Sept 26: Stars in Virgo

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JessM
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Sept 26: Stars in Virgo

Post by JessM » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:49 am

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050926.html

Is there a version of this picture without the foreground stars blacked out?
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Post by Empeda » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:33 am

There won't be an exact version, as the glare from the foreground stars would wipe out the detail in the image.
I'm an Astrophysics Graduate from Keele University, England - doesn't mean I know anything but I might be able to help!
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