Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:18 am
by Ann
This is a stunningly beautiful image! I think I can almost see the dust that is present in Perseus and Auriga - at right in the image - but surely that must be an illusion?
Ann
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:10 am
by ta152h0
I was going outside and check to see if the image is oriented correctly, but unfortunayely here at 48 North, 122 West it is raining all week this week and my John Deere front leader doesn't go high enought over these clouds.
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:10 am
by neufer
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
ta152h0 wrote:
I was going outside and check to see if the image is oriented correctly, but unfortunayely here at 48 North, 122 West it is raining all week this week and my John Deere front leader doesn't go high enough over these clouds.
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:22 pm
by NGC3314
What is that incomplete loop just south of Gamma Leporis? A quick check of a deep-sky atlas and some Googling doesn't turn up an obvious celestial ID.
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:59 pm
by neufer
NGC3314 wrote:
What is that incomplete loop just south of Gamma Leporis?
A quick check of a deep-sky atlas and some Googling doesn't turn up an obvious celestial ID.
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 4:27 pm
by Scruffy
ta152h0 wrote:I was going outside and check to see if the image is oriented correctly, but unfortunayely here at 48 North, 122 West it is raining all week this week and my John Deere front leader doesn't go high enought over these clouds.
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 5:22 pm
by saturno2
Beautiful and very interesting image
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 5:31 pm
by Ann
neufer wrote:
NGC3314 wrote:
What is that incomplete loop just south of Gamma Leporis?
A quick check of a deep-sky atlas and some Googling doesn't turn up an obvious celestial ID.
I doubt it. Abell 7 is very faint, and it doesn't seem to be located in the region of the loop.
I suspect that the loop is an artifact of some kind.
Ann
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 7:12 pm
by neufer
Ann wrote:
neufer wrote:
NGC3314 wrote:
What is that incomplete loop just south of Gamma Leporis?
A quick check of a deep-sky atlas and some Googling doesn't turn up an obvious celestial ID.
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:09 pm
by JohnD
That in the enormous landmass of the US there should be Dark Sky areas cannot be surprising and we should be thankful for that.
But of 11 International Dark Sky Reserves in the world, the UK has 4 - the Brecon Beacons, Exmoor, Snowdonia and the South Downs National Parks. http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/visitin ... dark-skies To which I would add areas in the Highlands of Scotland, the Forest of Bowland (Lancashire and only ten miles from where I live), Suffolk and Wales, that are not National Parks but Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In fact, there are 150 Dark Sky Discovery sites in the UK! http://www.stfc.ac.uk/news/stargazing-s ... pollution/
John
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:15 am
by ta152h0
Betelguese is a big star. went back and saw the video of comparative sizes of stars to the Sun.
Re: APOD: A Dark Winter Sky over National Park... (2017 Mar 14)
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:01 am
by Chris Peterson
ta152h0 wrote:Betelguese is a big star. went back and saw the video of comparative sizes of stars to the Sun.
But still a point source in virtually every astronomical image, including this one.