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Found Images: 2012 September

Post by owlice » Sat Sep 01, 2012 5:02 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.

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Re: Found Images: 2012 September

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Post by Rothkko » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:23 pm

The Flight into Egipt , of Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610), the first realistic representation of the Milky Way in 1609, the same year that Galileo turned his telescope to the sky ... Coincidence?. http://www.pinakothek.de/en/adam-elsheimer

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Re: Found Images: 2012 September

Post by starsurfer » Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:51 am

NGC 1763
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastr ... 3_69c.html
Copyright: Steven Juchnowski
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Re: Found Images: 2012 September

Post by owlice » Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:19 pm

This night image of Hurricane Isaac was suggested by APOD viewer Jim Walker.
Image Credit: NASA/NOAA, Earth Observatory
NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using VIIRS Day Night Band data.
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurri ... Night.jpeg
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegal ... _2345.html
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Re: Found Images: 2012 September

Post by starsurfer » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:00 am

NGC 3199 and RCW 49
http://www.martinpughastrophotography.i ... GC3199.htm
Copyright: Martin Pugh
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Post by bystander » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:30 pm

Galaxy Pair Arp 116 (M60 & NGC 4647)
Click to view full size image 1 or image 2
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)


http://hubblesite.org/news/2012/38
http://heritage.stsci.edu/2012/38/
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1213/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubbl ... rp116.html

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Post by starsurfer » Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:19 am

Cassiopeia A
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Nebulae/CasA/CasA.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford
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Post by starsurfer » Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:14 pm

Dumbbell Nebula (M27)
http://www.cosmotography.com/images/small_ngc6853.html
Copyright: R. Jay GaBany
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Re: Found Images: 2012 September

Post by Stefan_S » Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:23 pm

Sorry, here wrong
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Re: Found Images: 2012 September

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Re: Found Images: 2012 September

Post by rstevenson » Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:42 pm

Now that's a selfie!

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Post by starsurfer » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:52 pm

M94
http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... es/M94.htm
Copyright: Stefan Binnewies and Josef Pöpsel (Capella Observatory)

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Post by starsurfer » Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:11 pm

Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) and M52
http://www.darkatmospheres.com/astro/ga ... nebulae_18
Copyright: Roth Ritter
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Post by owlice » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:48 pm

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16134
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Re: Found Images: 2012 September

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vdB152
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1109.html
Copyright: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)
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Re: Found Images: 2012 September

Post by starsurfer » Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:11 pm

M56
http://www.astrophoton.com/M056.htm
Copyright: Bernhard Hubl
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Post by RJN » Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:23 pm

Phobos Passes in Front of Sun's Face
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
Credit: Mars Curiosity Rover & NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Cornell U./Texas A&M U.
Found: Bad Astronomy: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... from-mars/

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Re: Found Images: 2012 September

Post by bystander » Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:45 pm

RJN wrote:Phobos Passes in Front of Sun's Face
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHDH7cKX_SA
Credit: Mars Curiosity Rover & NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Cornell U./Texas A&M U.
Found: Bad Astronomy: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... from-mars/
Actually, the above video is from MER Opportunity on 2010 Nov 09 (Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&M). http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=22378
The image below was taken by MSL Curiosity Mastcam on 2012 Sep 13 (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS).

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http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia ... =MAST_LEFT
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