Comments on: Where In The Universe Challenge #15 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:15:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: LLDIAZ http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-29326 LLDIAZ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:36:12 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-29326 Am I right to say that there is a young star in each pillar and the (heat, radiation or solar wind) from the surrounding older stars pushes back the dust essentially creating a pillar like structure, in this case creating a bubble as well. Or am I completely off course plz let me know... Am I right to say that there is a young star in each pillar and the (heat, radiation or solar wind) from the surrounding older stars pushes back the dust essentially creating a pillar like structure, in this case creating a bubble as well. Or am I completely off course plz let me know…

]]> By: neoguru http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-29035 neoguru Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:00:04 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-29035 Arrrrrgggghhhh!! I'm adequately humbled. A rock?? Some hint! I could only come up with a meteoroid impact which seemed silly. And it was! I settled on one of those mysterious far-out lightning bolts that occur in the distant atmosphere.. I'm down 4 of the 15 and crying! Arrrrrgggghhhh!! I'm adequately humbled. A rock?? Some hint! I could only come up with a meteoroid impact which seemed silly. And it was! I settled on one of those mysterious far-out lightning bolts that occur in the distant atmosphere.. I'm down 4 of the 15 and crying!

]]> By: Dori http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-29022 Dori Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:34:42 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-29022 Funny that you should refer to geodes as "baseball-sized" hollow rocks (actually, some are MUCH larger, and many much smaller), because my initial thought when I saw the picture was that it could have been named the "Catcher's Mitt" nebula. That's what it looked like to me! Gorgeous, GORGEOUS picture. Thank you!!! Funny that you should refer to geodes as "baseball-sized" hollow rocks (actually, some are MUCH larger, and many much smaller), because my initial thought when I saw the picture was that it could have been named the "Catcher's Mitt" nebula. That's what it looked like to me!

Gorgeous, GORGEOUS picture. Thank you!!!

]]> By: Spencer http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-29018 Spencer Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:53:01 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-29018 The 'front' half of the nebula is certainly there, and could be detected as an absorption spectrum. the reason we see the other hemisphere of the nebula is that the gas is reflecting the light from the central source back toward us. The closer hemisphere is reflecting light, but the light being reflected travels in a direction away from us. The only light we see from the nebula is that which happened to pass completely through the closer hemisphere without being reflected or absorbed. The 'front' half of the nebula is certainly there, and could be detected as an absorption spectrum. the reason we see the other hemisphere of the nebula is that the gas is reflecting the light from the central source back toward us. The closer hemisphere is reflecting light, but the light being reflected travels in a direction away from us. The only light we see from the nebula is that which happened to pass completely through the closer hemisphere without being reflected or absorbed.

]]> By: Jorge http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-29010 Jorge Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:25:25 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-29010 Cool! (I have a suspicion that it might be the same kind of phenomenon that explains why we see glass (or images in it) if the light source shining on it is between us and the glass, but don't if the light source is beyond the glass, but a confirmation - or not - would be really cool) Cool!

(I have a suspicion that it might be the same kind of phenomenon that explains why we see glass (or images in it) if the light source shining on it is between us and the glass, but don't if the light source is beyond the glass, but a confirmation – or not – would be really cool)

]]> By: Nancy Atkinson http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-29009 Nancy Atkinson Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:18:18 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-29009 Aww shucks, James, that's sweet- thanks! Jorge- that's a good question, I'll see if I can check on that. Thanks! Nancy Aww shucks, James, that's sweet- thanks!

Jorge- that's a good question, I'll see if I can check on that.

Thanks!
Nancy

]]> By: Loki http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-29001 Loki Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:09:20 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-29001 Like everyone else I got the spacecraft, but not the location. Cool image. It does look like a cosmic geode. Like everyone else I got the spacecraft, but not the location. Cool image. It does look like a cosmic geode.

]]> By: Vino http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-28990 Vino Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:36:17 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-28990 I got that as Hubble but thats as far as i got... :( Never in my life would i have guess N44F... It is amazing pic though....i was mesmerized... Thanks Nancy... I got that as Hubble but thats as far as i got… :( Never in my life would i have guess N44F…
It is amazing pic though….i was mesmerized…
Thanks Nancy…

]]> By: Alphonso Richardson http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-28976 Alphonso Richardson Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:34:22 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-28976 Got the fact that it was a Hubble picture. Didn't get the actual object - I was rubbish I could've got it if it wasn't for them meddlin' kids! Curses!! Got the fact that it was a Hubble picture.
Didn't get the actual object – I was rubbish
I could've got it if it wasn't for them meddlin' kids!

Curses!!

]]> By: RL http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-28959 RL Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:17:17 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-28959 N44E? Arrgh, its N44F. Darn. Well, I guessed Hubble since I'm tired and thats the only thing I could think of to take this pic. But I had really no idea. Great pic though. Thanks, Nancy. I hope you're having a great summer. N44E? Arrgh, its N44F. Darn. Well, I guessed Hubble since I'm tired and thats the only thing I could think of to take this pic. But I had really no idea.

Great pic though. Thanks, Nancy. I hope you're having a great summer.

]]> By: Jorge http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-28943 Jorge Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:24:53 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-28943 At first glance I knew... that the only way I was going to nail this one was if I had a huge amount of luck. Which I didn't. I did guess Hubble, but only because of your clue that the spacecraft should be the easy part. As for the object, I hesitantly thought it might be some place in the Orion molecular cloud, although I was puzzled at the graininess of the photo. That was way off. I have a doubt, though, and you may consider this as an idea for a post, if you think it's worth one: why is it that we see the back "wall" of the bubble, we see the side walls, but we don't see the front wall? At first glance I knew… that the only way I was going to nail this one was if I had a huge amount of luck.

Which I didn't.

I did guess Hubble, but only because of your clue that the spacecraft should be the easy part. As for the object, I hesitantly thought it might be some place in the Orion molecular cloud, although I was puzzled at the graininess of the photo. That was way off.

I have a doubt, though, and you may consider this as an idea for a post, if you think it's worth one: why is it that we see the back "wall" of the bubble, we see the side walls, but we don't see the front wall?

]]> By: James http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-28938 James Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:15:01 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-28938 I got the Hubble! But I was thinking either a piece of Pillars of Creation, or some nebula I have no clue about, but I randomly guessed N44F as the name and ended up getting it right. except that last part didn't happen. awesome challenge, yet again, Nancy! P.s. you're listed as a hero of mine on my MySpace. I'm serious. I got the Hubble! But I was thinking either a piece of Pillars of Creation, or some nebula I have no clue about, but I randomly guessed N44F as the name and ended up getting it right.

except that last part didn't happen.

awesome challenge, yet again, Nancy!
P.s. you're listed as a hero of mine on my MySpace. I'm serious.

]]> By: Ian O'Neill http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/07/where-in-the-universe-challenge-15/comment-page-1/#comment-28937 Ian O'Neill Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:09:32 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16555#comment-28937 I thought it was some kind of nebula, but that's as far as I got! Fantastic description of this cosmic geode :) Cheers, Ian I thought it was some kind of nebula, but that's as far as I got! Fantastic description of this cosmic geode :)

Cheers, Ian

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