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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Dark Tower in Scorpius
NASA ^
| January 06, 2012
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 01/05/2013 9:26:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: In silhouette against a crowded star field toward the constellation Scorpius, this dusty cosmic cloud evokes for some the image of an ominous dark tower. In fact, clumps of dust and molecular gas collapsing to form stars may well lurk within the dark nebula, a structure that spans almost 40 light-years across this gorgeous telescopic portrait. Known as a cometary globule, the swept-back cloud, extending from the lower right to the head (top of the tower) left and above center, is shaped by intense ultraviolet radiation from the OB association of very hot stars in NGC 6231, off the upper edge of the scene. That energetic ultraviolet light also powers the globule's bordering reddish glow of hydrogen gas. Hot stars embedded in the dust can be seen as bluish reflection nebulae. This dark tower, NGC 6231, and associated nebulae are about 5,000 light-years away.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; ngc6231; science; scorpius
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posted on
01/05/2013 9:27:12 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
01/05/2013 9:28:58 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
Fascinating!
Thanks very much, SunkenCiv.
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01/05/2013 9:33:30 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: SunkenCiv
I don't see a tower. I see a warrior riding hard on horseback with a sword sheathed over his right shoulder.
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posted on
01/05/2013 10:00:54 PM PST
by
MestaMachine
(It's the !!!!TREASON!!!!, stupid!)
To: SunkenCiv
Always enjoy these posts.
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posted on
01/05/2013 10:46:01 PM PST
by
umgud
(No Rats, No Rino's)
To: SunkenCiv
It’s 5,000 light years away? No wonder it took Roland Deschain seven novels by Stephen King to get there.
To: TheOldLady
Well he was busy dodging sniches in the Calla.
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posted on
01/06/2013 12:36:48 PM PST
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: TheOldLady
I actually listened to every one of those books in audiobook form last year.
But I read The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three about 20 years ago.
Couldn’t make it past The Wastelands, though.
Too busy.
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posted on
01/06/2013 12:40:39 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
("Liberalism is about as progressive as CANCER" -Alfonzo Rachel)
To: TheOldLady
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posted on
01/06/2013 4:40:44 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
Where Sauron went after the Ring was destroyed?
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posted on
01/06/2013 4:44:13 PM PST
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: SunkenCiv
Are those photos color enhanced?
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posted on
01/06/2013 4:46:36 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon.....)
To: MestaMachine
Chalk outline of a victim?
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posted on
01/06/2013 5:48:37 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
One of my illuminated miniatures...;-)
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posted on
01/06/2013 5:52:59 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: TheOldLady
No wonder it took Roland Deschain seven novels by Stephen King to get there.LOL!
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posted on
01/06/2013 5:55:52 PM PST
by
Eaker
(Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. — Robert A. Heinlein.)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
01/06/2013 6:03:52 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: Eaker
To: Joe 6-pack
I checked your profile to see if you had more ... and the owl is beautiful!
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posted on
01/06/2013 6:36:07 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: Conan the Librarian
To: RandallFlagg
I've read the seven-book series twice and hope to read it again before I croak.
I hope that you get a chance to read them all. I was captivated from the beginning of The Gunslinger.
To: piasa
Thanks. The owl was something of an experimental piece. I’ve always tried to work in authentic media, including distilling my own gum and grinding my own gesso and pigments. I bought a bottle of miniatum size, a 20th century product, to play around with. If you notice the gilded border is slightly raised and has a higher polish than the gilded background it’s by virtue of the miniatum.
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posted on
01/06/2013 6:57:20 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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