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Old 22-02-2006, 08:55 AM
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Wisps Surrounding the Horsehead Nebula

Wisps Surrounding the Horsehead Nebula

Cant see enough of this one i reckon



http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
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Old 22-02-2006, 09:24 AM
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Thanks for that John. It's worth going to the site credited with the image as well. http://www.starshadows.com/galley/ There are soma amazing high res images there.
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Old 22-02-2006, 09:40 AM
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Fantastic image.Am i right in saying that the actual 'horses head' is 1 light year across?
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Old 22-02-2006, 10:01 AM
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WOw, I am sure scott will be trying for someting like that soon. LOL. amazing structure and detail
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