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- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -2/+17If you squint, you can just make out Magrathea.
- jboitnott, on 11/26/2008, -1/+13The Horsehead Nebula is one of my all-time favorites. Good to see it here!
- GodAImighty, on 11/26/2008, -2/+12SIlly humans, My celestial Knight beats your holy Bishop
- ivencente, on 11/26/2008, -1/+10I never knew, but now that I do, I'm glad. Visually stunning. It makes you feel small...
- bngeodesic, on 11/26/2008, -1/+8This is what it lookled like 1500 years ago; I wonder what it really looks like now... If we could go there in an instant we wouldn't recognize it now!
- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -1/+7Space is awesome.
- CousinPedoPanda, on 11/26/2008, -1/+7So clear... I looked at older pictures... Its like washing the sand out of your eyes!
- moredown, on 11/26/2008, -1/+6this is one of my favorite extrastellar bodies, glad to see it as the APOD
- raymondcardoza, on 11/26/2008, -1/+5Great Picture
- RapidEye, on 11/26/2008, -1/+5I've tried unsuccessfully numerous times to see this one visually with scopes as big as 24" - its a fickle object to see without a camera.
- mrinject, on 11/26/2008, -1/+4yeah man, squares, circles, triangles and horse-heads.
makes sense - inactive, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2bahahahahaha
i literally lolled - wolfshawk, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2The colors are real. Different types of gasses reflect light in different ways so you get the colors.
- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -1/+3A lot of nebulosity comes out in Orion, even through my 4" scope. That being said, I have yet to identify the horsehead directly, even though I am sure I have looked right at it.
- wolfshawk, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2This is a VERY dim object. I have only caught a glimpse of it visually through a 22" scope once and then only with precise instructions on what to look for. However, it images nicely through my 3" Celestron refractor.
- AmyVernon, on 11/26/2008, -2/+3I can see Milliway's.
- biddie67, on 11/26/2008, -2/+3I love wandering through the "galaxy" created by APOD and its collection of Digg commenters! Why, this morning I visited this magnificent nebula, Magrathea, Milliway's and the unclyclopedia - hitch-hiking my way via the worm-links - and there are more worm-links all over the page ....
- Sonan, on 11/26/2008, -4/+5Chuck Norris can see it. Blindfolded.
- rameznabel, on 11/26/2008, -2/+3Dragon
- nickrct, on 11/26/2008, -1/+2 “Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine; it is stranger than we can imagine.” - Sir Arthur Eddington
- BabyWookie, on 11/27/2008, -0/+1I've seen things... you people wouldn't belive. Attack ships on fire... off the shoulder of Orion. I watched... C-Beams glitter in the dark... near the Tannhauser gate.
- Roland1232, on 11/26/2008, -1/+2Oh ***** it's Orion get in the car.
- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -0/+1COOL! I admit that I am a n00b when it comes to amateur astronomy. Thanks a ton, because I will certainly keep trying till I find it now! Especially after looking at your pics and seeing that I was looking in the wrong spot!
- maphilli14, on 11/27/2008, -0/+1I have to say that I visit APOD almost everyday and THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST I've seen in some time!
- maphilli14, on 11/27/2008, -0/+1Not sure you'll spot it visually. I've tried with some deep exposure DSLR with mixed success! http://picasaweb.google.com/maphilli14/MichaelAPhi ...
- Zpanzer, on 11/26/2008, -0/+1I wonder, are thoose colors real or just an artist that recolored it?
Eitherway, that is awesome. - wolfshawk, on 11/26/2008, -0/+1The red is gas, and the darker areas are dust and "dirt".
- fyngyrz, on 11/26/2008, -1/+2You couldn't see it with a 4" scope? I took a picture where it is roughly but definitely visible using no more than a standard tripod (Non-tracking), a Canon EOS 40D DSLR and an 85mm lens...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fyngyrz/2363624500/
...here's a more complete version of that same shot that includes Orion, too; be sure to click on "All Sizes" above the image to see it in max resolution:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fyngyrz/2373605630/
...so you should *definitely* be able to pick it out with a 4" scope. Go look at my images, check the on-image notes (hover your mouse over the image) for the location between the flame nebula and the Orion nebula, then take your scope out again... you should see it. It isn't large (and my image, being a camera only image, is hardly "APOD quality") but it is still quite easy to locate. - scottstevenson, on 11/26/2008, -0/+1I have a stupid astronomy question. When I see all that cloud-like material in outer space, what am I looking at? It is just random space dust?
- thesilverfox06, on 11/26/2008, -0/+1The main features would probably look mostly the same, with only some minor changes in the details. 1500 years is a fairly short period of time in the cosmic world.
- KragTheDigger, on 11/26/2008, -2/+2I think they showed it before - where's the bury button on NASA's site ?
- DrJG, on 11/26/2008, -1/+1No matter how often one sees the lovely pictures, even the same ones, it is always wonderful.
- skram, on 11/26/2008, -0/+0Its on digg, should be Photoshopped ?
- govsucks, on 11/26/2008, -1/+1Fantastic, for some reason I keep seeing a turkey head.
- twinfish13, on 11/26/2008, -1/+0Amazingly beautiful, other-worldly, and ethereal.....
- username7410, on 11/26/2008, -3/+1Heeee Haaaw
- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -4/+1That is such a dramatic picture. It really does look so much like a horse's head perhaps that is one of nature's basic shapes
- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -8/+3It's obviously an oozing penis.
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