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Offline sam

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Space Pictures This Week: Vibrant Lagoon, Mock Mars
« on: May 08, 2011, 23:40 »
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Seen through binoculars or small telescopes, the Lagoon nebula is a ghostly blur tinged with pink tucked inside the constellation Sagittarius. But with the powerful gaze of the Gemini South telescope in Chile, astronomers have created a dramatic new view of this stellar nursery.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/pictures/110506-best-space-pictures-nebula-galaxy-shuttle-mars-virgin-143/
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Re: Space Pictures This Week: Vibrant Lagoon, Mock Mars
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2011, 08:54 »
The Lagoon Nebula is a favourite target for amateur astronomers.   8-)
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Re: Space Pictures This Week: Vibrant Lagoon, Mock Mars
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2011, 14:00 »
indeed - lovely object.
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