble-captures-a-brig.jpg While the focus of this image is the spiral galaxy NGC 3783, the eye is equally drawn to the very bright object in the lower right part of...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:31 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: NewJWST: New Pictures from JWST
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15381
Re: NewJWST: New Pictures from JWST
NGC 3972 jac berne (flickr) STScI Mikulski Archive | Release Date 2024-04-19 18:23 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53669315446_4cfec79a38_b.jpg NGC 3972 is a spiral galaxy located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 14, 1789.This galaxy is...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:19 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Facing NGC 1232 (2024 Apr 18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 828
Re: APOD: Facing NGC 1232 (2024 Apr 18)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/SN1994D.jpg/800px-SN1994D.jpg Ann ThanX Ann for your wonderful comments. What always bothered me about the NASA image of NGC 4526 is the fact that it gives the impression that the supernova is taking place far out next to the actual galaxy. ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:59 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb (2024 Apr 15)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1987
Re: APOD: The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb (2024 Apr 15)
[...] Interesting… not even the enlarged Hubble image is sharp or detailed enough for me to notice any individual clusters, especially around the part that Webb zoomed in on. But maybe that’s just me. Are you sure you aren’t comparing Hubble’s entire image to the close up from Webb? Yes. That is re...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Total Eclipse and Comets (2024 Apr 17)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1573
Re: APOD: Total Eclipse and Comets (2024 Apr 17)
Superb image, particularly the corona which extends further than in many other images. That's right. But you should always be aware of the spatial conditions. It looks like the corona extends almost to Mercury. In reality, Mercury's orbit is still quite far away... https://live.staticflickr.com/655...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb (2024 Apr 15)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1987
Re: APOD: The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb (2024 Apr 15)
There is, in the upper right part of the Webb image, something that looks like a globular cluster and which is completely invisible in the Hubble image. Impressive. Alex Interesting… not even the enlarged Hubble image is sharp or detailed enough for me to notice any individual clusters, especially ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:54 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb (2024 Apr 15)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1987
Re: APOD: The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb (2024 Apr 15)
[...] Interesting… not even the enlarged Hubble image is sharp or detailed enough for me to notice any individual clusters, especially around the part that Webb zoomed in on. But maybe that’s just me. Are you sure you aren’t comparing Hubble’s entire image to the close up from Webb? Yes. That is re...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:55 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Inexplicable "Flying Fox" cloud found in Hydra galaxy cluster
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1115
Re: Inexplicable "Flying Fox" cloud found in Hydra galaxy cluster
Okay! I've given this some more thought. It is clear that the Flying Fox is not quite comparable to Hanny's Voorwerp: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53649398282_fcceba3d87_b.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Hannys_voorwerp.jpg/330px-Hannys_voorwerp.jpg Let's omside...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:07 am
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Inexplicable "Flying Fox" cloud found in Hydra galaxy cluster
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1115
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:50 am
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Inexplicable "Flying Fox" cloud found in Hydra galaxy cluster
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1115
Inexplicable "Flying Fox" cloud found in Hydra galaxy cluster
Inexplicable cloud of magnetized plasma found in Hydra galaxy cluster phys.org | 2024 April 8 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/inexplicable-flying-fo.jpg High sensitivity radio observations have discovered a cloud of magnetized plasma in the Hydra galaxy cluster. The odd location and shape...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Solar Corona Unwrapped (2024 Apr 05)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1290
Re: APOD: The Solar Corona Unwrapped (2024 Apr 05)
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240405.jpg The Solar Corona Unwrapped Explanation: Changes in the alluring solar corona are detailed in this creative composite image mapping the dynamic outer atmosphere of the Sun during two separate total solar eclipses. Unwrapped from the complete circle of...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:48 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: NewJWST: New Pictures from JWST
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15381
Re: NewJWST: New Pictures from JWST
Webb probes an extreme starburst galaxy phys.org | 2024 April 03 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/nasas-webb-probes-an-e.jpg A team of astronomers has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million light-years away in the constell...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Unusual Nebula Pa 30 (2024 Apr 03)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 877
