Bassballs- Space Picture of the Day!!!

[bassballs]

 

M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula

Credit & Copyright: John P. Gleason

Explanation: The Great Nebula in Orion, an immense, nearby starbirth region, is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulas. Here, glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1500 light-years away. In the above deep image, faint wisps and sheets of dust and gas are particularly evident. The Great Nebula in Orion can be found with the unaided eye just below and to the left of the easily identifiable belt of three stars in the popular constellation Orion. In addition to housing a bright open cluster of stars known as the Trapezium, the Orion Nebula contains many stellar nurseries. These nurseries contain hydrogen gas, hot young stars, proplyds, and stellar jets spewing material at high speeds. Also known as M42, the Orion Nebula spans about 40 light years and is located in the same spiral arm of our Galaxy as the Sun.

[greenshag]

damn I missed these!

[fretless]

Ahhh , way to bring it back ! Stunning

[NV43345]

Woooooooooooo-Hoooooooooooooo Space pics are back.

Thanx, cool pic.

 

"NV":cool:

[Fran da Man]

That one is always a favorite, just look at Orion and you can see it without any aid.

[bassballs]

Thanks Fellas! I'ts good to be back. I'm really glad you enjoy these space pictures. It'll take me a bit to get back into the swing. At lunch today, I'll start to sort thru the 5+ yrs of pics on this site and try to "Wow" you guys with some serious beauty in space.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome back!

[Moody Johnny]

Wow... Why must we be trapped in this human skin?

 

Reminds me of another issue. I heard the latest Arcturus CD (Sideshow Symphonies) at my friend's place at the weekend, the whole experience enhanced by a little bit of thc products. Beats the the previous crappy Sham Mirrors album to mud!