Favorite Astronomy Pictures.

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Post all of your pictures of galaxies, star clusters, planets, spaceflight, and other pictures related to astronomy in this thread. This is not meant to be a debate thread, so please don't treat it as one.

M81 - Bodes Galaxy.

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Everybody knows this one.

M42 - Orion Nebula.

[TheLurch]

Eta Carinae - my leading candidate for "star most likely to have already blown up."
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Pinwheel Galaxy with type Ia supernova in the inner spiral arm.

[Cow Poke]

Do you have any pictures of the rings of Saturn -- I remember seeing some pretty amazing ones several years ago.

[Faber]

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Got this off the APOD website several years ago.

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Do you have any pictures of the rings of Saturn -- I remember seeing some pretty amazing ones several years ago.

From the Cassini spacecraft a few years ago. The blue 'star' in the image is actually Earth 900 million miles away. The large gap located about two thirds of the way inward is known as the 'Cassini division', and can be seen with medium powered telescopes.

[Cow Poke]

From the Cassini spacecraft a few years ago. The blue 'star' in the image is actually Earth 900 million miles away. The large gap located about two thirds of the way inward is known as the 'Cassini division', and can be seen with medium powered telescopes.

Thanks, great! Now, I remember something about "bends" or such in the F ring that made it look "braided". Eh?

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Thanks, great! Now, I remember something about "bends" or such in the F ring that made it look "braided". Eh?

You must be talking about the strange kinks in the F ring that are caused by the gravity from Prometheus.

[Cow Poke]

You must be talking about the strange kinks in the F ring that are caused by the gravity from Prometheus.

Sounds familiar, yes. I found a couple of blurry pictures of an "arc" type line with some dots and bends, but was hoping for a better picture.

[One Bad Pig]

Hubble Deep Field

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The earth at night

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[robrecht]

Sounds familiar, yes. I found a couple of blurry pictures of an "arc" type line with some dots and bends, but was hoping for a better picture.

[One Bad Pig]

Thanks, great! Now, I remember something about "bends" or such in the F ring that made it look "braided". Eh?

https://youtu.be/shaa01Ukaps

[Cow Poke]

Thanks