Re: APOD: Unusual Nebula Pa 30 (2024 Apr 03)
At first I ho-hummed this APOD, because I didn't find it beautiful or immediately interesting. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2404/Pa30V_NASA_960.jpg ... Wikipedia wrote about Pa 30, the nebula seen in today's APOD: Pa 30 was discovered in 2013 by American amateur astronomer Dana Patchick while s...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: GOTD: Galaxy Of The Day
- Replies: 57
- Views: 306868
Re: GOTD: Galaxy Of The Day
03.02.2024 I HST: Arp 72 - Two’s company NGC 5996 & NGC 5994 universe today | Original release 2024 April 01 https://cdn.esahubble.org/archives/images/screen/potw2414a.jpg A large spiral galaxy with a smaller neighbouring galaxy. The spiral galaxy is wide and distorted, with colourful dust. Its...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona (2024 Apr 02)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1271
Re: APOD: Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona (2024 Apr 02)
How far out do the petals of the corona extend? They seem huge. As the final countdown to the April 8 total solar eclipse approaches, use the Helioviewer Eclipse Watch tool to observe eclipse-like images that are captured over 100 times each day by the LASCO C2 coronagraph on the Solar and Heliosph...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: HUBBLE sees the new star FS Tau proclaiming its presence with cosmic light show
- Replies: 4
- Views: 634
Re: HUBBLE sees the new star FS Tau proclaiming its presence with cosmic light show
https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800w/2024/hubble-sees-new-star-p.jpg?f=webp FS Tau is a multi-star system made up of FS Tau A, the bright star-like object near the middle of the image, and FS Tau B (Haro 6-5B), the bright object to the far right that is partially obscured by a dark, vertical lane o...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:21 am
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: HUBBLE sees the new star FS Tau proclaiming its presence with cosmic light show
- Replies: 4
- Views: 634
HUBBLE sees the new star FS Tau proclaiming its presence with cosmic light show
https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800w/2024/hubble-sees-new-star-p.jpg?f=webp FS Tau is a multi-star system made up of FS Tau A, the bright star-like object near the middle of the image, and FS Tau B (Haro 6-5B), the bright object to the far right that is partially obscured by a dark, vertical lane o...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:46 am
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: WEBB: Stellar populations of an extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy I Zwicky 18
- Replies: 3
- Views: 865
Re: WEBB: Stellar populations of an extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy I Zwicky 18
Astronomers explore stellar populations of an extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy phys.org | 2024 March 21 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/astronomers-explore-st.jpg Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted near- and mid-infrared observations of an extremely metal-po...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:38 am
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: WEBB: Stellar populations of an extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy I Zwicky 18
- Replies: 3
- Views: 865
WEBB: Stellar populations of an extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy I Zwicky 18
Astronomers explore stellar populations of an extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy phys.org | 2024 March 21 https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2024/astronomers-explore-st.jpg Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted near- and mid-infrared observations of an extremely metal-po...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Eyes in Markarian's Galaxy... (2024 Mar 20)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 791
Re: APOD: The Eyes in Markarian's Galaxy... (2024 Mar 20)
One thing that Hubble has revealed, that is not visible in the APOD, is that the black hole of NGC 4438 is blowing bubbles: https://cdn.esahubble.org/archives/images/screen/opo0021a.jpg https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/little-boy-chewing-bubble-gum-vector-illustration-happy-child-popping-bubbles-223...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:54 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: GOTD: Galaxy Of The Day
- Replies: 57
- Views: 306868
Re: GOTD: Galaxy Of The Day
18.03.2024 HST: The Spider (and not its web) NASA/ESA | Original release 2024 March 18 https://cdn.esahubble.org/archives/images/screen/potw2412a.jpg This gauzy-looking celestial body is UGC 5829, an irregular galaxy that lies about 30 million light-years away. Despite there not being many observat...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: GOTD: Galaxy Of The Day
- Replies: 57
- Views: 306868
Re: GOTD: Galaxy Of The Day
18.03.2024 HST: The Spider (and not its web) NASA/ESA | Original release 2024 March 18 https://cdn.esahubble.org/archives/images/screen/potw2412a.jpg This gauzy-looking celestial body is UGC 5829, an irregular galaxy that lies about 30 million light-years away. Despite there not being many observat...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy... (2024 Mar 17)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1182
Re: APOD: NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy... (2024 Mar 17)
Unfortunately, I, the Galaxy Girl, don't have too much to say about today's APOD https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2403/Ngc7714_HubblePohl_1080.jpg https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Arp_147.jpg?resize=768,633 But I do find it fascinating that the starbursting part of NGC 7714 appears t...