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22-12-2009, 02:05 AM
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IIS Member #671
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Canberra
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APOD: 21st December, 2009
This is incredible; I always wondered what the heart of the hairy spider looked like. Finally, all is revealed:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091221.html
Regards,
Humayun
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22-12-2009, 06:11 AM
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The Glenfallus
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Coast, NSW
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Notice the very rich core, which is slightly offset from centre. Some theorise this is a globular cluster in the making.
Great job, Hubble!
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22-12-2009, 06:30 AM
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pro lumen
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: ballina
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wow the full sized shot is incredible 
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22-12-2009, 07:22 AM
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Bust Duster
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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This Hubble fellow has been taking some really nice images of late. He certainly gets a lot of APOD images posted.
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22-12-2009, 09:22 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Beautiful SE Tassie
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Absolutely gorgeous!!
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22-12-2009, 09:33 AM
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ze frogginator
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney
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 Great shot. Doesn't matter how deep and up close you get on the tarantula it always looks messy.
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22-12-2009, 09:39 AM
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Retired, damn no pension
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Obi Obi, Qld
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Beautiful shot.
You definitely wouldn't want to be a burgeoning life giving planet in there when those big suckers start going supernova in a couple of million years. If they are just the big O and B stars I wonder how many F, G, K and M class stars are in there?
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22-12-2009, 09:40 AM
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Fast Scope & Fast Engine
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Broken Hill N.S.W
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Great image...No wonder the Tarantula is so bright.
Cheers Kev.
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22-12-2009, 09:41 AM
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Amongst the stars
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Glen Innes, N.S.W.
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Wow! ripper closeup!
Might have to make that wallpaper for some time!
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22-12-2009, 01:05 PM
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Support your local RFS
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wamboin NSW
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Lovely, definitely wallpaper material as Gary said.
Cheers
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22-12-2009, 02:36 PM
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Widefield wuss
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Caboolture, Australia
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Indeed a stunning, and very different view of one of our favorite targets! I would agree this could be a globular cluster in the making, Given the size of the stars in the field of view, and their relatively close proximity to each other, the gravity involved could indeed tie them into a globular in the future.. Of course, given the type of stars we're looking at, by the time gravity does its thing and brings them together, I dare say a few of them will have hit critical mass and blown the others away... Definitely an interesting area of space to watch for the next few million years..
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22-12-2009, 03:57 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
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Great picture! I will pay more attention to the cluster R136 next time I look at the Tarantula.
Regards, Rob
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