Space Images, Images from our galaxy and beyond.
| MrSelf |
 Jul 6 2004, 09:04 PM
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Feel free to post space images here you find interesting, spectacular, or just plain awesome.
  This spectacular image of the large spiral galaxy NGC 1232 was obtained on September 21, 1998 by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope located in Paranal, Chile. It is based on three exposures in ultra-violet, blue and red light, respectively. The colours of the different regions are well visible: the central areas contain older stars of reddish color, while the spiral arms are populated by young, blue stars and many star-forming regions. Note the distorted companion galaxy on the left side of the picture, shaped like the greek letter "theta". NGC 1232 is located 20-degrees south of the celestial equator, in the constellation Eridanus (The River). The distance is about 100 million light-years, but the excellent optical quality of the Very Large Telescope and its Focal Reducer and Spectrograph (FORS) allows us to see an incredible wealth of details. This was the first light image for the VLT with the FORS activated. The galaxy is about twice the size of the Milky Way galaxy. |
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| Roger Waters |
May 15 2006, 08:57 AM
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 All in All you're just another brick in the wall Group: Members Posts: 224 Joined: 19-April 06 From: If I told you i would have to kill you Member No.: 418 Gender: Male |
QUOTE(Clueless @ May 11 2006, 02:59 PM) ok, sorry, ill try and fix em, got any glue?? eh, ill just use tape  not tape it hurts to much when you rip it off you could try staples though -------------------- Checkpro is always right
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| Clueless |
May 15 2006, 03:43 PM
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 Moosie moosie! Group: Members Posts: 4 816 Joined: 26-August 04 From: Minnesota Member No.: 102 Gender: Female |
i could try sewing it back together
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| Roger Waters |
May 16 2006, 02:50 PM
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All in All you're just another brick in the wall Group: Members Posts: 224 Joined: 19-April 06 From: If I told you i would have to kill you Member No.: 418 Gender: Male |
needles scare me
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| Clueless |
May 16 2006, 03:05 PM
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Moosie moosie! Group: Members Posts: 4 816 Joined: 26-August 04 From: Minnesota Member No.: 102 Gender: Female |
oh i see. ill use rubber cement then
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| flowergirlajg |
Apr 10 2007, 03:37 PM
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YAY!! EMBED DYNAMITE IN THEM!!!
but how would you light.... O! THROW A MATCh... in.. the.... cementtuck.... ok u win -------------------- [insert signature here]
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| robonightmare |
Sep 5 2007, 09:37 PM
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 Artificial Intellect is no match for natural stupidity. Group: Members Posts: 700 Joined: 8-April 06 From: USG Ishimura Member No.: 413 Gender: Male |
Just landed on the moon! Had my buddy take this photo using the last of our main power reserve. thats me in the yellow!  now how do we get off? -------------------- This message has been brought to you by the American Stupid Signature Association of America (ASSAA)
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| Clueless |
Sep 7 2007, 03:19 PM
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Moosie moosie! Group: Members Posts: 4 816 Joined: 26-August 04 From: Minnesota Member No.: 102 Gender: Female |
lol i know its the ship but when i first glanced at it i thought it was the guys head haha wow
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| Shinizo |
Sep 9 2007, 06:16 PM
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 I am a level 75 Red Mage Group: Members Posts: 2 211 Joined: 16-June 05 From: Alabama Member No.: 284 Gender: Male |
Haha. You're Samus Aran, which means you are a woman.
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| Red Squirrel |
Sep 9 2007, 06:27 PM
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 Merry Christmas! Group: Admin Posts: 7 848 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Ontario Canada Member No.: 4 Gender: Male |
To get off the moon go south till you see a big rock, then head east and you'll see a crater, then if you go in theres this metal trap door in the ground, head in. its a small moon station with a tunnel system, one of the tunnels brings you to a launch pad with ships you can rent.
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| robonightmare |
Sep 9 2007, 07:54 PM
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QUOTE(Shinizo @ Sep 9 2007, 07:16 PM) Haha. You're Samus Aran, which means you are a woman. lol well, it was the best ship+person 'just landed' kinda shot I could find, and I hoped noone would notice that the person happened to be a woman. obviously, I was unsuccessful.  -------------------- This message has been brought to you by the American Stupid Signature Association of America (ASSAA)
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| manadren |
Sep 10 2007, 12:22 AM
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 Dapper Swindler Group: Admin Posts: 3 654 Joined: 24-June 04 Member No.: 12 Gender: Male |
QUOTE(Shinizo @ Sep 9 2007, 06:16 PM) Haha. You're Samus Aran, which means you are a woman. Hey now, there's nothing wrong with being a woman. Especially if you're Samus Frickin' Aran. |
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| Shinizo |
Sep 10 2007, 01:37 AM
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I am a level 75 Red Mage Group: Members Posts: 2 211 Joined: 16-June 05 From: Alabama Member No.: 284 Gender: Male |
I bet she makes a mean space sandwich.
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| robonightmare |
Sep 14 2007, 08:25 PM
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Artificial Intellect is no match for natural stupidity. Group: Members Posts: 700 Joined: 8-April 06 From: USG Ishimura Member No.: 413 Gender: Male |
 so donate, and get your space sandwich, today! -------------------- This message has been brought to you by the American Stupid Signature Association of America (ASSAA)
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