4.4 Apod Entry

The photo for the week of April 22 is titled The Fox Fur Nebula from CFHT. This nebula is a gigantic mass of dust and gas with hot stars constantly projecting wind and energetic light. The shape of a fox can be easily seen in this gas cloud. The dust in the lower left corner is reflecting the light from the stars in the region which gives off the color blue. The ionized hydrogen give off red emissions and with the cosmic dust creates the pink and brown areas in the image.

4.3 Apod Entry

The photo for the week of April 17 is titled Messier 63: The Sunflower Galaxy. Messier 63 is a spiral galaxy located in the northern sky in the constellation of Canes Venatici. The diameter is measured at an amazing 100k light-years which is relatively the size of our Milky Way galaxy. The core is a bright yellow core with long, blue spiral arms. Stars are forming in the area that is pink in color.

4.2 Apod Entry

The photo for the week of April 8, 2008 is titled Southern Orion: From Belt to Witch. The photo contains the all too familiar photo of the three stars that comprise Orion's Belt located in the upper left of the image. The lower left stars that forms the beginning of the belt is named Alnitak. Located to the left of the star is the giant Flame Nebula. It contains giant, bright emission clouds of dust. Below that is the popular photographic Horsehead Nebula. The giant star Rigel illuminates the the massive Witch Head Nebula.