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I simply made as best an objective comparison of two images of the same object as just "one" example of the obvious bias in regards to the selection of APODs. Now I'm being called jealous, unsportsmanlike and generally ill behaved. I thought getting overly personal and uncivilized was agai...

Geck and Owl, Here's a search I just did: Block: Found 135 items. Gendler: Found 93 items. Hallas: Found 22 items. Crawford: Found 22 items. These guys produce great images! No doubt about it. However there are other "amateurs" (the word amateur probably doesn't apply to Block) which produ...

Geck, Correction to your reply.. The second, "superior" image is NOT my image. I'm not belittling anyone by stating that Tony's is grossly over saturated and lacks detail. It's my opinion and doesn't say anything about Tony or him personally. Just the image. Just the "perceived" ...

Judy, Getting over "my feelings" isn't really the subject of the discussion. As long as I continue to see this incredibly biased selection process I'm simply going to sit out. Can't you simply make a decision and decide which of these images you prefer rather than the PC answer you gave? I...

Geck, I did a quick search and I couldn't find out who you were. Your real identity isn't under your profile? Back to the subject.... We're all human and nothing decided by a human can be totally objective. However some of the more recent APOD choices are incredibly biased. If your not one of the na...

The selection of images by Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell is anything but objective. Many people have noticed this and express their concerns about this privately but none have actually been bold enough to voice this publicly. I have numerous examples which show this blatant bias. If your not in ...

Yes, yes, it's a shame that astronomers would try to use information of our own planet to help them figure out what is going on out there; better for them to completely ignore the laboratory of Earth in their quest for knowledge about the cosmos. How utterly silly of them to consider anything Earth...

Now seriously.... This is a beautiful image, however to say that this is even remotely close to Astronomy is insane, no matter how hard Nemiroff & Bonnell try to stretch it. Maybe a change to "Best Photography of the Day" would be a better name for the daily choices? Maybe I should jus...

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National Geographic Writeup of the Rosette
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Rosette in the Hubble Palette
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SH2-134
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The Lobster Claw and the Bubble
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Amateur Backyard Image of the Christmas Tree and Cone Nebula
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Quartet in Sagittarius http://fth.bounceme.net/ This image contains the Messier trio consisting of M8 (The Lagoon), M20 (Trifid), M21 star cluster to the upper left of the Trifid and to the upper left of the Lagoon is the star forming region known as NGC6559. Copyright: Fred Herrmann, All rights re...

Cygnus http://fth.bounceme.net/ Here’s a mega-sized image of the constellation Cygnus (The Swan). This is a 9 panel mosaic spanning a field of view of 30x21 degrees. Copyright: Fred Herrmann All rights reserved. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-72Md9mz0-4M/UdNTKRZDNjI/AAAAAAAAFCg/Y9B140VtFGs/w111...

Galaxy Trio in Draco
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M100
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Earth View of the Backyard Observatory
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Eagle Nebula
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Sun in Halpha and CME Animation http://fth.bounceme.net/ Copyright: Fred Herrmann All rights reserved. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V8hKbNdC3_0/UbDCDGGvdDI/AAAAAAAAC2o/8gtigucB6bw/w985-h834-no/SolDiskFull.jpg NOTE TO THE BANDWIDTH CHALLENGED!!! The GIF animation linked below is 25 MEGABYTES l...

Deep into M57 (Widefield - Amateur edition!)
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Sol Earth Comparison - aka "Feeling Puny"
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Amateur Image M57
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