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ngc1514
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« on: June 24, 2009, 05:08:14 AM »
Absolutely magical image! 

Thanks for sharing it.
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« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2009, 07:17:33 AM »
I agree, it just has a mystical element to it that triggers something when I view it.
But if I look at it too long I may have to take a Dramamine...

BTW, welcome to NGC1514
Is that your license plate #?
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« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2009, 08:06:20 AM »
Err, is anybody else seeing a strong cyan cast to that on their screen?  Algae haze perhaps?

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« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2009, 09:16:03 AM »
I thought it was just Alaskan smog...
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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2009, 02:55:02 PM »
I see the cyan cast, but didn't comment on it because I think it adds to the image rather than detracts.  It's one of those fortuitous errors that makes for a stronger image.

And TroopLewis, NGC1514 is the 1514th object in the New General Catalog of Non-Stellar Objects put together by an astronomer back in the late 1800s.  1514 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Taurus and one of my favorite objects when I have the telescope out in the fall and winter.   Amateur astronomy is my other hobby.

 
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2009, 04:02:47 PM »
Interesting! I'm still trying to figure out how to find the north star. Thanks goodness for GPS units.
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