Starship Asterisk*

A beautiful photograph. Reminds me as a kid; wishing on a star. Mars and especially Venus were often the first visible stars at night.
Orin

What a beautiful view of a rocket launch. With booster technology not changing much over the years; why drop the Titan?
Orin

My favorite is spiral galaxy NGC 1350. I think it is an awesome sight.
Orin

I believe it's the lower right of the crater rather than the lower right of the picture.
Orin

Does gravity have a speed? Is it constant? Seems like the greater the attraction the greater the acceleration toward it.
Orin

We did get a lot of miles out of that speck of dust;and away from the galaxy. But what is the yellow object below the dust. Doesn't really look like a star.
Orin

It may be a star; but I don't believe so. Its too fuzzy; unless a star in nova. Look at Makc's inset; it looks as though there are filaments associated around it. That makes me believe that the filament is associated with the object below it.
Orin

Could be makc; but look at the object below it. Looks like something is going on it's surface that could be related. I can't really tell.
Orin

It seems to be coming from the gold object below it. Could this be a galaxy with a stream of stars trailing? Or maybe a star in nova?
Orin

I noticed a reddish tint on top of the filament. I think the object would have to be enlarged a lot more to venture a guess as to what the this may be.
Orin

I clicked onto the high resolution picture of the galaxy. I didn't see the filament; unless the end of one of the spiral arms. I did notice a lot of galaxies in and around the galaxy. I also noticed a straight line going through the picture at about 4o'clock.
Orin

Just wanted to show where these larger element may be formed. Doesn't light spectrum show what a stars composition may be?
Orin

Left or right; I was always intrigued by the Orion Constellation as it is very easy to identify in the sky. The three blue stars in the belt do make a very awesome sight.
Orin

here is one place to look. This site sugests that tth heavy elements were created in super nova.
Orin

As meteors impact; the cleaner ice underneath probably gets exposed. It looks almost more like packed snow.
Orin

I don't think there is a limit to the size for a moon. The moons of Mars are both under 25 km.
Orin

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap051008.html

A Highway to the Stars would be a good name for this pair of galaxies. It looks like they may have actually touched on their way by each other.
Orin

There doesn't seem to be very much dust in this galaxy. This gives it a lot of transparency.
Orin

I'D love to outline it but I don't really know how. It's between the two black areas. Looks like the whole bust of a man. My highlighter button doesn't seem to work.
Orin

On the lite side. If you look there is another formation that looks like a face above makc's little guy. Like finding faces in the clouds.
Orin

It is amazing how clear and in focus this photo is for a galaxy that is 64 million light years away. I wish we could get a 3-D image of this beautiful barrel galaxy.
Orin

I don't believe this galaxy is flat like other galaxies. It appears that the arm on the left is at an angle to the plane of the galaxy. It could be an optical illusion; but maybe it is the result of two galaxies that have merged.
Orin

As rough a this moon is; it has some very smooth areas. Looks like something polished off some of the surface,
Orin

Oops;
should be APOD. Hit the wrong key.
Orin

(edited. couldn't you do it yourself? makc)

Mount Etna is also thought to be the oldest active volcano an Earth; Dating back to about 1500BC.
Orin