Posted on Jan 10, 2021
APOD: 2021 January 10 - Star Cluster R136 Breaks Out
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Star Cluster R136 Breaks Out." Some of the largest and hottest stars are found in the Tarantula Nebula, which is found in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Several past Hubble images can always take your breath away. I suggest this is one of them.
APOD: 2021 January 10 - Star Cluster R136 Breaks Out
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Sunday, January 10, 2021 entitled "Star Cluster R136 Breaks Out."
Image: Star Cluster R136 Breaks Out -Image Credit - NASA, ESA, & F. Paresce (INAF-IASF), R. O'Connell (U. Virginia) et al.
This is an amazing image of a vast section of the heavens which seems to bunched up :-)
Tarantula Nebulan in the 7,000 light-year wide Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) which is over "a mere 170,000 light-years away."
APOD Background
"Explanation: In the center of nearby star-forming region lies a huge cluster containing some of the largest, hottest, and most massive stars known. These stars, known collectively as star cluster R136, part of the Tarantula Nebula, were captured in the featured image in visible light in 2009 through the Hubble Space Telescope. Gas and dust clouds in the Tarantula Nebula, have been sculpted into elongated shapes by powerful winds and ultraviolet radiation from these hot cluster stars. The Tarantula Nebula lies within a neighboring galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud and is located a mere 170,000 light-years away."
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Image: Star Cluster R136 Breaks Out -Image Credit - NASA, ESA, & F. Paresce (INAF-IASF), R. O'Connell (U. Virginia) et al.
This is an amazing image of a vast section of the heavens which seems to bunched up :-)
Tarantula Nebulan in the 7,000 light-year wide Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) which is over "a mere 170,000 light-years away."
APOD Background
"Explanation: In the center of nearby star-forming region lies a huge cluster containing some of the largest, hottest, and most massive stars known. These stars, known collectively as star cluster R136, part of the Tarantula Nebula, were captured in the featured image in visible light in 2009 through the Hubble Space Telescope. Gas and dust clouds in the Tarantula Nebula, have been sculpted into elongated shapes by powerful winds and ultraviolet radiation from these hot cluster stars. The Tarantula Nebula lies within a neighboring galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud and is located a mere 170,000 light-years away."
Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The Darkness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqLRd4neGGE
FYI Maj Robert Thornton COL Mikel J. BurroughsPO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Sgt Vance Bonds MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. TSgt David L. SPC Nancy GreenePO2 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SPC Michael Terrell MSG Andrew White SFC Chuck Martinez CPT (Join to see) SPC Randy ZimmermanSGT John " Mac " McConnell
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Tito & Tarantula - Blues Garage - 12.04.2015
Die legendäre Band Tito & Tarantula in der Blues Garage in Isernhagen. Ein spektakuläres Highlight!
Tito & Tarantula - Blues Garage - 12.04.2015
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD38ZR139pI
FYI SSG Franklin BriantSgt John H.SGT (Join to see)SSG Jeffrey Leake SPC Matthew Lamb CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana SSG Samuel Kermon LTC Wayne Brandon Sgt (Join to see) PO2 (Join to see) MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson LTC (Join to see) LTC (Join to see) Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SFC Don Vance Maj Marty Hogan] SCPO Morris Ramsey MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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Gorgeous color. Is the color added or does that actually exist, Maj William W. 'Bill' Price?
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
CWO3 Dennis M. Added. Electromagnetic radiation exists on both ends of the visible light spectrum. Different elements emit at different bandwidths. Researchers use color in these photographs to indicate the presence of those different elements. The process is called narrowband imaging, and results in a composite image as a finished product. Red usually indicates the presence of ionized hydrogen, blue oxygen, and yellow sulfur.
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CWO3 Dennis M.
Maj William W. 'Bill' Price - Wow, that is great info, thanks. I have seen photos of star clusters, etc. and always wondered if the color was real, but now to know that I am looking at elements by color, it says a lot more than just "I'm pretty!
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