"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools."
--1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.

"Correction: It is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum. The 'Times' regrets the error."
NY Times, July 1969.

— New York Times

Lyra's Smoke Ring Nebula

By marzulloj at Sun, 08/16/2009 - 11:54am
Lyra's Smoke Ring Nebula

Warm and moonless last night. I took out the Celestron 11" out for a quick spin. I was going to do some visual observing and then collimate the unit and wait for Jupiter. But once out, I saw this old favorite through the 11" and decided to capure the moment. There is a bit more detail in this image than I experienced visually... but not a lot more though.

Super

Submitted by kuky
on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 10:01pm

Wow
Looks like an Ha image with some stars missing?

H alpha it is.

Submitted by marzulloj
on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 2:46pm

H alpha it is.

You take some nice pictures

Submitted by ironsparticus (not verified)
on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 12:10am

You take some nice pictures ! This one is very nice also. I saw this one in scope a few years ago, and it was very faint. But I did see it and I had a good time observing and hanging out that night.