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[size=1]@ZannaDragon @souphands @Exterreri @Cosmological @PoemsOfLou @Finian @deputykuriboh @Reltseo @limeypie @Amee @Zhukov @Catcats @Razzledazzy @NightFire102 @cosmicpoppies @Paperdragon337 @Zues @Erock @TheMageLemon245 @Nekron @Novaturen @Chronosplit @GrimdarkRoxy @MagicStar @feming @PeachySpace @Sparklepelt @solarsuntzu @thegoogy @RedbirdTheGreat @Butterfliez @Steffon @CEGAMischief @TiaDaWerecat @hatichu @favplusle @Spookying @PrinceAsriel @Barrypaws @Mossflight @SpaceWolf @TigerWind @Xoriat @Littletime @firecrest @luckydragon12 @GiroGirl723 @Sebak @Usatov @FireFury16 @bananaquit @Alvis @pseudovum @Gemmbot @SwiftSeagull @MiddyLark @Lup @Yatzstar @KCGallows @Verwald @Lilydale @Rattz @klefaeries @SylvrFox @melonsaur @GinaNeko @CalinaEstel @vostok @Krynne @croninians @cashe @DracoKnyght @PlayerOne @CommanderShepard @slotho @Maotai @Amaranth41 @burningskies @missy20201 @CyberNexus @Kurigon @katzentai @Attor @MidNightTiger @Glacecakes @TheClassCalico @Mochii @ButterflyGalaxy @Sivan @Saifur1982 @DragonCandle @Writerly @SparkOfRuby@Planets @GhostQueen13 @risingmoon @roboticspace @Linoone @Zenikay @ElvenFox @sassymod[/size] ----- [quote][center][size=5][color=red]Calling on Featured Image submissions![/color][/size] [size=7][b]New Featured Image[/b][/size] [size=4][b]Click on image for hi-res version[/b][/size][/center] [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160722.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1607/abells1063_hst_r.jpg[/img][/url] Galaxy Cluster Abell S1063. Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. [size=2][/size] [b]Notes:[/b] This latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a distant galaxy cluster called "Abell S1063". The intense gravity of the galaxies within distorts the light passing through the cluster, causing gravitational lensing of the background galaxies. Every blue streak in the image is a galaxy. In fact, some streaks on opposite sides of the cluster are the same background galaxy, its light refracted along multiple paths! Abell S1063 is 4 billion light years away, but some of the background galaxies visible are as far as 12.7 billion light years away, meaning that we are seeing them as they were only 1 billion years after the Big Bang. Read more: http://www.space.com/33500-star-trek-hubble-telescope-final-frontier-view.html[/quote] Clear Skies, everyone!

@Cosmological Ooooh, that's a great one!!! I went and looked it up in the SkyServer out of curiosity, to see if it had a spectra or anything interesting nearby. No spectra, and the image was fainter and of course blurrier because it was taken by a ground based telescope: [img]http://i.imgur.com/kQbXsiG.jpg[/img] However, I did find a cool star nearby! Actually, technically this would be a [i]hot[/i] star, far hotter than average! [img]http://i.imgur.com/Hq5t6tt.jpg[/img] I've never seen a star that looked that intensely blue before on SkyServer, so of course I went and checked out the spectra: [img]http://i.imgur.com/YgGzWhn.png[/img] I've got very little experience at identifying stellar spectra; but I did some googling around and I'm pretty sure this is a type B star, towards the hotter end. I also learned along the way that B class stars do not have a convective zone or a corona!! That's incredible! I'm glad that you posted that image. Now I'm on a roll! I think I'm going to go make a HR diagram of a star cluster now, just because I ran across this article while researching B class stars and it looks fun: http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr12/en/proj/advanced/hr/hrhome.aspx Clear Skies!