RE: My Astro Photo Of The Day
October 27, 2010 at 2:24 am
(This post was last modified: October 27, 2010 at 2:53 am by orogenicman.)
Drumroll, please!!!
The number is 13 (although there are actually a couple more, they aren't seen in this image, being very very faint). The boxed group is the famous Stephen's Quintet, several of which are in close gravitational interaction. These galaxies are all in the constellation Pegasus. I can't wait to take another, much deeper stab at this region. There are lots of galaxies in this region of the sky.
Enjoy.
Note: I just realized that I made a mistake. The galaxy below Stephen's Quintet is apparently not listed in the Sky 6 (the program I use to control my mount). I'll have to research that one.
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-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero