The Other End of the Horsehead Nebula

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mikeemmert

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Howdy, folks <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />I can do more posting in the next few weeks, having passed my calculus course (<img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" />) . During study, though, posting here had to take a back burner postion. A Space Science and Astronomy post takes more time than, for instance, a Free Space post (which tends to be "entertaining" rather than educational).<br /><br />One day I needed to go to study hall to go over substitutions in integration, especially when the limits of integration are changed. But the South Austin Campus of Austin Community College's Learning Lab was closed. However, the Northridge Campus was open, so I went there.<br /><br />When I got there, there was a poster on the wall, a beautiful full-color portrait of the Orion star-forming region, a favorite target of astrophotographers. I looked beneath the famous Horsehead nebula. With the combination of photographic techniques, printing processes, inks & dyes, and a bunch of stuff I don't know about, I thought I could see, beneath the Horsehead nebula, a faint disc at low contrast with the dark nebula behind it. But I couldn't let that distract me. There were integrals to integrate.<br /><br />But it did occur to me that I already had an image of the Horsehead nebula stored in my computer. I had posted it in Free Space regarding an illegal */current event deleted/* regarding a */political affiliation deleted/* who had advocated an organized crime. Something about a gift left on people's lawns...<br /><br />There are several long-time posters and even moderator types who tend to get <img src="/images/icons/mad.gif" /> whenever somebody posts about the role of electric and magnetic fields in star formation. There's such a cacophany that I'm sure some lurkers are convinced that mainstream sciene rejects the notion completely. That's not true, according to articles I have read in <i>Sky and Telscope, Scientific American, </i>and<i>Astronomy</i>.<br /><br />Scientist
 
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newmoon

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Here's the latest news on the Horsehead Nebula: it's rotating, with an estimated rotation period of 4 million years. It seems the horse is trying to look our way...
 
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mikeemmert

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Thanks, New_Moon, very interesting article.<br /><br />I see my image didn't turn out the way I wanted, it's too small. I think I pushed the wrong button. Well, live and learn.
 
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What kind of disc, exoplanet or stellar? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>
 
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