Starship Asterisk*

by **owlice** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:30 pm

Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look.

When posting the image itself, please do not post anything larger than a thumbnail here; please honor the copyright holder's copyright.

Thank you!

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by **starsurfer** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:32 pm

LBN 1022 and Thommes' Nebula
http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/lbn1022.shtml
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

LBN 1022_block.jpg

More information about Thommes' Nebula can be found here: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/reipurth/PREPRINTS/ms_V900Mon.pdf

by **starsurfer** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:05 pm

Sh2-129 and Ou 4
http://www.outters.fr/Sharpless129-Fsq106-Stl6303e-s2Hao3.html
Copyright: Nicolas Outters

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More information about Ou 4 can be found here: http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.2477

by **starsurfer** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:40 am

Rho Ophiuchi Nebula (IC 4604)
http://www.cav-sfo.com/IC4604ccd.html
Copyright: Joe Mize

IC4604ccdSv.jpg

by **BMAONE23** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:00 pm

Iridscent Cloud over South Florida

by **starsurfer** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:12 am

Abell 7
http://www.ernst-von-voigt.de/gallery/deepsky/a7.html
Copyright: Dietmar Böcker and Ernst von Voigt

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by **bystander** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:22 pm

Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter
NASA | JPL-Caltech | Univ of Arizona | MRO | 2012 Aug 06


Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15094&p=181039#p181039
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=29208&p=181037#p181037

by **starsurfer** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:10 am

Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) widefield
http://www.astroshed.com/fsq106ed/lmc.html
Copyright: Eddie Trimarchi

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by **bystander** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:20 pm

MSG-3 SEVIRI First Image
© 2012 Eumetsat

ESA Meteosat Second Generation-3 (MSG-3)
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI)

MSG-3, Europe’s latest weather satellite, delivers first image
ESA Portal | 2012 Aug 07

Stunning portrait of Earth from a new European weather sat
Discover Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2012 Aug 07

A Brand New “Blue Marble” View of Earth
Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2012 Aug 07

by **bystander** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:50 pm


Scene of a Martian Landing Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

by **starsurfer** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:23 am

Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) widefield
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/deepsky/13667287_7Mtr58#!i=2007174801&k=ST6ZxkX&lb=1&s=X3
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

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by **bystander** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:13 pm

A Flight Through the Universe - SDSS III DR9

Credit: Miguel A. Aragón (Johns Hopkins University), Mark SubbaRao
(Adler Planetarium), Alex Szalay (Johns Hopkins University), Yushu Yao
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, NERSC), SDSS-III Collaboration

Astronomers Release the Largest Ever 3-D Map of the Sky
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | 2012 Aug 08

The First Public Data Release from BOSS
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 2012 Aug 08

New 3-D Map of Massive Galaxies and Distant Black Holes
Sloan Digital Sky Survey III | 2012 Aug 08

New 3-D Map of Massive Galaxies and Distant Black Holes
New York University | 2012 Aug 08

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by **starsurfer** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:03 am

Lagoon Nebula (M8)
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/144825967
Copyright: Marcus Davies

144825967.fSZQRMNR.jpg

by **Maria Rosa Vila** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:24 pm

Mount Sharp on the Horizon
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/m ... 16032.html
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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This is a portion of the first color 360-degree panorama from NASA's Curiosity rover, made up of thumbnails, which are small copies of higher-resolution images. The mission's destination, a mountain at the center of Gale Crater called Mount Sharp, can be seen in the distance, to the left, beginning to rise up. The mountain's summit will be imaged later. The full thumbnail panorama from the Mast Camera can bee seen at PIA16029. Blast marks from the rover's descent stage are in the foreground.

by **bystander** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:44 pm

Maria Rosa Vila wrote:Mount Sharp on the Horizon
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16032.html
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/9729/675356mainpia1603243946.jpg

NASA's Curiosity Beams Back a Color 360 of Gale Crater
NASA JPL-Caltech | 2012 Aug 09


Gale Crater Vista, in Glorious Color Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

by **Moonlady** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:00 pm

I saw this one, and I like it very much! The current olympic games and astronomy on one picture! :thumb_up:

News said, the fotographer waited very long to take this picture, it would not be two pictures made in one.
I am suggesting this picture as an APOD :!: