sunshaker Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I often come across some nice astronomy pictures, but that do not warrant a thread of there own, so I thought I would make a thread where I could place some of these amazing pictures that are out there. This one caught my eye, Saturns southern auroura. http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshaker Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 MONSTER GALAXY ALMOST AS OLD AS THE UNIVERSE CREATING STARS 1000 TIMES FASTER THAN MILKY WAY http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/11/starburst-galaxy-observed-creating-stars-1000-xs-faster-than-milky-way.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiolite Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I think we all know what this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I like this picture of the Moon as I took it! The Moon is something that just about everyone can enjoy observing, either with the naked eye or even better are binoculars or a small telescope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshaker Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 I like this picture of the Moon as I took it! The Moon is something that just about everyone can enjoy observing, either with the naked eye or even better are binoculars or a small telescope. I have not taken a photo for a few years, I lost my photo files when my last computer died, But I must admit photos you take yourself feel more "real", Some of my favourite pictures where just simple photos I took myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshaker Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Spooky Alignment of Quasars Across Billions of Light-years http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1438/ This very detailed simulation of large scale structure was created as part of the Illustris simulation. The distribution of dark matter is shown in blue and the gas distribution in orange. This simulation is for the current state of the Universe and is centered on a massive galaxy cluster. The region shown is about 300 million light-years across. Credit:Illustris Collaboration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshaker Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Whether it's a rogue supermassive black hole or the closing act of a rare star, it seems astronomers have never seen the likes of SDSS1133 before. If SDSS1133 isn't a black hole, then it must have been a very unusual type of star known as a Luminous Blue Variable (LBV). http://www.keckobservatory.org/recent/entry/evicted_possible_black_hole_found_2600_light_years_from_home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshaker Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) A waning sun, splayed its light across the planet and created this serene scene. U.S. astronauts aboard the International Space Station snapped this Earth Observation on Mar 2, 2015. Credit: NASA/JSCImage Date: March 2, 2015 click to enlarge Edited March 11, 2015 by sunshaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acme Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Tonight's Moon: First Quarter Saturday March 21: Venus & Waxing Crescent Moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acme Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Tonight's waxing gibbous moon. ~93% Almost Blue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshaker Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) International Space Station Crew Captures a Sprite and Troll Jet"This photo was taken by the International Space Station—not only did they capture a Sprite, but they also captured its companion, a Troll Jet. This Troll Jet has been confirmed by Oscar van der Velde." Credit: Frankie LucenaLocation: Cabo Rojo, Puerto RicoDate: August 10, 2015 Edited August 16, 2015 by sunshaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acme Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Dspite the many published misuses on this occasion, the term "Blood Moon" does not refer to color. Other names for the Blood Moon are "Hunter's Moon" and "Sanguine Moon", ergo the blood reference is related to hunting. The Blood Moon is the Full Moon that follows the Harvest Moon and the Harvest Moon is the Full Moon nearest -but before or on- the Fall Equinox. This Blood Moon just happened to be red because of the eclipse. Eclipsed Moons appear red because the light falling on them passes through Earth's atmosphere which filters out the blue light. The "Super" cognomen refers to the larger than usual apparent size due to this Moon being at perigee. Wikipedia gives the following list of traditional Moon names: January: "Wolf Moon" (this is the name of December in Beard 1918)[20] also "Old Moon" February: "Snow Moon", also "Hunger Moon" March: "Worm Moon", "Crow Moon", "Sap Moon", "Lenten Moon" April: "Seed Moon", "Pink Moon", "Sprouting Grass Moon", "Egg Moon" (c.f. "Goose-Egg" in Beard 1918), "Fish Moon" May: "Milk Moon", "Flower Moon", "Corn Planting Moon" June: "Mead Moon", "Strawberry Moon" (c.f. Beard 1918), "Rose Moon", "Thunder Moon" July: "Hay Moon", "Buck Moon", "Thunder Moon" August: "Corn Moon", "Sturgeon Moon", "Red Moon", "Green Corn Moon", "Grain Moon" September: "Harvest Moon", "Full Corn Moon", October: "Hunter's moon", "Blood Moon"/"Sanguine Moon" November: "Beaver Moon", "Frosty Moon" December: "Oak Moon", "Cold Moon", "Long Nights Moon" Full Moon @ Wiki My photos: Super Blood [Hunter's] Moon Eclipse Totality 8:02pm PDT Exiting Umbra 8:27pm PDT Eclipse Nearing Ending 9:12pm PDT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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