Poll: Recent Submissions #28 -- Sun, Moon, Stars, More

See new, spectacular, or mysterious sky images.

Please vote for up to THREE images you would like to see on APOD; thank you!

Poll ended at Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:33 am

Nebular Complex IC1396 in Cepheus
486
8%
Noctilucent Clouds over St. Albert
465
8%
Selene Rising at Sounion
453
7%
R Corona Australis Nebulae and Cluster
582
9%
Polar Ring Galaxies
793
13%
Near Star
351
6%
Alpha Scuti Field
464
7%
Aflame
376
6%
Comet Garrard C/2009 P1
846
14%
Watching the Sky
250
4%
Terraced Eastern Wall along the Middle Reach of Ma'adim Vallis
392
6%
Sunrise at Torre dell'Orso
160
3%
Death of a Sun-grazing Comet
570
9%
 
Total votes: 6188

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Poll: Recent Submissions #28 -- Sun, Moon, Stars, More

Post by owlice » Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:33 am

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Please vote for up to THREE images you think would make the best APOD.

Thank you!
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Nebular Complex IC1396 in Cepheus
Copyright: Giovanni Sostero and Sara Garzia First seen here
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Noctilucent Clouds over St. Albert
Copyright: Murray Paulson First seen here
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Selene Rising at Sounion
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scenes-Sounion-10.htm
Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis First seen here
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R Corona Australis Nebulae and Cluster
Copyright: Kfir Simon First seen here
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Polar Ring Galaxies
http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.1966
Copyright: Alexei Moiseev, Ksenia Smirnova, Aleksandrina Smirnova, Vladimir Reshetnikov First seen here
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Near Star
http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.ph ... category/6
Copyright: César Cantú First seen here
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Alpha Scuti Field
http://www.starkeeper.it/AlphaScuti.htm
Copyright: Leonardo Orazi First seen here
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Aflame
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegal ... _1981.html
Image Credit: NASA First seen here
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Comet Garrard C/2009 P1
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack First seen here
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Watching the Sky
Copyright: Tunç Tezel First seen here
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Terraced Eastern Wall along the Middle Reach of Ma'adim Vallis
http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_022848_1595
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona First seen here
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Sunrise at Torre dell'Orso
http://www.danilopivato.com
Copyright: Danilo Pivato First seen here
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Death of a Sun-grazing Comet
http://indafoto.hu/godazoli/sprites/slideshow
Credit: NASA/ESA/SOHO
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
First seen here
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Re: Poll: Recent Submissions #28 -- Sun, Moon, Stars, More

Post by canopia » Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:22 pm

Nice to see that The Olive Tree at Sounion is growing, while I am Watching The Sky... :)

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Re: Poll: Recent Submissions #28 -- Sun, Moon, Stars, More

Post by owlice » Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:01 pm

canopia, :D

I hope people click on each image to see them in a larger size; it makes a HUGE difference! And I'm glad I have three votes; even with three, though, it's hard to narrow it down!
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Re: Poll: Recent Submissions #28 -- Sun, Moon, Stars, More

Post by Ayiomamitis » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:02 pm

My sincerest thanks to all of the NASA APOD readers who voted for "Selene Rising at Sounion"! :ssmile:
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Re: Poll: Recent Submissions #28 -- Sun, Moon, Stars, More

Post by Celestial » Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:29 pm

My votes this time went first,

- to the polar ring galaxies, because I see in APOD a description of these intriguing objects in 1999--there may be newer ones I am unaware of.... The Cornell U. link explaining PRGs says, there is a new catalog, and APOD astronomers can give us a learned explanation of the new findings;

- second, to the artistic representation of fire in space; I do not know anything about this, and would like to find out more about this phenomenon;

- and third, to the first observation of a comet crossing paths with the Sun. Did it crash into the Sun, or did it come between the viewer and the Sun? I cannot tell, and would like to hear an astronomer discuss this event.

All pictures here are interesting and appealing in their own right.

Elizabeth Janson

Re: Poll: Recent Submissions #28 -- Sun, Moon, Stars, More

Post by Elizabeth Janson » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:36 pm

I liked
Noctilucent Clouds over St. Albert
Watching the Sky
Near Star

and the Galaxies - Corona Australis Nebulae and Cluster

Aloysius

Re: Poll: Recent Submissions #28 -- Sun, Moon, Stars, More

Post by Aloysius » Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:12 pm

I loved the images of
Aflame
The death of a sungrazing comet
Selene Rising over Sounion


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