"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

NGC-2244

By marzulloj at Fri, 12/26/2008 - 2:17pm
NGC-2244

NGC-2244 the cluster in the center of the Rosette Nebula taken last evening.
The Rosette is a big object. I could only fit the core at FL-800. 

Another

Submitted by kuky
on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 1:02pm

great pic
Seems that you had some very productive EOY photo sessions
All very nice

2244

Submitted by dtrapani
on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 11:16pm

Joe, very nice detail. I love the tiny tendrills that you caught in the center. The cougar is also very visible!

Dave, I never heard of the

Submitted by marzulloj
on Sat, 12/27/2008 - 9:40am

Dave,
I never heard of the cougar..what is it??

The cougar

Submitted by kuky
on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 1:00pm

(Puma concolor), also puma, mountain lion, or panther, depending on region, is a mammal of the Felidae family, native to the Americas.