APOD: 16th November, 2009

[Octane]

Wow. Just, wow. :eyepop:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091116.html

Sorry for the off-topic thread. :rofl:

Regards,
Humayun

[lacad01]

Wow allright! :eyepop:
As to off topic :), I'd rather this sort of off topic than the usual rubbish that's posted ;)

[Robh]

Off topic? Humayun, it is astronomy. Thanks for posting it.
Absolutely sensational detail!

Regards, Rob

[erick]

Fantastic, brand new Hubble at work!



Must be the place for me to post Monty Python's Galaxy Song! :scared3:

[renormalised]

Pretty spectacular....very interesting shot:D:D

[Ric]

What a fantastic image, Hubble sure has been worth every cent invested into it.

60 Supernova blasts, now that's a busy neighbourhood.

[rogerg]

whopping big image... at over 3900 x 3900 it makes a nice big image to scroll around at full screen :thumbsup:

[OzRob]

It looks a bit like a lower jaw viewed from above to me. Great photo!!

[strongmanmike]

Difraction limited optics with no atmosphere...I want some :mad2:

...2.4m of aperture would help too :P

Mike

[Bassnut]

Some nice Nebs in there, heaps of them. Ill wait till it gets closer, then whip out the NB filters........

[Jen]

:lol::lol: lol Eric :thumbsup:


Another beautiful pic :eyepop:

[coldspace]

Most excellent, thanks for posting.

Matt.

[MrB]

WOW
Will have to take the time to download the high-res version this afternoon.... stupid dialup.