Astronomy Picture of the Day -- NGC 7841: The Smoke Nebula in Frustriaus

NASA ^ | November 01, 2013 | (see photo credit)

[SunkenCiv]

Explanation: NGC 7841 is probably known as the Smoke Nebula, found in the modern constellation of Frustriaus, the frustrated astrophotographer. Only a few light-nanoseconds from planet Earth, The Smoke Nebula is not an expanding supernova remnant along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, though it does look a lot like one. Instead it was created by flash photography of rising smoke. The apparently rich starfield is actually composed of water droplets sprayed from a plant mister by an astrophotographer grown restless during a recent stretch of cloudy weather in Sweden. A single exposure and three external flashes were triggered to capture the not-quite-cosmic snapshot.

[SunkenCiv]

[Credit & Copyright: Göran Strand]

[SunkenCiv]

Heh.

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[BenLurkin]

Frustriaus.

Wasn’t he that Roman who could never get the job, home or woman he felt he deserved?

[Chances Are]

Slow news day, I guess...

CA....

[cripplecreek]

If they can take pictures of smoke for the APOD I can post today's project.

[ComputerGuy]

You fooled me with that one, Civ.
Great desktop, especially in a dark room.