"NASA Releases Spectacular Image of NGC 6357" Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Dec 2016 11:59 a.m. PST |
"Also known as the Lobster Nebula and the War and Peace Nebula, NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula. It is located in the constellation Scorpius, approximately 5,500 light-years away. NGC 6357 is actually a ‘cluster of clusters,' containing at least three clusters of young stars, including many hot, massive, luminous stars. Astronomers call NGC 6357 and other objects like it ‘HII' regions. An HII region is created when the radiation from hot, young stars strips away the electrons from neutral hydrogen atoms in the surrounding gas to form clouds of ionized hydrogen…"
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| skippy0001 | 21 Dec 2016 2:07 p.m. PST |
WOW!! Someone make a game map of that! |
| Waco Joe | 21 Dec 2016 2:44 p.m. PST |
Did up a quick 4'x8' with grey 1.5" hex grid. For Silent Death.
I think I like it.  |
 T Callahan  | 21 Dec 2016 3:24 p.m. PST |
WJ that is great idea. Terry p.s. what application did you use to draw the hexes? |
| Waco Joe | 21 Dec 2016 3:39 p.m. PST |
Gimp2 with the Hexgrid pattern |
| Great War Ace | 22 Dec 2016 6:45 p.m. PST |
Worthy addition to desktop background picture changer. |
| pmwalt | 22 Dec 2016 7:20 p.m. PST |
really something to behold |
| Ron W DuBray | 28 Dec 2016 8:45 a.m. PST |
thinking how big that is makes me feel very small. |
| Tango01 | 28 Dec 2016 12:18 p.m. PST |
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