Η διαστημική φωτογραφία της ημέρας - Αρχείο

[Xenios]

Γαλαξίας με το ταιριαστό όνομα Somprero με υπέρυθρη λήψη.

Credits & Copyright : Steward Obs.) et al., SSC, JPL,Caltech, NASA

[mystakid]

ο μεξικάνος... πούναι λίγο πιο κάτω κοιμισμένος... φαίνεται με υπεριώδεις...

[Μηδεν_ενα]

Αρχική Δημοσίευση από mystakid ο μεξικάνος... πούναι λίγο πιο κάτω κοιμισμένος... φαίνεται με υπεριώδεις...

[CORSAIR]

Αρχική Δημοσίευση από mystakid ο μεξικάνος... πούναι λίγο πιο κάτω κοιμισμένος... φαίνεται με υπεριώδεις...

ΈΓΡΑΨΕΣ!!!! ΧΑΧΑΧΑ

[Xenios]

Η θαυμάσια ουρά του κομήτη MC Naught

Credits & Copyright : Robert H. McNaught

Πηγή : Astronomy Picture of the Day

[kostman]

Με μια λέξη ¨"καταπληκτική"

[Xenios]

The Milky Way Over Paranal

Credit & Copyright: Stéphane Guisard (Los Cielos de Chile)

Πηγή : Astronomy Picture of the Day

[Xenios]

Μια ψυχεδελική φωτογραφία του Κρόνου με τους δακτυλίους στο πίσω μέρος.

Η φωτογραφία ελήφθη από απόσταση 822.000 χιλιομέτρων.

Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Πηγή NASA.gov

[Xenios]

Orion's Cradle
Credit & Copyright Tony Hallas (Όπως θα καταλάβατε είναι Έλληνας.)

Επεξήγηση: Cradled in glowing hydrogen, stellar nurseries in Orion lie at the edge of a giant molecular cloud some 1,500 light-years away. This breath-taking view spans about 13 degrees across the center of the well-known constellation with the Great Orion Nebula, the closest large star forming region, just right of center. The deep mosaic also includes (left of center), the Horsehead Nebula, the Flame Nebula, and Orion's belt stars. Image data acquired with a hydrogen alpha filter adds other remarkable features to this wide angle cosmic vista -- pervasive tendrils of energized atomic hydrogen gas and portions of the surrounding Barnard's Loop. While the Orion Nebula and belt stars are easy to see with the unaided eye, emission from the extensive interstellar gas is faint and much harder to record, even in telescopic views of the nebula-rich complex.

Πηγή : Astronomy Picture of the Day

(Σχόλιο : Προτίμησα να αφήσω το αγγλικό κείμενο γιατί μερικούς όρους ίσως να τους μετέφραζα λάθος)

[Xenios]

The Star Clusters of NGC 1313
Credit NASA, ESA, Anne Pellerin (STScI)

Explanation: Like grains of sand on a cosmic beach, individual stars of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1313 are resolved in this sharp composite from the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The inner region of the galaxy is pictured, spanning about 10,000 light-years. Hubble's unique ability to distinguish individual stars in the 14 million light-year distant galaxy has been used to unravel the fate of star clusters whose bright young stars are spread through the disk of the galaxy as the clusters dissolve. The exploration of stars and clusters in external galaxy NGC 1313 offers clues to star formation and star cluster evolution in our own Milky Way.

Πηγή : Astronomy Picture of the Day

[Xenios]

Castle and Sky
Credit & Copyright Paco Bellido

Explanation: While Comet McNaught ruled southern skies, last week's conjunction of the Moon and Venus could be enjoyed by denizens of both hemispheres of planet Earth. The two more commonly viewed celestial beacons produced this lovely twilight scene, recorded last Saturday in skies above Almodovar near Cordoba in southern Spain. Brilliant Venus and a slender crescent Moon seem to overlook the small town, along with a well-lit Castle Almodovar. The impressive castle's construction began in the 700s on the strategic site of a Roman fort. It was extensively restored in the 20th century.

Πηγή : Astronomy Picture of the Day

[Xenios]

Υπερίων το φεγγάρι του Κρόνου με τους παράξενους κρατήρες. Φωτογραφία από το διαστημόπλοιο Cassini.

Credits & Copyright : Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA

Πηγή : Astronomy Picture of the Day

[Liria]

Σαν θαλασσινός οργανισμός, δεν μοιάζει;

[Xenios]

Αρχική Δημοσίευση από Liria Σαν θαλασσινός οργανισμός, δεν μοιάζει;

Σαν ελαφρόπετρα ίσως :-)

[Xenios]

Movie: A Green Flash Italy

Credit & Copyright: Danilo Pivato (Beyond the Moon)

Explanation: How could the Sun turn green? Difficult to observe, the momentary green flash above the rising or setting sun has been documented as a phenomenon caused by the atmospheric bending or refraction of sunlight. Like a weak prism, the Earth's atmosphere breaks white sunlight into colors, bending red colors slightly and green and blue colors through increasingly larger angles. When the sky is clear, agreen flash just above the sun's edge can sometimes be seen for a second or so, when the sun is close to a distant horizon. Still, from a site atop Mt. Autore (altitude 1,850 meters) in Italy astrophotographer Danilo Pivato captured this dramatic green flash movie. The time between frames varies from over one minute in the beginning to about one second as the flash becomes visible.

Πηγή : Astronomy Picture of the Day

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