Beautiful galaxy and space thread

[earlyriser]

There must be so many aliens out there, far more intelligent than us, we must be simply like a field of sheep

 

[Rane1071]

Mars in conjunction with M8 and M20.
Location of photo,
Siding Spring Australia iTelesope

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Here is what to look forward this week in the sky :hatsoff:

Can't wait to see Venus!

http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week/2018/04/the-sky-this-week-for-april-6-to-15

 

[Rane1071]

The Sun Unleashed: ******* Filament in Ultraviolet

a.k.a the Sun just farted.

 

[Rane1071]

Messier 96

In this infrared and visible-light image from Hubble, the spiral galaxy M96 resembles a giant maelstrom of glowing gas, rippled with dark dust that swirls inward toward the nucleus. Its dust and gas are unevenly spread throughout its weak spiral arms, which are asymmetrical because of its gravitational interaction with neighboring galaxies. M96 is also remarkable for the location of its core, which is not exactly at the galactic center.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Well crap. My hosting page changed domains. What site is good for use so I don't get the switcheroo again?

And keep the galaxy rolling! Mainly Rane because he commandeered it lol

 

[Rane1071]

Supa put me on to http://abload.de/ a while back. It's in German, but it's easy to use and it's really good.

Well crap. My hosting page changed domains. What site is good for use so I don't get the switcheroo again?

And keep the galaxy rolling! Mainly Rane because he commandeered it lol

Love me some Spacey stuff.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Thank you! I'll check it out tomorrow and see what I can figure out on it.

 

[Rane1071]

About 70,000 light-years across, NGC 247 is a spiral galaxy smaller than our Milky Way. Measured to be only 11 million light-years distant it is nearby though. Tilted nearly edge-on as seen from our perspective, it dominates this telescopic field of view toward the southern constellation Cetus. The pronounced void on one side of the galaxy's disk recalls for some its popular name, the Needle's Eye galaxy. Many background galaxies are visible in this sharp galaxy portrait, including the remarkable string of four galaxies just below and left of NGC 247 known as Burbidge's Chain. Burbidge's Chain galaxies are about 300 million light-years distant. The deep image even reveals that the two leftmost galaxies in the chain are apparently interacting, joined by a faint bridge of material. NGC 247 itself is part of the Sculptor Group of galaxies along with the shiny spiral NGC 253.

 

[Rane1071]

This intriguing image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a massive galaxy cluster called PSZ2 G138.61-10.84, about six billion light-years away. Galaxies are not randomly distributed in space, but rather aggregated in groups, clusters and superclusters. The latter span over hundreds of millions of light-years and contain billions of galaxies.

Our own galaxy, for example, is part of the Local Group, which in turn is part of the giant Laniakea Supercluster. It was thanks to Hubble that we were able to study massive galactic superstructures such as the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall; a giant galaxy cluster that contains billions of galaxies and extends 10 billion light-years across — making it the biggest known structure in the Universe.

More on Super Clusters.

 

[Rane1071]

There's one point in the Earth's orbit where it's farthest from the sun, called aphelion. It'll happen this year on July 6, when the Earth will be 94.5 million miles from our star

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Raging Storm sweeps away galactic gas

 

[~~whimsy~~]

If you haven't already, you'll love this article Rane!

Researchers recreate the ice giants’ interiors
Uranus and Neptune are believed to contain superionic ice at pressure and temperatures not found on Earth.

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/04/researchers-recreate-the-ice-giants-interiors

 

[Rane1071]

This diagram shows the 100-million-year-long trajectory of the Smith Cloud as it arcs out of the plane of our Milky Way galaxy and then returns like a boomerang. Hubble Space Telescope measurements show that the cloud came out of a region near the edge of the galaxy's disk of stars 70 million years ago. The cloud is now stretched into the shape of a comet by gravity and gas pressure. Following a ballistic path, the cloud will fall back into the disk and trigger new star formation 30 million years from now.

Smith's Cloud is a high-velocity cloud of hydrogen gas located in the constellation Aquila at Galactic coordinates l = 39°, b = −13°. The cloud was discovered in 1963 by Gail Bieger, née Smith.

If you haven't already, you'll love this article Rane!

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/04/researchers-recreate-the-ice-giants-interiors

Mmm! Science boner!

 

[Rane1071]

The dark dusty Keyhole Nebula gets its name from its unusual shape. Officially designated NGC 3324, the Keyhole Nebula is a smaller region superposed on the larger Eta Carina Nebula. These nebulae were created by the dying star Eta Carina, which is prone to violent outbursts during its final centuries.

 

[Rane1071]

This infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix Nebula. The nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, belongs to a class of objects called planetary nebulae.

 

[Rane1071]

Eclipse from the ISS.



"Galactic pearl".

NGC 4921 is a barred spiral galaxy in the **** Cluster, located in the constellation **** Berenices. It is about 320 million light-years from Earth.

 

[Rane1071]

Come on in and have a cup of tea, Whims.

 

[Rane1071]

 

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