Beautiful Astronomy Photos

[Maddad]

http://www.maddad.org/astronomy/photos.htm<br /><br />It's a work in progress, but I've got enough up already to get some critical input. There are perhaps another dozen that need to go up yet. I need some better pictures, such as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. The one I have is cropped too much. I need a paragraph of text on each image; I'm putting four of them under each row so that the text will not be too far from the image. If you can think of a comment that belongs, by all means let me know. If you've an image that you think ought to be in this group then let's have a look.<br /><br />Thanks.

 

[jcdenton]

I presume most of those pics are from APotD. Here's a few more that are noteworthy:<br /><br />http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040805.html<br />http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041117.html<br />http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040517.html<br />http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030429.html<br />http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040314.html<br />http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0406/m82_hstwiyn_big.jpg<br />http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0206/eagle_kp09_big.jpg<br />http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0205/cone_hst.jpg<br />http://www.glynwadbrook.com/gw/hubble/index.html<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[rogers_buck]

Nice pictures. Pleades (subaru) and Triffet Nebula might be nice too.

 

[Maddad]

Thanks for the suggestion about the Triffet Nebula. I've already got the Pleiades up, although I've just noticed that I've got it mislabled as a hot jupiter. I'll fix it tonight.<br /><br />jcdenton<br />Thanks for the suggestions. I've got another row of pics about to go up, and I think The Great Nebula in Carina is one of them. Think I've also got m82_hstwiyn_big.jpg waiting. eagle_kp09_big.jpg is the third image on the second line. I've got a larger pic of cone_hst.jpg, but I've also got one that shows the surrounding region. When I put it up, I'll put up both together. IC 1396 looks interesting; don't think I have it yet. That last link is great.<br /><br /><br />

 

[kelle]

Wow, sweet images. Now I have the pelican nebula as wallpaper on my desktop! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[Leovinus]

Does this color photo from Cassini count as an "Astronomy Photo"? I know it counts under "Beautiful". <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[wisefool]

Nice start to your collection. Many of these are Hubble shots. I don't know if you want to make much of it, but most of these beautiful shots are actually the result of significant computer manipulation of black-and-white images shot thorugh different filters, and then combined with software.<br /><br />I am distressed that many amateurs, having seen how "lousy" their own telescopes are in relation to these out-of-the-world images, might just quit. That is a tragedy whenever it happens, because gaudy images are not what amateur astronomy is all about. And besides, there are certain categories of objects -- double stars, planets, star clusters, planetaries and anything else OIII sensitive -- that are just as good visually as they are on CCDs, assuming equal telescopes. And too, one has the excitement of discovering the object for oneself, and having a "private show" through one's eyepiece.<br /><br />Having said all the above, check out my astronomy links site for many more images and support data: http://members.cox.net/clarkt7/astronomylinks<br /><br />Clear skies!<br />Clark

 

[rogers_buck]

>> already got the Pleiades up, although I've just noticed that I've got it mislabled as a hot jupiter. <br /><br />Oh yeah! I stared at that for awhile and figured it for some IR image of Jupiter that was over exposed. That's probably what made me think of the good sisters.

 

[qzzq]

Maddad posted: --<i>If you've an image that you think ought to be in this group then let's have a look.</i><br /><br />I've got some good Earth shots from the ISS. I think astronaut Ed Lu made them. Good stuff. <br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[qzzq]

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[qzzq]

This one is quite pleasing to the eye too; the Mercury transit of the Sun. This may give visitors an idea of how huge the Sun is. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[wisefool]

qzzq, thanks for that awesome ISS shot, actually both. I have shared the "blue" one with some very knowledgeable friends, and they are equally impressed.

 

[qzzq]

Glad you and your friends liked them, wisefool.<br /><br />Here's one taken from Mir during the eclipse back in 1999; the shadow of the moon. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[Maddad]

http://www.maddad.org/astronomy/photos.htm<br /><br />Well, I've finished my first run through. Got 24 images up plus the text to go with them. The page is getting long in the tooth, so I'll probably break the page into sections, like one for galaxies and another for planetary nebulae.

 

[tom_hobbes]

Links would be useful Q.<br /><br />Here's a link to the full size image of the earth at sunset:<br /><br />http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-7/html/iss007e10807.html<br /><br />And the full gallery of ISS images, choose one, check 'ALL' next to your choice and the world's yer oyster:<br /><br />http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[tom_hobbes]

Here's one of my favourites from the ISS images. It's not remotely astronomical but quite frankly it's an astonishingly beautiful shot of a Soyuz launch vehicle waiting on a train at Baikonur:<br /><br />http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-10/html/jsc2004e44817.html <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[silylene old]

That Soyuz picture is incredible. <br /><br />Maddad, I made one of the "blue marble" photos my new wallpaper. Looks great. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[Maddad]

Thanks silylene. I used the west one too for wallpaper for a while. Now I'm using a shot of a quasar with a mostly blue backgroud. Don't have it uploaded yet, but it's coming. The other one that I used for wallpaper was the Horsehead Nebula.<br /><br />By the way, that blue marble photo is slightly re-touched. I have the original, but it's a bit darker, so you cannot see the the rim of the world on the right side.

 

[qzzq]

Tom,<br /><br />Sorry, I uploaded these from my machine.<br /><br />The Mercury transit: http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/eclipse/transits/images/2003Mercury.jpg<br />MIR moon shadow: http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast161/Images/mir1999.jpg<br />Ed Lu's sunset over the Pacific: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/EdLu/Images/ISS007-E-10807.jpg<br /><br />I'll try and find the url for the blue ISS picture. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>***</p> </div>

 

[tom_hobbes]

Leo, I was glad to see a colour version of that image, I noticed it a while back when it was a humble black and white release among the raw images. Are all the images on the Cassini web site potentially available in colour then? If so, is there any way of appealing for favourite raw images to be woven in shining Technicolor?<br /><br />http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cgi?path=../multimedia/images/large-moons/images/PIA06142.jpg&type=image <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[rogers_buck]

Did you get my desktop, the Hubble Deep Field?

 

[kelle]

You should add a pic of the Sombrero galaxy to your site. It looks so awesome.<br /><br />This image for instance: http://www.universetoday.com/html/wall/sombrero1024x768.jpg<br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[Maddad]

kelle<br />Yup, I collected that Sombrero pic a couple of years back. Great shot. I've got class tonight in an hour, and then I need to watch the Seahawks kick the snot out of Dallas. Tomorrow I'll have time to add some more pics.

 

[Maddad]

Oh, my gosh! That pic of Andromeda is a larger, more detailed version of the one that I've been using! It's incredible!