Posted on 07/23/2011 4:47:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Magnificent island universe NGC 2403 stands within the boundaries of the long-necked constellation Camelopardalis. Some 10 million light-years distant and about 50,000 light-years across, the spiral galaxy also seems to have more than its fair share of giant star forming HII regions, marked by the telltale reddish glow of atomic hydrogen gas. In fact, NGC 2403 closely resembles another galaxy with an abundance of star forming regions that lies within our own local galaxy group, M33 the Triangulum Galaxy. Of course, supernova explosions follow close on the heels of the formation of massive, short-lived stars and in 2004 one of the brightest supernovae discovered in recent times was found in NGC 2403. Easy to confuse with a foreground star in our own Milky Way Galaxy, the powerful supernova is seen here as the spiky, bright "star" at the left edge of the field. This stunning cosmic portrait is a composite of space and ground-based image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive and the 8.2 meter Subaru Telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
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[Image Data: Subaru Telescope (NAOJ), Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Robert Gendler]
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Serious fireworks.
Gnip
what a pic !!
thanks
The universe is a weird place. Thanks for continuing to post these pics.
From the Greatest Artist of them all.
Cool pic.
Another Awesome Pic! Thanks, Sunken Civ!
So pretty!
“A stunning cosmic portrait,” indeed.
That would make pretty fabric for a scarf! :)
I looked to me like one of those berry cheeses imported from You-Rope and costing about $13 a pound around here. But I have scarfed some of those down before, so...
My pleasure!
Oh, I admit, I like that stuff. Wenslydale with blueberries perhaps?
I like lots of ‘em — Sage Derby, Huntsman, Red Leicester, pretty much anything mentioned in Monty Python’s “The Cheese Shop”, really. ;’) Leyden (has the seeds) was my entre into the world of furrin cheese, back when I got my first apartment. I turned down the Omaha Steaks offers that came in the junk mail, but did join some cheese club. Nowadays there’s loads of stuff in the regular stores, and around here we have G.B. Russo’s, in fact I should go there tomorrow...
Here we have a store called Greenwise (It’s Publix version of Whole Foods, but much better as it’s not so *hippie*). They have a nice cheese section and I like to go back there and pick a cheese or two. I try to find something I haven’t had, but I find myself gravitating to the same things over and over, and the ones with fruit are often what end up in my cart. I can’t help myself. It’s just awesome together.
When I was a kid my Mom used to grate cheese (cheddar if I recall) over canned pears. Amazingly it’s really good. We had a pear tree in our yard in East TX and it had the best pears. They had terribly thick skins, you HAD to peel the skins off, you could NOT eat them, but the pears had the consistency of an apple and the flavor of a pear. I wish I could find them anywhere to buy. They were also awesome with cheddar cheese grated over them. Now I’m hungry for cheese and fruit.
I enjoy cutting cheese, myself.
That is pretty grate.
When I was a kid my Mom used to grate cheese (cheddar if I recall) over canned pears. Amazingly it’s really good. We had a pear tree in our yard in East TX and it had the best pears. They had terribly thick skins, you HAD to peel the skins off, you could NOT eat them, but the pears had the consistency of an apple and the flavor of a pear. I wish I could find them anywhere to buy.Probably Keiffer pear? Those are heat-tolerant, and cold-tolerant, and nothing much bugs 'em or blights 'em. They were hugely popular during the frontier era, and the originals will stick around until someone bulldozes 'em. The fruit stays on the tree quite late here in Michigan, which makes them great storing pears (important in the frontier era). The flesh isn't to the liking of everyone (y'know, because people are wussies now), but picked at the right time, the flavor kicks the hell out of most things that grow on trees, imho.
Actually I did a little googling today and I think it was one of the Asian pear varieties, maybe chojuro. They did not have a taste like the pears you buy in the store tho... They were a little different. :) Hated to leave that tree and my koi pond.
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