Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/NGC 5457

NGC 5457[edit]

Reason: My third nomination for Hubble images, I think that this one will be most successful. This is obviously another excellent Hubble image. Listed at several users "favorite images pages", this image has become one the most excellent images around. After all, it has high quality, exceeds the size guidelines by a lot, and has a very nice wow factor. This had a nomination back in 2006, but I think that this excellent image should be given another chance.
Articles this image appears in: Galaxy formation and evolution, Hubble sequence, Spiral galaxy, Pinwheel Galaxy, Astrophysics Data System, List of Messier objects, Messier 102, M101 Group, List of spiral galaxies
Creator: Hubble Telescope

Support as nominator ----Lord Sunday 16:51, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Previous nomination as suggested by nominator. --jjron (talk) 18:47, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose because of the unsharp sections. --Janke | Talk 19:38, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Sadly, I have to agree with Janke here. It's a great image, and I would support it if the low-res regions were limited to the periphery, but the thin band of low-res cutting diagonally through the top right quadrant is quite distracting.--ragesoss (talk) 05:20, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I looked for the low rez, and couldn't find it, so it must not be that bad. Awesome pic! Clegs (talk) 14:34, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's not enough to go to the image page, you must watch it full size - then you'll note the fuzzy, diagonal bands... --Janke | Talk 18:26, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose because of the diagonal bands. --Base64 (talk) 09:18, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral. Image is quite striking but Ragesoss (talk · contribs) brings up some good points. Cirt (talk) 19:57, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . --John254 00:02, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]