Found Images: 2012 November

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Re: Found Images: 2012 November

Post by starsurfer » Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:43 pm

Superwind Galaxy (NGC 4666)
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1036/
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Post by bystander » Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:59 pm

Rothkko wrote:Portrait of Global Aerosols
Image credit: William Putman, NASA/Goddard
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegal ... _2393.html
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Dust. Wind. Dude.
Slate Blogs | Bad Astronomer | 2012 Nov 17

Aerosol Transport and Assimilation
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Post by starsurfer » Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:42 pm

Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
http://www.starpointing.com/ccd/m31.html
Copyright: Fabian Neyer

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Post by bystander » Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:50 pm

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New 2013 Phases of the Moon Animation Released
NASA | GSFC | SVS | LRO | 2012 Nov 20
This visualization shows the moon's phase and libration throughout the year 2013, at hourly intervals. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization also shows other relevant information, including moon orbit position, subearth and subsolar points, distance from the Earth. Click each graphic to learn more about what it means! Finally, to learn more about this visualization, or to see what the moon will look like at any hour in 2013, visit http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?4000!
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Re: Found Images: 2012 November

Post by Ann » Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:01 am

Adam Block has just posted a beautiful image of a delicate and lovely spiral galaxy, IC 239 in Andromeda.

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Post by starsurfer » Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:25 pm

Ann wrote:Adam Block has just posted a beautiful image of a delicate and lovely spiral galaxy, IC 239 in Andromeda.

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Hey Ann! You can also include the image in your post! It is another marvellous galaxy image from the master!

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Post by starsurfer » Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:27 pm

NGC 1316-7
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ngc_1316
Copyright: Michael Sidonio
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Re: Found Images: 2012 November

Post by Ann » Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:45 pm

starsurfer wrote:
Ann wrote:Adam Block has just posted a beautiful image of a delicate and lovely spiral galaxy, IC 239 in Andromeda.

Ann
Hey Ann! You can also include the image in your post! It is another marvellous galaxy image from the master!
Right... Adam Block is a master, indeed.

But I fear that the picture I have posted here is too large, and I don't know how to make it smaller.

Ann
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Post by markh@tds.net » Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:41 pm

Ann wrote:
starsurfer wrote:
Ann wrote:Adam Block has just posted a beautiful image of a delicate and lovely spiral galaxy, IC 239 in Andromeda.

Ann
Hey Ann! You can also include the image in your post! It is another marvellous galaxy image from the master!
Right... Adam Block is a master, indeed.

But I fear that the picture I have posted here is too large, and I don't know how to make it smaller.

Ann
Ann,

If you like you can email or pm me and I will re-size it for you.
Thank you,
Mark

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Post by starsurfer » Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:27 pm

Ann wrote:
starsurfer wrote:
Ann wrote:Adam Block has just posted a beautiful image of a delicate and lovely spiral galaxy, IC 239 in Andromeda.

Ann
Hey Ann! You can also include the image in your post! It is another marvellous galaxy image from the master!
Right... Adam Block is a master, indeed.

But I fear that the picture I have posted here is too large, and I don't know how to make it smaller.

Ann
You can save the image to your computer and resize it with an image editing software and attach it to your post. Attached images have a size limit of 320kb.

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Post by starsurfer » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:28 pm

NGC 5033 and NGC 5005
http://www.karelteuwen.be/photo_page.ph ... 3&album=14
Copyright: Karel Teuwen
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Post by owlice » Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:36 pm

Botswana Sunset
Copyright: marga van zanten
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 0107/view/
El Cap Firefall
Copyright: Jill Sanders
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 9339/view/
Before the Typhoon
Copyright: Chen Wei-Tsung
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 8977/view/
The Rising Sun
Copyright: Travis Hackett
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 8838/view/
Keyhole
Copyright: Linda Gessner
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 7876/view/
Solar Eclipse
Copyright: Peter Wallis
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 6884/view/
It's a beautiful world
Copyright: Simon Bond
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 6431/view/
Erta ale- Danakil Depression
Copyright: lior eldad
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 5604/view/
Elements
Copyright: Jennifer Vahlbruch
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 5228/view/
Not really for APOD, but included because I find this an amazing image and want to share:
Charging Black Drongo
Copyright: Vinayak Parmar
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 5795/view/
And this one because it's a puffin!!!!!
Copyright: chris roebuck
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/p ... 5244/view/
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Re: Found Images: 2012 November

Post by starsurfer » Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:50 am

NGC 7479
http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... GC7479.htm
Copyright: Makis Palaiologou, Josef Pöpsel and Stefan Binnewies

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Re: Found Images: 2012 November

Post by bystander » Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:32 pm

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