Ryan
Member
+1,230|7072|Alberta, Canada

Each day, I will update this post with a new Astronomy Picture!
I don't care if you hate astronomy, I love it.

The entire archive, dating back to 1995, is HERE.

06/22/08
Right click > View Image for a larger image
https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/ngc1300_hst_big.jpg
Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominant central bar and majestic spiral arms. In fact, on close inspection the nucleus of this classic barred spiral itself shows a remarkable region of spiral structure about 3,000 light-years across. Unlike other spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, NGC 1300 is not presently known to have a massive central black hole.

Last edited by Ryan (2008-06-23 08:23:22)

aimless
Member
+166|6354|Texas
Awesome. Isn't the Hubble telescope going out of service soon?
GorillaKing798
Too legit to quit
+48|6343|Tampa, Florida
Amazing picture.
Cyrax-Sektor
Official Battlefield fanboy
+240|6377|San Antonio, Texas
That is one sexay-awsm wallpaper. Something about the stars is fascinating. A masterpiece of nature itself.
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6766|Long Island, New York
Space is pretty sometimes.
CanadianLoser
Meow :3 :3
+1,148|6737
that is so cool! +1, great idea...i propose a sticky!
Ryan
Member
+1,230|7072|Alberta, Canada

Canadianloser wrote:

that is so cool! +1, great idea...i propose a sticky!
It's not really worth a sticky... is it?
Mutantbear
Semi Constructive Criticism
+1,431|6193|London, England

well if you edit it everyday then it wont really need to be a sticky, just put it in your sig
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Ryan
Member
+1,230|7072|Alberta, Canada

Mutantsteak wrote:

well if you edit it everyday then it wont really need to be a sticky, just put it in your sig
Should I just keep adding on, and make it one huge post (which is annoying) or replace the picture and caption each day with a new one?
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6766|Long Island, New York

Ryan wrote:

Mutantsteak wrote:

well if you edit it everyday then it wont really need to be a sticky, just put it in your sig
Should I just keep adding on, and make it one huge post (which is annoying) or replace the picture and caption each day with a new one?
Make a new post every day with a link to the post on the OP.
Ryan
Member
+1,230|7072|Alberta, Canada

Oh, ok, that would work. So just post a new image everyday (not in the OP though), and then link it to the first post in the topic?
CanadianLoser
Meow :3 :3
+1,148|6737

Ryan wrote:

Oh, ok, that would work. So just post a new image everyday (not in the OP though), and then link it to the first post in the topic?
yup.
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6766|Long Island, New York

Canadianloser wrote:

Ryan wrote:

Oh, ok, that would work. So just post a new image everyday (not in the OP though), and then link it to the first post in the topic?
yup.
AussieReaper
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
+5,761|6382|what

Sounds good to me.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/rac_goshawk/awsmoon.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/maVpUMN.png
Reciprocity
Member
+721|6809|the dank(super) side of Oregon

aimless wrote:

Isn't the Hubble telescope going out of service soon?
yeah, so we can go back to the moon.  the boring ass moon, where we've already been.l
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6830|132 and Bush

*Waits for mek to ask if the color is real.*

I'm currently gearing up for my own APOD .

https://i32.tinypic.com/2ib2j6e.jpg

Why not.
Moons not up yet.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
Ryan
Member
+1,230|7072|Alberta, Canada

Gosh Kmar, I wish I had a huge telescope, able to be hooked up to a laptop.
I need a laptop, and I need the telescope

I have a little crappy one that's only good for seeing a few bright things.
GateKeeper{NL}
Member
+142|6598
Im always surfing on wikipedia's for galaxy's, great pictures
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6766|Long Island, New York

Kmarion wrote:

*Waits for mek to ask if the color is real.*

I'm currently gearing up for my own APOD .

http://i32.tinypic.com/2ib2j6e.jpg

Why not.
Moons not up yet.
Jeez Kerry you really go all out on the space stuff don't ya? Must be all that rocket fuel you inhale during shuttle launches.

Last edited by Poseidon (2008-06-22 19:56:21)

Ultrafunkula
Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...
+1,975|6702|6 6 4 oh, I forget

Just look at those tiny & shiny planets. They gotta have a huge electricity bill!

Srsly that is a pretty image. Bought a telescope for my dad for his 50th bday some years ago and I still haven't tried it yet. Need to go scope the moon sometimes when the sky is clear
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6850|London, England

Kmarion wrote:

*Waits for mek to ask if the color is real.*
I bet they're false colour

BOTH OF THEM

Ryan wrote:

Each day, I will update this post with a new Astronomy Picture!
I don't care if you hate astronomy, I love it.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/ … st_big.jpg

The entire archive, dating back to 1995, is HERE.
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TheAussieReaper wrote:

Sounds good to me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/r … wsmoon.jpg


I want to see real pictures, not some false colour crap

Last edited by Mek-Stizzle (2008-06-23 04:49:41)

Airwolf
Latter Alcoholic
+287|6949|Scotland

Ryan wrote:

is not presently known to have a massive central black hole
that picture you posted has a black hole?

Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6850|London, England
Yeah it's thought that most galaxy's have a supermassive blackhole in the galactic centre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermassive_black_hole
FFLink
There is.
+1,380|6920|Devon, England

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

Yeah it's thought that most galaxy's have a supermassive blackhole in the galactic centre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermassive_black_hole
I love that song!
DrunkFace
Germans did 911
+427|6910|Disaster Free Zone
https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/9911/crab_vlt_big.jpg
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