Eclipsed Moon in the Milky Way - WOW!

iceman (Mike) · #1 17-06-2011, 04:16 PM

Stunning APOD today by TWAN's Babak Tafreshi.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110617.html

Incredible.

DavidU (Dave) · #2 17-06-2011, 04:19 PM

That's spesh

Astroman (Andrew Wall) · #3 17-06-2011, 05:59 PM

WOW alright... very sexy

Octane (Humayun) · #4 17-06-2011, 06:30 PM

Looks like a composite?

H

h0ughy (David) · #5 17-06-2011, 06:44 PM

OMG thats surreal

h0ughy (David) · #6 17-06-2011, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Octane

Looks like a composite?

H

read the detail H - it is made up of 8 panels probably is HDRed to boot - but it is really well done i think - i am jealous

Waxing_Gibbous (Peter) · #7 17-06-2011, 07:13 PM

Pretty speccy.
Almost as speccy as Houghy's image in AS&T this month!

mozzie (Peter) · #8 17-06-2011, 08:08 PM

wow !!!fantastic !!! thanks mike....

looks like the view i had hear at home

RobF (Rob) · #9 17-06-2011, 08:21 PM

Wow alright. Certainly a wonderful shot.
I wish they'd put more technical detail in APOD to tell you have they did it (for this and all of them).

leon · #10 17-06-2011, 10:22 PM

How dose that work, have to think it was pasted in there some how.

Leon

stephenb (Stephen) · #11 17-06-2011, 11:01 PM

Great image!

Peter Ward · #12 17-06-2011, 11:11 PM

Cool and very innovative.

Star fields during total Lunar eclipses have been photographed many years before , but at this scale and depth?! Nah...

....a well deserved APOD!

leon · #13 18-06-2011, 02:45 PM

Although it dose look pretty good, it is totally ruined by the names placed within.

Leon

iceman (Mike) · #14 18-06-2011, 03:09 PM

Mouse on and off, Leon. They disappear.

multiweb (Marc) · #15 18-06-2011, 03:15 PM

That is one awesome shot. Beautifully executed.

TrevorW · #16 19-06-2011, 03:07 PM

I'm with H on this looks like the moon superimposed over the background not natural IMO