Found Images: 2014 March

[geckzilla]

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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.

Please keep hotlinked images under 400K.

Thank you!


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[Sandgirl]

Venus Occultation
Copyrights: Cui Yongjiang and Shi Zexing
Suggested by: Jia Hao

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NGC 2035
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1348/
Copyright: ESO

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Sailboat Cluster (NGC 225)
http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/vdB%2 ... ia%29.html
Copyright: Antonio Sánchez

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NGC 1360
http://www.astrodonimaging.com/gallery/ ... ?imgID=267
Copyright: Don Goldman

Click to view full size image

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SMC
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/ ... -TVjhczc/A
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

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http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/ ... -qsvjRFc/A

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NGC 2997
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/ngc2 ... 11K_RC.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch

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IC 2574
http://www.starkeeper.it/IC2574.htm
Copyright: Leonardo Orazi

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ESO 576-69
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1321a/
Copyright: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola

Click to view full size image

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vdB158
http://bf-astro.com/vdb158/vdb158.htm
Copyright: Bob Franke

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IC 4628 widefield
http://www.cosmicphotos.com/gallery/ima ... lbum_id=11
Copyright: Jason Jennings

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LBN 603
http://www.distant-lights.at/lbn603-2013_09_06.htm
Copyright: Thomas Henne

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Kronberger 1
http://www.pbase.com/jshuder/image/154008487
Copyright: Jim Shuder

This planetary nebula was discovered by the Deep Sky Hunters member Matthias Kronberger.

[geckzilla]

James Webb, sexiest telescope... large version available here.


Edit: Did I already post this? That photo was from 2010. I probably did!

[geckzilla]

Also, why was this never an APOD? How could I have never seen this? NGC3690, also known as Arp 299.
Page with big version => http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... /image/bs/

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Also, why was this never an APOD? How could I have never seen this? NGC3690, also known as Arp 299.
Page with big version => http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... /image/bs/

arp299.jpg

geckzilla, you've got great taste in galaxies.

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NGC 1316-7
http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/129487497
Copyright: Greg Bradley

[MargaritaMc]

James Webb, sexiest telescope... large version available here.
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I watch/read everything I can about the JWST! The fact that it will be unfolded once it is in position in orbit is just one of its many amazing features. Here are two of my favourite videos about it:

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

I was going just to post one, but they are both equally good...

[MargaritaMc]

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New Hubble image of spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 and a Hubble and Chandra composite image.
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1404/

This image not only captures the galaxy and its backdrop in stunning detail, but also something more dramatic — intense blue streaks streaming outwards from the galaxy, seen shining brightly in ultraviolet light.

These streaks are actually hot young stars, encased in wispy streams of gas that are being torn away from the galaxy by its surroundings as it moves through space. This violent galactic disrobing is due to a process known as ram pressure stripping — a drag force felt by an object moving through a fluid [1]. The fluid in question here is superheated gas, which lurks at the centres of galaxy clusters.

I thought I'd posted these images earlier, or that someone had, but I can't find them on the board. Apologies if I'm duplicating!

There is also a useful ESO video (Hubblecast 72: Clues to a Violent Crime) which explains "ram pressure stripping" in a way that helped ME to "get" it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL2nMtQtdDY

Seeing a news blog on the Sky and Telescope website today reminded me, as I thought I'd just be adding the Sky and Telescope link to an existing thread.

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NGC 1514
http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC1514.html
Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

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California Nebula (NGC 1499)
http://www.billionsandbillions.com/california.html
Copyright: Warren Keller

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Abell 1367
http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n3842.shtml
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

Click to view full size image

The webpage describes this as an image of NGC 3842, this is the central elliptical galaxy of this galaxy cluster. There are many more interesting galaxies that are outside this frame.

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NGC 2782
http://www.btlguce.com/page54.html
Copyright: Mark Hanson

This is a strange example of a shell type galaxy.

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NGC 678 and NGC 680
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/ ... NGC680.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford

NGC 680 on the left is a shell elliptical galaxy.

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Omega Centauri (NGC 5139)
http://www.astrobin.com/80104/
Copyright: Richard Muhlack