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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on January 24, 2011, 14:56

Title: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: sam on January 24, 2011, 14:56

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The "jewel" in Orion's sword, the star-forming cloud known as M42 shines with new light in a picture released yesterday by the European Southern Observatory's 2.2-meter telescope in La Silla, Chile. Also called the Orion Nebula, the bright cloud is just 1,350 light-years away and is one of the best studied celestial objects.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/pictures/110121-best-space-photos-whirlpool-galaxy-m82-saturn-moons-128/

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Clive on January 24, 2011, 16:00

I love the picture of the Crab Nebula! 

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 24, 2011, 16:11

Did someone mention food?  :devil:

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Clive on January 24, 2011, 16:34

Trust you Rik!   :laugh:

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 24, 2011, 16:57

I am nothing if not consistent - usually consistently hungry.  ;)

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Simon on January 24, 2011, 18:30

And crabby if not fed.   ;D

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 24, 2011, 18:36

What's your beef? ;D

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Simon on January 24, 2011, 18:44

Only that there's not mush room on the plate.  ;D

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 24, 2011, 18:45

Lonnie Donnegan, c. 1960

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Simon on January 24, 2011, 19:12

Was it?   :dunno:

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 25, 2011, 10:35

Part of 'My Old Man's a Dustman'.

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Simon on January 25, 2011, 11:03

I've got that record somewhere.  B side was Mother of Mine, iirc. 

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 25, 2011, 11:09

It was. :) You must have started buying at a very young age.  ;)

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Simon on January 25, 2011, 11:14

I did, but I also used to buy ex-juke box singles for 5 pence each at the local newsagent.  Half of them had the bigger juke box hole in the middle, so I kept having to swap the plastic spindle adapter from one to the other to play them.  ;D

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 25, 2011, 11:19

I remember those well. We used to have box loads of them in hospital radio because we received donated 45s with the centres out.

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Simon on January 25, 2011, 11:36

I've still got box loads of them!  ;D

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 25, 2011, 11:42

 ;D

So start playing them. ;)

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Simon on January 25, 2011, 11:44

Nothing to play them on now.  :(

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 25, 2011, 11:53

That's the problem, isn't it. We move on, keeping the media but not the means to use it. :(

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Simon on January 25, 2011, 12:08

I even bought a 7" single fairly recently, knowing I couldn't play it, but I had everything else that the band had released, so had to have it for completeness, as it has an exclusive track on it.  Unfortunately, I've never heard it!  :bawl:

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 25, 2011, 12:22

Time for the old pin and finger trick. ;)

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Simon on January 25, 2011, 12:37

Time for a download version!  ;D

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Orion's Jewel, Horned Dunes, More
Post by: Rik on January 25, 2011, 12:40

 ;D