Sights
We say "a picture is worth a thousand words." The pictures of these natural phenomena have perhaps inspired many more. We can spy in the night sky - depending on the time of year - several of these nominees with the unaided eye. Others represent spectacular deep sky objects whose true beauty can only be revealed once the photographic plate has remembered far more photons than the human eye can ever hope to collect in an instant.
Nominations
Consider nominating any of the following candidates under the Sights category. Highlighted candidates have already been nominated. To view the nominees, place your cursor anywhere over the text of the nominee and it will highlight in red, then click (pop-ups must be enabled on your browser):
Antares
Andromeda Galaxy
Centaurus A
Crab Nebula (M1)
Great Nebula (M42)
Earthrise
Evening Star (Venus)
Halley’s Comet
Hubble Pillars of Creation in Eagle Nebula
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Hyades Cluster
Io erupting
Jupiter’s Red Spot
Magellanic Clouds
Orion et al (Rigel, Betelguese, M42)
Perseid Meteors
Pleiades Cluster
Polaris
Quasars
Ring Nebula (M57)
Saturn's Rings (Voyager 2 Image)
Sirius
Summer Triangle – (Vega-Altari-Denab)
Tycho’s Star (1572 Nova in Cassiopeia)
Ursa Major
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)Be sure to follow AstronomyTop100 on twitter to find out when the polls open to start voting for your top five favorite popular culture images and imaginations in astronomy and space exploration.