Starship Asterisk*

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K1-26
http://www.ernst-von-voigt.de/gallery/deepsky/k126.html
Copyright: Dietmar Böcker and Ernst von Voigt

NGC 6726
http://www.astroshed.com/sg/6726cr.html
Copyright: Eddie Trimarchi

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

NGC 1763
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastr ... 3_69c.html
Copyright: Steven Juchnowski

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

NGC 3199 and RCW 49
http://www.martinpughastrophotography.i ... GC3199.htm
Copyright: Martin Pugh

Galaxy Pair Arp 116 (M60 & NGC 4647)
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

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=29493

Cassiopeia A
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Nebulae/CasA/CasA.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford

Veil Nebula
http://www.bucksnortobservatory.com/dee ... bula.shtml
Copyright: John Davis

Dumbbell Nebula (M27)
http://www.cosmotography.com/images/small_ngc6853.html
Copyright: R. Jay GaBany

Sorry, here wrong
Stefan

Full resolution: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/ima ... 025258.jpg http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/ima ... 25258.html

Now that's a selfie!

Rob

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

CTB 1
http://www.astrodonimaging.com/gallery/ ... ?imgID=248
Copyright: Don Goldman

Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) and M52
http://www.darkatmospheres.com/astro/ga ... nebulae_18
Copyright: Roth Ritter

A New View of The Pencil Nebula
Credit: ESO http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1236/

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=29530

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16134

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)

Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun
Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/79318 ... 408160534/

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=29502

N44
http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1236a/
Copyright: ESO, X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Mich./S.Oey, IR: NASA/JPL http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=29435
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=29468

M56
http://www.astrophoton.com/M056.htm
Copyright: Bernhard Hubl

Phobos Passes in Front of Sun's Face 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/

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).



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