Starship Asterisk*

Didn't think of a hot pixel, definitely could be one.
I won't be the one to judge you geck so I'll just believe you're busy doing other things

When you look at the large image, zoom into the shadow of Saturn on the rings to the right and look near the centre of the shadow upon the rings, there is a faint pinprick of light in there, could that be one of the moons and if so, does anyone know which one it may be? Or could that be some sort of...

It looks eerily like an embryo in a womb when zoomed in. Not saying what species this embryo is and that's an odd womb (it's frikkin purple!!), but it's a species that has the ability to shoot deadly rays at us so it's probably related to that weird lil alien Sigourney Weaver kept running into :mrgr...

Extrordinary photo. Question though. The rings are an equatorial phenomenon around Saturn. However, in the picdture, the upper half of Saturn's globe appears to be distinctly tilted towards the equator and is not symmetrical with the lower half of the globe. Is this a photo error or the actual orie...

I would not have guessed that would've happened, I thought droplets would fly away in all directions. A very cool experiment girls, congrats on suggesting it! The wicking shown in the coffee clip is also very informative as I've often wondered how fuel in solid tanks behaved in zero G. As a bunch he...

I can't believe I'm just finding this thing now...guess I haven't browsed the forums for awhile. Thank you folks for this Fantastic Calendar! It's awesomeness can only be rivaled by the vast beauty & spectacular power of our Universe, or by a picture of kittens. ;) Merry Christmas Starship Trave...

The Indians avoid all that Buffalo Bull. They call Bison... Tatonka. http://www.tankabar.com/nanf/images/Bites%20bag-outlined.jpg If you haven't had these, you don't know what you're missing. Mmm, that looks like it would be delish there Chris, I'll have to see where a Canadian fella might find som...

There once was a Comet named ISON Twas promised "The best you'll lay Eyes on" although near the end it did brighten again it fizzled out into a Bye-Gone LOL, very well done! On a different track now... I'm never disappointed in the pseudo-science world in coming up with bizarre theories a...

You can even see a "bat face" in the upper center part... :---[===] * That's the first thing I saw as well, but I saw the entire bat, with wings, hind legs and complete with the claw/fingernail(s) on the upper edge of the wings. A rather chubby bat tho, he needs to work out more. If this ...

There sure are allot of active star forming regions in both of these Galaxies spiral arms, makes for a beautiful image. It would be so cool to revisit this collision in another million years to see how things have changed.
Dang, Space is such an amazing place!

Well, the very first thing that came to my mind was a Flying Squirrel, so I'll throw my hat into the "Rocket J. Squirrel" Flying Squirrel ring. For those maybe not old enough to know, Rocket J. Squirrel was the full name of Rocky squirrel from Rocky & Bullwinkle. Maybe it should be nam...

Chlorophyll? (See my first post in this thread.) :lol2: LOL...I was thinking the same thing :wink: This is a false-color image. It consists of frames collected through infrared, green, and violet filters, which are then mapped in some unspecified way to red, green, and blue display channels. You'd ...

The green patches on Io are intriguing, any info on what chemical process creates such hues of green?

Actually, when I initially saw this picture it reminded me of the Flux Capacitor from Back to the Future.

There is one star at the bottom left of this image (2nd star from left edge right at the bottom) that appears to have two jets of material, perfectly perpendicular to the star. These appear to be very similar in looks to x-ray images of jets emanating from galactic central regions. Is this just a ch...

All fascinating stuff! Thanx for that chart/explanation neufer, it does make some sense how that can work all together to create a rotation. It is amazing to think that what we see optically is only a small fraction of the mass needed to make all the gravitational computations work. I keep thinking....

What is the interesting small cluster of yellowish/red stars half way between and slightly below M 46 and M47? Victor B Yes, that is an interesting feature. I wonder if it is a small cluster of older, reddish stars or it just looks that way because of their imposition to each other. Have to look it...

From what I understand, and it is limited, Galaxies do rotate, but unlike how you would think. Since the laws of physics state that a spinning object rotates faster the closer you get to it's rotational center, you would expect Galaxies to basically spin themselves to pieces since they are not a sol...

What a fascinating image! The detail is spectacular, and I disagree with some other posters...the contrast in this image is far superior to what a color image would show. @Peter Eckhoff - Do you mean this one? http://a.imageshack.us/img844/6283/rocknroll.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us I don't think...

It looks like a few of the stars in this cluster may have companion stars very nearby. Does anyone here know if there are a few binary systems in this cluster where the companion star is close enough to orbit the other companion but far enough away to be visible as two separate stars at this range? ...

Thank you for your explanation Luc! My brother-in-law was quite impressed with your image, and he knows photography inside out, backwards and standing on his head.. He noted that it must have been at least a 30 sec exposure and that you did a good job evening out the subtle differences in the lighti...

That really is a very interesting and beautiful picture, very imaginative and nicely composed. My brother-in-law is a professional photog, internationally acclaimed, I have to show him this shot. I agree, would make a GREAT jigsaw image! There is software that can take an image and design a puzzle f...

We also have to remember that these sounds were sped up x16 in the recordings that were posted, so oceanic Asteroid strikes would be kinda unlikely (but not improbable). Plus they would produce a very different type of rumble and probably produce a detectable air pressure wave along with it. I would...

Can anyone else see the outline of three cats or lions? Look closely...... So many things can be envisioned from something like this, it's fun to look thru the complexity of these clouds and see what comes to mind. It's simply amazing that we can get to see these structures at all, we are the first...

I see all kinds of animals in that image. Let's see: A rearing dinosaur with horns. A horse and rider. 2 Hippopotami. A bear. A lioness. A possible terrapin. A bat face. A pollywog. And a few others I couldn't name. Clink :D I saw a number of things as well, including the bear head. But the one tha...