6-photo-slider

Well, If you have read one of the latest blog posts you can be familiar with this '6-photo-slider' that I'm gonna talk about now. Otherwise you can check that out at Starry Night in Kandy | Another Outreach Event with MAS, which will make more sense.

Now I'm gonna present you the 6 photos of the final slideshow we had. Indeed it was a tough challenge for the contestants to correctly recognize the 6 photos, each of which was made visible only for 10 seconds from the projector. Now try it for yourself too and check how many of them are familiar to you. Of course you can have as much time as you prefer, but try to do it quick. Random googling might not help a lot since Google is yet unable to google images/ photos :) Correct answers can be found at lowermost portion of this post. Take a minute just for a small test.


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Before giving you the answers I'd like to just let you know about the final evaluation we had.
It was the Sombrero galaxy which was the only object identified by the students. Now go and see how you have performed.

I'd like to hear any feedback as well, if you might have.

Answers

1. Abell Nebula
2. Sombrero Galaxy
3. Witch-head Nebula
4. Apophis Asteroid
5. Comet Lulin
6. Hubble Nebula

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Comet Lulin Updated

The Path of the comet Lulin

Click the image to get a clear view!

Through this image you can determine the path of the Green Comet and have clear observation without hassle.
The constellations beside the trajectory will help you to identify Lulin, when it comes to practical observation.
Of course the image is courtesy of Sky & Telescope

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Approaching Comet Lulin

Comet Lulin is with a tail and an anti-tail on January 19, 2009, when Michael Jaeger photographed this image from Austria, using an 8-inch f/2.8 astrographic camera for exposures through LRGB filters totaling 10 minutes.	Comet Lulin on February 2nd 2009, at magnitude 6.5 with tail and anti-tail. See the difference between two images.

Various tail images from the Comet Lulin.

Comet Lulin was discovered in 2007 by a Strait-bridging team of astronomers from Taiwan and China. Lulin is swinging around the sun and approaching Earth. Astronomer Karzaman Ahmad had this picture taken 7th Jan. 2009 from the Langkawi National Observatory in Malaysia

Resources:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/35992534.html

http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=27562

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090202.html

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