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Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Frightening!

*The "dark side" of astronomy.   :;):  Halloween is this month of course.  Here are some treats from the cosmos itself:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011031.html]Ghost Head Nebula

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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap981031.html]Bats & The Barren Moon  Check out "The Great Moon Hoax of 1835," an article which appeared in the NY Sun; is linked to the portion of the sentence "...life on the Moon was reported in August of 1835..."  Space and history buffs might get a kick out of this.

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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031229.html]Witch Head Nebula

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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010724.html]Red Spider

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Witchs]http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040302.html]Witch's Broom Nebula

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Cats]http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap991031.html]Cat's Eye Nebula

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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001031.html]I saved the best for last  Really a remarkable image.

--Cindy

P.S.:  This may seem a bit premature; 2 weeks from Halloween yet, but the end of the month might be super-hectic for me and I'm not sure I'll be online much.  Last but not least...
http://cookie.allrecipes.com/AZ/Martian … ]Halloween party cookies any Mars lover could love. 

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

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Re: Frightening!

*BUMP!

Not things that "go bump in the night," but just bumping this thread up from where it's been lain to rest since Halloween 2004.

The holiday's still 2 weeks away but I keep nearly forgetting about this.

Anyway:  Enjoy. 

--Cindy

P.S.:  Hmmmm...looks like I resurrected this thread exactly 1 year from the day.  Not intentional.  {{strains of Dark Shadows music}} 

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Frightening!

Black Widow Nebula

*Just in time for Halloween.    Spitzer image, nice brief explanatory article.  Enjoy and happy hauntings...

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

Mars_B4_Moon

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Registered: 2006-03-23

Posts: 9,776

Re: Frightening!

James Webb Space Telescope snaps new, super-spooky image of Pillars of Creation
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space- … ation-miri

Pagan and Shamanism for festivals on Mars?

Now, if everyone set time by a Universal Time clock on Mars, they could manage their schedules with precision, and allow the position of the Sun to determine local customs. 
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From the Martian Calendar thread