Posted on Oct 29, 2020
APOD: 2020 October 29 - The Ghoul of IC 2118
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "The Ghoul of IC 2118." IC 2118 is a reflection nebula some 800 light years away near the star Rigel (the left foot of Orion). Also known as the Witch Head Nebula (when seen from a wider view), the bluish hue is due to dust grains that scatter blue light more efficiently than red light. The same physical process colors our sky as well (but in the case of Earth, the 'scattering' is due to nitrogen and oxygen). This composite image was produced by combining data from a Stellarview SV130 and Planetwave CDK14 telescope. Total exposure time was 15 hours.
APOD: 2020 October 29 - The Ghoul of IC 2118
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The aim of my uploads is not to sabotage the music, on the contrary, to spread it out; and to present people the music that they want to listen to. All of th...
Belated thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, October 29, 2020 "The Ghoul of IC 2118."
This a beautiful view of a section of the heavens displaying space clouds [reflective] from the reflection nebula IC 2118. Perhaps there is an evil queen trying to see her reflection there :-)
Image: The Ghoul of IC 2118 - Image Credit & Copyright -Casey Good_Steve Timmons
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"Explanation: Inspired by the Halloween season, this telescopic portrait captures a cosmic cloud with a scary visage. The interstellar scene lies within the dusty expanse of reflection nebula IC 2118 in the constellation Orion, the Hunter. IC 2118 is about 800 light-years from your neighborhood, close to bright bluish star Rigel at Orion's foot. Often identified as the Witch Head nebula for its appearance in a wider field of view it now rises before the witching hour. With spiky stars for eyes, the ghoulish apparition identified here seems to extend an arm many light-years long toward Orion's hot supergiant star. The source of illumination for IC 2118, Rigel is just beyond this frame at the upper left."
Gru - Nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_7o2ju6j0g
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This a beautiful view of a section of the heavens displaying space clouds [reflective] from the reflection nebula IC 2118. Perhaps there is an evil queen trying to see her reflection there :-)
Image: The Ghoul of IC 2118 - Image Credit & Copyright -Casey Good_Steve Timmons
APOD background
"Explanation: Inspired by the Halloween season, this telescopic portrait captures a cosmic cloud with a scary visage. The interstellar scene lies within the dusty expanse of reflection nebula IC 2118 in the constellation Orion, the Hunter. IC 2118 is about 800 light-years from your neighborhood, close to bright bluish star Rigel at Orion's foot. Often identified as the Witch Head nebula for its appearance in a wider field of view it now rises before the witching hour. With spiky stars for eyes, the ghoulish apparition identified here seems to extend an arm many light-years long toward Orion's hot supergiant star. The source of illumination for IC 2118, Rigel is just beyond this frame at the upper left."
Gru - Nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_7o2ju6j0g
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Pentagram - The Ghoul (Live @ Roadburn, April 14th, 2011)
Pentagram perform "The Ghoul" off of their 1985 album "Relentless" at the Roadburn Festival of 2011. Recorded live @ Main Stage, 013 in Tilburg, Holland on A...
Since this a pre-Halloween focus :-)
Pentagram perform "The Ghoul" off of their 1985 album "Relentless" at the Roadburn Festival of 2011. Recorded live @ Main Stage, 013 in Tilburg, Holland on April 14th, 2011.
https://youtu.be/B5E_cCGMznQ
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Pentagram perform "The Ghoul" off of their 1985 album "Relentless" at the Roadburn Festival of 2011. Recorded live @ Main Stage, 013 in Tilburg, Holland on April 14th, 2011.
https://youtu.be/B5E_cCGMznQ
FYI PO3 Phyllis MaynardSSG Franklin Briant]Sgt John H. CW5 Jack Cardwell SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGT (Join to see)SSG Jeffrey LeakeSP5 Dennis LobergerSPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SPC Matthew Lamb CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana SSgt (Join to see) Capt Dwayne Conyers SSG Samuel Kermon LTC Wayne Brandon Maj Kim Patterson CW5 Jack Cardwell
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Beautiful and only 800 light years down the road....!
Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price, have a good one.
Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price, have a good one.
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