Milky Way, Zodiacal Light, Wide-Angle (2009 Feb 12)

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Milky Way, Zodiacal Light, Wide-Angle (2009 Feb 12)

Post by apodman » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:39 pm

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090212.html

Nice annotations, but (... quiz question ...) what is this?

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Re: Milky Way, Zodiacal Light, Wide-Angle (2009 Feb 12)

Post by bystander » Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:40 am

apodman wrote:Nice annotations, but (... quiz question ...) what is this?
My guess would be Pegasus, or a yellow trapezoid.

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Re: Milky Way, Zodiacal Light, Wide-Angle (2009 Feb 12)

Post by neufer » Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:45 am

apodman wrote:http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090212.html
Nice annotations, but (... quiz question ...) what is this?
The Great Square of Pegasus.
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Re: Milky Way, Zodiacal Light, Wide-Angle (2009 Feb 12)

Post by apodman » Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:55 am

I don't think the "Great Trapezoid" will catch on, but I like it.

Using Pegasus as a Guide to the Constellations

BTW, what's with the red dome?

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Re: Milky Way, Zodiacal Light, Wide-Angle (2009 Feb 12)

Post by Dr. Skeptic » Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:15 am

I've seen those red domes somewhere before ...




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Re: Milky Way, Zodiacal Light, Wide-Angle (2009 Feb 12)

Post by bystander » Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:29 am

apodman wrote:I don't think the "Great Trapezoid" will catch on, but I like it.
We can't use trapezium, that's already taken.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apo ... ?trapezium

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Re: Milky Way, Zodiacal Light, Wide-Angle (2009 Feb 12)

Post by aristarchusinexile » Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:52 pm

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