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M57 Photo
« Thread Started on Nov 6, 2009, 2:17pm »
A beautiful pic of M57, the Ring Nebula in Lyra, looking quite different for those of us used to it.
If you get the bigger file, just look at the incredible amount of galaxies in the background field.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0911/ringdeep_CAHA_big.jpg
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Re: M57 Photo
« Reply #1 on Nov 7, 2009, 10:39am »
I saw this photo, or one made by another guy, a few months ago and it gave me the "WOW" factor when I looked at it.
I'd love to look through a scope that would allow a person to see that IC galaxy visually.
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« Reply #2 on Nov 7, 2009, 1:10pm »
It's lovely, but there are hundreds more in the background too!
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« Reply #3 on Nov 7, 2009, 11:36pm »
If you want to see hundreds of galaxies in the background of an image then you might want to take a look at this - http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090209.html

That's my favourite image for background galaxies.
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