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Forum Favs: What's the coolest astronomy picture you've seen?

Aug 30, 2012 7:06 PM

I like this one -

But I'm willing to entertain others for a new current favorite...

inkycatz inkycatz

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This amazed me. Just to the right of the big fireworks explosion is a comet.

Here's the link to the story and explanation.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070205.html

Edit: The picture is larger in the story and it's easier to see the comet.

tbgolladay tbgolladay
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The Crab Nebula

theoneill555 theoneill555
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@tbgolladay: That's the best I've seen. Awesome find!

coreyking coreyking
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The one that I took while in Astronomy class of our moon through a huge telescope.

briandrea briandrea
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@theoneill555: I love you. You are SUCH a trouble maker. Thanks for the smile. :-D

shrdlu shrdlu
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i've always been a fan of this one. larger view here

carl669 carl669
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@shrdlu: I could not resist :-)

theoneill555 theoneill555
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kbsig106 kbsig106
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woot!

rprebel rprebel
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@kbsig106: I literally lol!

caffeine_dude caffeine_dude
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@briandrea: Pictures or it didn't happen!

jsimsace jsimsace
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@carl669: That's always thrilled me. How about this? Just saw it on CNN, but I don't know the name.

fishcandy fishcandy
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http://apod.nasa.gov has been my homepage for the past 6 years. During one semester, a professor had us look at 13 APODs and write summaries about what astronomical entity was being displayed/portrayed.

My favorite: (2010 October 05: Horsehead and Orion Nebulas). It looks like two cosmic forces about to strike one another.

curtisuxor curtisuxor

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