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« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2010, 18:04:30 PM »
This is a cool APOD cross section of the Milky Way. It has links to all the objects below the image. Mouse over to lose the anotations.

And a link to the main page that changes every day. APOD
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« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2010, 12:42:50 PM »
I noticed the picture has changed today to “Earth and Moon from MESSENGER”, still a good though.
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« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2010, 17:51:08 PM »
Ooops, my bad. Forgot to link from the archive section, did the main page that changes every day. Now corrected.
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« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2010, 18:39:54 PM »
Cool APOD pic today entitled A Laser Strike at the Galactic Center

Click here to view and click the pic on that page for highest res.

BTW the laser is for adaptive/corrective optics. One is software and one is distorting the mirrors, can never remember which way round.
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« Reply #19 on: September 09, 2010, 17:05:36 PM »
Another cool pic mosaic of 17 degrees of sky called...
Trunk to Bubble

Mouse over for annotations. If only you could see this stuff with the naked eye.
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« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2010, 17:39:23 PM »
That’s a nice one, I’ve set it as my desktop for now.

Need bionic eyes  Shocked
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« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2010, 18:49:53 PM »
Found this cool APOD pic of a few days ago called Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tidal Tail

Nice to see gravity in action. There's a smaller galaxy (lower right) that has a jet from its center. Cool.
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« Reply #22 on: October 20, 2010, 23:29:41 PM »
Been some cool stuff on APOD. Bookmark it if you haven't already.

Here's some of 'em...

Vista with NGC 2170
Venus Just After Sunset
Clusters, Hartley, and the Heart

And here for the archive.
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« Reply #23 on: October 31, 2010, 12:06:37 PM »
A ghostly apparition in the sky...

Ghost of the Cepheus Flare

Happy Halloween.
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« Reply #24 on: November 20, 2010, 07:52:42 AM »
This is a collection of galaxies called Stephan's Quintet.

I like.
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« Reply #25 on: December 04, 2010, 11:38:47 AM »
Not been posting here for a while. Been busy playing F1 2010 and Gran Turismo.

Some links you may have missed...

A Dark Dune Field in Proctor Crater on Mars
Flowing Auroras Over Norway
Flame Nebula Close-Up
Anticrepuscular Rays Over Colorado
A Supercell Thunderstorm Cloud Over Montana
Martian Moon Phobos from Mars Express

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« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2010, 11:47:45 AM »
They are all good, but the first one “A Dark Dune Field in Proctor Crater on Mars” is the oddest.

Didn’t have a clue what it was until I read about it.
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« Reply #27 on: January 08, 2011, 13:02:29 PM »
A selection of pics from APOD.

Eclipsing the Sun.
A Green Flash from the Sun.
NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula.

Notice the ISS on the partial eclipse?
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Wow the ISS!!! We can't suspect a fake, the site is so serious.

But this is AMAZING!  Cool
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« Reply #29 on: January 12, 2011, 20:18:01 PM »
No fakes here GT40. Real life is far better than fiction if you look hard enough.

The latest selection from APOD.

The Seagull Nebula. Had to put this in as it's the nickname of our local football team.
A Sun Halo Beyond Stockholm.
The Antikythera Mechanism.
This is a cool mechanism that was made by the Greeks and way ahead of it's time.
And now it is rebuilt with lego...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk</a>

I read an article of this lego version and the guy who built it had to design his own differential gears to get the right ratios, then send plans to lego to get them to make them.
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