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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 09:32 PM
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Stunning image of the Carina Nebula
Edited on Thu Nov-17-11 09:39 PM by pokerfan
:wow:



http://www.universetoday.com/91096/the-way-cool-clouds-of-the-carina-nebula
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1145

And the next question out of this northerner's mouth is, "There are actually constellations south of Puppis?" :)



ETA: The Carina Nebula is (NGC) 3372 in the above map.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 09:38 PM
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1. beautiful!. . . . n/t
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stillrockin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 09:48 PM
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2. Awesome.
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emcguffie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 09:50 PM
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3. Oh my God. Speechless. n/t
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 10:38 PM
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4. oh wow. thank you. so beautiful.
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Merlot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 11:41 PM
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5. I don't know which is more impressive - the picture or the map
The fact that people have mapped out the stars to such a degree - wow.

The picture is going in my collection of constellations!
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 12:04 AM
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7. If you like the wiki astro map
the you will love the Cambridge Atlas of Herschel Objects:
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Merlot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-11 11:37 PM
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9. Wow - very cool - going into my collection!
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 11:51 PM
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6. eta Carinae is going to BLOW BIG within 3000 years
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pecwae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 06:21 AM
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8. You pegged that one right.
Jaw dropping!
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