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  1. tpatta Ω 2

    tpatta Happily spending my daughter’s inheritance Jan 28, 2015

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    Hope you enjoy.......
     
    The-Other-Pillars-of-Creation.jpg
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  2. Alpha Ω 2

    Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector Jan 28, 2015

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    How do you manage such beautiful a shot ?
     
  3. Stewart H

    Stewart H Honorary NJ Resident Jan 28, 2015

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    Wow. I'm lost for words.
     
  4. tpatta Ω 2

    tpatta Happily spending my daughter’s inheritance Jan 28, 2015

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    Just a question of the right equipment, a very dark sky, a great deal of time and plenty of patience.
    I am lucky enough to have my own observatory approx. 90 miles north of Los Angeles and it provides me with
    the dark sky I need and a respite from the world I work in.
     
  5. Alpha Ω 2

    Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector Jan 28, 2015

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    Lucky guy, enjoy as I am sure you do :thumbsup:
     
  6. blufinz52 Ω 1

    blufinz52 Hears dead people, not watch rotors. Jan 28, 2015

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    Beautiful photo. Can you tell us what we're looking at? A nebula? Thanks for posting.
     
  7. dennisthemenace

    dennisthemenace Hey, he asked for it! Jan 28, 2015

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    Is that Chewbacca up there?
     
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  8. Stewart H

    Stewart H Honorary NJ Resident Jan 28, 2015

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    It is like a Renaissance painting of souls ascending to heaven. It is, frankly, beautiful.
     
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    repoman Jan 28, 2015

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  10. tpatta Ω 2

    tpatta Happily spending my daughter’s inheritance Jan 28, 2015

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    As stated in the above post, it is called the Pillars of Creation or The Fingers of God. It is part of the Eagle Nebula located in the consellation Sagittarius.
     
  11. timeismoney

    timeismoney Jan 28, 2015

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    Very nice patina. Thank you for sharing!
     
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  12. puddlep1rate

    puddlep1rate Jan 28, 2015

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    That is a beautiful shot.
     
  13. ulackfocus

    ulackfocus Jan 28, 2015

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    Looks like two humpbacks and a great white breaching to me, but I always have fishing and the ocean on my mind.

    I'm sure Scott, Jim, Kyle, and everyone else including Frank like it. ::rimshot::
     
  14. tpatta Ω 2

    tpatta Happily spending my daughter’s inheritance Jan 28, 2015

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    Well, it is really old. And new at the same time. :)
     
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  15. DLT222 Ω 2

    DLT222 Double D @ ΩF Staff Member Jan 29, 2015

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    Tony - Epic shot there my friend! I wish we had dark sky like this here in Miami!!
     
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  16. watchme

    watchme First Owner - Omega Darkside Jan 29, 2015

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    great pic, It feels like to be in a Star Trek scene...
     
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  17. Event horizon

    Event horizon faux seller of watches and complete knobhead Jan 29, 2015

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    How far is that scene away from us?
    I've just been studying that fantastic photo and noticed left of centre an angel with wings, but wait it's got horns as well. Beelzebub perhaps?
     
  18. tpatta Ω 2

    tpatta Happily spending my daughter’s inheritance Jan 29, 2015

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    Approx 7000 light years.
     
  19. iflyem1

    iflyem1 Jan 29, 2015

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    That close HUH!
     
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  20. tpatta Ω 2

    tpatta Happily spending my daughter’s inheritance Jan 29, 2015

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    Hop, skip and a jump. ;)