Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pismis 24

Pismis 24
Voting period ends on 24 Dec 2012 at 06:07:42 (UTC)
 * Reason:Good quality image, the image was already been chosen as and reached featured picture status in Commons.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Gum catalog, Hubble Space Telescope, List of light sources, NGC 6357, Pismis 24-1, RCW Catalogue, Sharpless catalog, Space exploration
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
 * Creator:NASA


 * Support as nominator -- Mediran talk to me! 06:07, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support - an amazing photo! 21h 17m 2s (talk) 11:48, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * comment is it me or have they pushed the enhancement a bit far? a lot of blue speckle at full size.©Geni 16:32, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * It's fairly typical for nebula photos. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:32, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Somewhat curious as to whether the speckles are part of the natural image or lens, signal, or processing noise but I think this falls under hte exceptions for hard to duplicate/historical photographs that allows for such things. Cat-five  t  c   13:28, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I suspect they're cosmic rays. Though that I don't know for certain is kind of embarrassing, given my father makes giant telescopes for a living. Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:58, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support by the way. Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:58, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support, interesting despite of what appears to me as a noise. Brandmeistertalk  00:06, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 09:03, 29 December 2012 (UTC)