APOD Photos

[longknife]

Starting a separate thread so I can find it to post.

Milky Way and Stone Tree

To get more on this picture, go to http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130429.html

What's that next to the Milky Way?

 

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2013 April 30
See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available.
Humanity Explores the Solar System @ Astronomy Picture of the Day

 

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1 May 2013

This huge ball of stars predates our Sun. This huge ball of stars predates our Sun

 

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2014 May 3

Combined image data from the massive,Horsehead Nebula

 

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Ida and Moon

by Wired Science Staff
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Ida and Moon
This color picture is made from images taken by the imaging system on the Galileo spacecraft about 14 minutes before its closest approach to asteroid 243 Ida on August 28, 1993. The range from the spacecraft was about 10,500 kilometers …

 

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Moon Shadow Over Neptune

by Wired Science Staff
In 2009, amateur image processor (and philosophy professor) Ted Stryk discovered something no one had recognized before -- images that show the shadow of Despina in transit across Neptune's blue cloud tops. His composite view of Despina and its shadow is composed of four archival frames taken on 24 August 1989, separated by nine minutes. Despina itself has been artificially brightened to make it easier to see.

 

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2013 May 4

Last week, as the Sun set a Full Moon rose over the springtime landscape of Tihany, Hungary on the northern shores of Lake Balaton. As it climbed into the clear sky, the Moon just grazed the dark, umbral shadow of planet Earth in the year's first partial lunar eclipse. The partial phase, seen near the top of this frame where the lunar disk is darkened along the upper limb, lasted for less than 27 minutes. Composited from consecutive exposures, the picture presents the scene's range of natural colors and subtle shading apparent to the eye. At next week's New Moon, the season's celestial shadow play will continue with an annular solar eclipse, the path of annularity tracking through northern Australia and the central Pacific.

 

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by Wired Science Staff @ Wired Space Photo of the Day | Wired Science | Wired.com

This glowing region reveals arcs and bubbles formed when stellar winds - streams of charged particles ejected by the Trapezium stars - collide with material.

 

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5 May 2013 APOD: 2013 May 7 - Galaxy Cove Vista

Is that a spaceship or a cloud?

 

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Tails of Comet Lemmon @ APOD: 2013 May 6 - Tails of Comet Lemmon

What caused the interestingly intricate tails that Comet Lemmon displayed earlier this year? What caused the interestingly intricate tails that Comet Lemmon displayed earlier this year?

 

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2013 May 7 @ APOD: 2013 May 7 - Galaxy Cove Vista

Galaxy Cove Vista

 

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2013 May 8

Earth's Major Telescopes Investigate GRB 130427A
Read explanation @ APOD: 2013 May 8 - Earth's Major Telescopes Investigate GRB 130427A

 

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2013 May 9

Ring of Fire over Monument Valley w/more @ APOD: 2013 May 9 - Ring of Fire over Monument Valley

 

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2013 May 10
See Explanation. @ APOD: 2013 May 10 - Messier 77

Messier 77

 

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2013 May 11

Cape York Annular Eclipse
Explanation @ APOD: 2013 May 11 - Cape York Annular Eclipse

 

[t1bbst3r]

Theres loads of pictures here guys: flikr dot com - groups - sky at night
I'm in that group, was going to link my stream but forgot the password & can't post links!

Oh well ;-P

 

[longknife]

2013 May 12

Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus
Explanation @ APOD: 2013 May 12 - Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus

 

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2013 May 13

Partial Solar Eclipse with Airplane
Explanation @ APOD: 2013 May 13 - Partial Solar Eclipse with Airplane

 

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2013 May 15

Kepler's Supernova Remnant in X-Rays
See Explanation @ APOD: 2013 May 15 - Kepler's Supernova Remnant in X Rays Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available.

 

[Mr. H.]

2013 May 12

Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus
Explanation @ APOD: 2013 May 12 - Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus

This is my current desktop background.

Many of the APOD images are available in hi-rez by just mouse-clicking the image.