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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Rosette Deep Field
NASA ^
| 14 Feb, 2024
| Image Credit & Copyright: Olivier Bernard & Philippe Bernhard
Posted on 02/14/2024 1:32:53 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Can you find the Rosette Nebula? The large, red, and flowery-looking nebula on the upper left may seem the obvious choice, but that is actually just diffuse hydrogen emission surrounding the Cone and Fox Fur Nebulas. The famous Rosette Nebula is really located on the lower right and connected to the other nebulas by irregular filaments. Because the featured image of Rosetta's field is so wide and deep, it seems to contain other flowers. Designated NGC 2237, the center of the Rosette nebula is populated by the bright blue stars of open cluster NGC 2244, whose winds and energetic light are evacuating the nebula's center. The Rosette Nebula is about 5,000 light years distant and, just by itself, spans about three times the diameter of a full moon. This flowery field can be found toward the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros).
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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02/14/2024 1:33:13 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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02/14/2024 1:33:37 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
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02/14/2024 1:34:32 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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02/14/2024 1:42:59 PM PST
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Jamestown1630
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02/14/2024 1:56:09 PM PST
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To me, it looks like a cheeseburger with a vanilla shake that has a blue straw.
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02/14/2024 2:09:20 PM PST
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: MtnClimber
Seeing these images, and ALL deep sky images wether taken by amateurs or professionals, or spacecraft, it makes me wonder what ancient cultures’ mythologies would be like if they were able to actually SEE the night sky as seen in astrophotos. I’ll bet they would be very different.
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02/14/2024 2:16:49 PM PST
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telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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02/14/2024 4:02:07 PM PST
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No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: blueunicorn6
To me, it looks like a cheeseburger with a vanilla shake that has a blue straw. No vanilla shake....Pepsi.
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02/14/2024 4:59:57 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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Amazing image using hobby level equipment. Canon EOS R6, Canon 300mm f/2.8 USM and a Chinese EQ mount.
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02/14/2024 5:04:30 PM PST
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ETCM
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02/14/2024 6:58:09 PM PST
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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All those rings were probably stars igniting and the shockwave creating the rings.
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02/15/2024 12:20:57 AM PST
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minnesota_bound
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