FARK.com: (6815452) The Top 24 Deep Space Pictures of 2011. Look at one per hour and call it a day

		The Top 24 Deep Space Pictures of 2011. Look at one per hour and call it a day (blogs.discovermagazine.com)		22
		More: Cool, Deep Space Network, Bad Astronomy, Death from the Skies, Phil Plait, Philip C. Plait, Adam Savage, Hubble Space Telescope, Carl Sagan

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Honest Bender

2011-12-14 02:04:40 PM

I read that as "The Top 24 Dead Space..."

I was confused.
I was disappointed.

/That is all, I guess.

Famous Thamas

2011-12-14 02:18:40 PM

Incredible images, and the explanations are also very helpful!

Sitting in my office pondering the sheer enormity of the universe sure beats getting back to all those emails from my boss.

Thanks Bad Astronomer!

angstycoder

2011-12-14 02:21:29 PM

slowclap.jpg for Subby

/ I lol'd

Lunchlady

2011-12-14 02:23:22 PM

I feel small.

bighairyguy

2011-12-14 02:31:07 PM

Lots of new wallpaper images!

alwaysjaded

2011-12-14 02:35:49 PM

Thanks subby. I love this stuff.

/ and yes, new wallpaper.

NuttierThanEver

2011-12-14 02:36:11 PM

insert Nietchze quote here

/awesome pics

Bessie the Spelling Cow

2011-12-14 02:53:48 PM

Wicked....

tacchimonster

2011-12-14 02:58:04 PM

tacchimonster

2011-12-14 02:58:50 PM

The Flexecutioner

2011-12-14 03:43:22 PM

The Top 24 ~~Deep Space Pictures~~ Desktop Images of 2011. Look at one per hour and call it a day

FTFY, subby.

/pretty frickin sweet list

bhcompy

2011-12-14 06:01:54 PM

Hey, I think I see Malcolm McDowell in #5

OnlyM3

2011-12-14 08:40:48 PM

Great site, so I hate to criticize, but it would be nice if when he did these, he added a tiny blurb about what we're looking at and where the photo came from. Minor point. As I said, his site is really great.

GypsyJoker

2011-12-14 08:51:56 PM

"I cannot say what it is, Captain. But I believe it has found us."

tallen702

2011-12-14 09:11:43 PM

OnlyM3: Great site, so I hate to criticize, but it would be nice if when he did these, he added a tiny blurb about what we're looking at and where the photo came from. Minor point. As I said, his site is really great.

I don't think you and I are reading the same article/webpage then because he explains, in detail, exactly what you're looking at with each one.....

Mixolydian Master

2011-12-14 09:37:20 PM

I finally get my 10 inch Dobsonian next month, after Christmas stops beating me up. Any of you amateur astronomers out there tell me what are some great things to look at in this class of scope? Thanks

Crescens

2011-12-14 10:08:09 PM

tallen702: OnlyM3: Great site, so I hate to criticize, but it would be nice if when he did these, he added a tiny blurb about what we're looking at and where the photo came from. Minor point. As I said, his site is really great.

I don't think you and I are reading the same article/webpage then because he explains, in detail, exactly what you're looking at with each one.....

I only got the summaries after enabling javascript... otherwise it was just a column of images. =/

GypsyJoker

2011-12-14 10:23:31 PM

Mixolydian Master: I finally get my 10 inch Dobsonian next month, after Christmas stops beating me up. Any of you amateur astronomers out there tell me what are some great things to look at in this class of scope? Thanks

First of all, congrats on the scope. A 10" is the perfect size (yeah, yeah, that's what she said): plenty of aperture but still one-man portable.

Second of all, you should join the CloudyNights forums (new window) for the great community of amateur astronomers--helpful and friendly.

Third: have you gone through the Messier catalog? A 10" should make pretty short work of them, even in moderate light pollution.

After the Messiers, try the Herschel 400 (new window), the "best of" William Herschel's 2500+ discoveries.

Sorry to just direct you to some other sources. It's kind of tough to just start naming objects--better to point someone in to some good lists.

GypsyJoker

2011-12-14 10:26:24 PM

By the way, Mixolydian Master, feel free to e-mail me with astronomy questions.

Mixolydian Master

2011-12-14 11:10:22 PM

Hey thanks GypsyJoker, I've been researching the Dobs for awhile now, and 10 inches seems about as large as I can go if I want it to remain portable. I also heard the jump from 10 to 12 isn't dramatic enough to justify the price difference (law of diminishing returns). I have checked out astronomyforum.net, and they are friendly enough, but you can wait quite awhile till your questions get addressed. I just found out about dobs, TBH. I have had a few telescopes through the years, but they were big intimidating looking refractors, but pretty anticlimatic, so I always assumed a scope to see the kind of stuff I really want to see would need a winning lottery ticket. Then just stumbled into dobs and they were a godsend. Buying it right at the turn of the year. :)

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bowtiesheep

2011-12-15 12:42:31 AM

I have the weirdest bookmark right now

OnlyM3

2011-12-15 10:04:41 PM

Crescens 2011-12-14 10:08:09 PM
tallen702: OnlyM3: Great site, so I hate to criticize, but it would be nice if when he did these, he added a tiny blurb about what we're looking at and where the photo came from. Minor point. As I said, his site is really great.

I don't think you and I are reading the same article/webpage then because he explains, in detail, exactly what you're looking at with each one.....

I only got the summaries after enabling javascript... otherwise it was just a column of images. =/

ahh that explains it.

Frustrating when bright people do dumb things.. like force java just to put text on a page.

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