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Title: Blimey APOD today...
Post by: JohnP on Sep 15, 2009, 11:34:31

Blimey - talk about deep - I didn't even recognize it.... Is that a Bok Globule in the middle...? Never seen that before on any images....

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0909/NGC6888_Lopez.jpg

John

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Post by: mickw on Sep 15, 2009, 11:54:08

Wow :o

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Post by: RobertM on Sep 15, 2009, 12:10:32

Yes that is a Bok; I've seen it before but never with any texture or colouration. That is truely amazing !

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Post by: Fay on Sep 15, 2009, 13:16:24

Crikey!!

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Post by: Mac on Sep 15, 2009, 13:25:11

wow,
the detail is just fantastic.

all that with just a web cam ;)

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Post by: Tony G on Sep 15, 2009, 17:23:12

And Mac, some say that you would get an even better image if you attached the webcam to a scope of some kind?

Truely amazing.

Tony G

Orpington Astronomical Society

Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: JohnP on Sep 15, 2009, 11:34:31