Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Stellar quake

 
Original - A neutron star flares brightly, temporarily blinding all x-ray satellites in orbit.
Reason
High quality, fascinating image of one of the many wonders of our poorly understood universe.
Articles this image appears in
Quake (natural phenomenon), Neutron star
Creator
NASA
It is an actual photo, I believe. --Meldshal 01:02, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I really doubt it. I don't think (correct me if I'm wrong) that NASA has a telescope, even the Hubble, that is capable of taking pictures with quality and color that good of things that are so far away. Anybody else have input? Clegs (talk) 01:13, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry. Thought it was obvious that it was a satellite image. However, NASA fails to identify which one took this. --Meldshal 01:21, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
May I ask what you mean by jpegy? And the image is not fake, it is still taken by satellite. There are plenty of other featured pictures taken by satellite. --Meldshal 01:54, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - this was NOT taken by a satellite. If you note, all the satellites were blinded at the time of the event, therefore they couldn't have taken a picture. THis is an artist's rendering. All NASA images will state which instrument was used, and in this case none was because it is a drawing. Here's a real image of a neutron star for comparison [1] note that on the side, it says what insturments were used. pschemp | talk 01:58, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Close On Snowball Act grounds. The information concerning the picture is also inaccurate. The nominator should have done research to find accurate info and possibly a larger picture. You can find a bigger picture here as well as a note saying "an artist's conception" [2]. Artist drawings rarely pass. victorrocha | talk 04:00, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • close, please. --Meldshal 12:00, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]