Found Images: 2014 April

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Found Images: 2014 April

Post by Sandgirl » Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:28 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.

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Post by starsurfer » Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:12 pm

Virgo Galaxy Cluster
http://www.starpointing.com/ccd/virgodeep.html
Copyright: Fabian Neyer
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Post by geckzilla » Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:00 pm

I think the way data gets from a satellite like Hubble down to terra firma is largely unknown and unappreciated by lay persons. Who even knows what the TDRSS is? This is from a Frontier Fields blog entry.

Hubble Observations: From the Sky to the Ground
http://frontierfields.org/2014/04/01/hu ... he-ground/
Image Credit: Ann Feild, STScI
Image Credit: Ann Feild, STScI
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Post by starsurfer » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:29 pm

NGC 6726
http://www.pleiades.hu/en/
Copyright: Lorand Fenyes
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Post by starsurfer » Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:45 pm

Sh2-239
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1163.html
Copyright: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)
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Interestingly, although this nebula is included in the Sharpless catalogue of HII regions, it is actually a reflection nebula.

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Post by starsurfer » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:58 am

Medusa Nebula (Abell 21)
http://www.astro-koop.de/?attachment_id=1246
Copyright: Stefan Heutz, Wolfgang Ries and Michael Breite

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Post by starsurfer » Mon Apr 14, 2014 4:11 pm

Lagoon Nebula (M8)
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1403/
Copyright: ESO/VPHAS+ team You can read more about the VPHAS+ survey here: http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.7024

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Post by starsurfer » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:06 am

NGC 1514
http://bf-astro.com/ngc1514/ngc1514.htm
Copyright: Bob Franke
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Post by Sandgirl » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:27 pm

Eclipsed red Moon targeted by a green laser
Copyrights: Dan Long
Suggested by Tom Murphy
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Post by Sandgirl » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:09 pm

Kepler 186f (artist impression)
Copyrights: Karen Wehrstein
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Post by Karen Wehrstein » Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:35 am

Couple of points:

1) My name is spelled WeHRstein.
2) I have a larger and lighter-toned version of this image... see it here.

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Post by starsurfer » Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:43 am

Karen Wehrstein wrote:Couple of points:

1) My name is spelled WeHRstein.
2) I have a larger and lighter-toned version of this image... see it here.
You have to forgive Sandgirl for her spelling error! Whilst her spelling might not be 100% correct, at least she has a good heart. :wink:

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Post by philto » Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:21 pm

Hi, today 23th of april 13h33 T.U a big prominence on sun...
coronograph 225 mm F/14 + 5A h-alpha filter, skynyx 2.1 M.
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