Topic: Space Pictures This Week: Star Jets, Saturn Moons

[sam]

Two identical jets (green) sprout from either side of a budding star in a new infrared picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope released April 4.

The jets are ejecting knots of gas and dust from a sphere of material surrounding the still-forming star. Spitzer's data helped astronomers figure out that one jet spurts material from the sphere 4.5 years before its counterpart, an unexpected discovery that may shed light on the process of star formation.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/04/pictures/110408-best-space-pictures-stars-nebula-volcano-iss-moons-139/#/04-space-060411_34299_600x450.jpg

[Clive]

Stunning picture!   

[Rik]

The second shot is amazing.

[Simon]

I like the Matching Moons. 

[sam]

oh and my top shot of the week of space:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/starrydude/5599670422/

[Clive]

How about turning the camera in the opposite direction and getting an image of Saturn for us?   

[sam]

would do but dont have a tripod... what hard enough to keep it still for that.

[Clive]

Damn!  We may have to club together to buy one for you.   

[sam]

oh I do own a nice lightweight tripod that I use for my small refractor / bins but its in the UK - didn't have such a sweet camera here till recently. Will use the tripod a lot when I'm back home I expect.