Friday, April 17, 2015

4.4 apod

In this picture toy an see the dust in the Carina nebula. The energetic light and winds evaporates and disperses dusty stellar nurseries. This one is located in the Carina nebula and is know as he mystic mountain. These are composed mostly from gas bust also clear hydrogen gas. Dust pillars such as these are actually much thinner than air and only appear as mountains due to relatively small amounts of opaque interstellar dust. This picture is about 7500 light years away. 
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4.3 apod

these stars are born together near the plane of the Milky Way.  Their numbers steadily dwindle as cluster members are ejected by galactic tides and gravitational interactions. Located about 5,000 light-years away toward the constellation puppis, M46 also seems to contain contradictions to its youthful status. In the picture you can see the planetary nebual NGC 2438 also you can see PK231. . Planetary nebulae are a brief, final phase in the life of a sun-like star a billion years old or more.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015

4.2 apod

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In this picture you are seeing a total solar eclipse. The suns corona is captured beautifully in this picture. This picture is a composite of 29 telescopic images and it covers a wide range of exposure.  It was captured in Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard during the suns solar eclipse on March 20th. On April 4th there will be a total lunar eclipse. 

4.1 apod

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In this picture you can see the own and the galaxy. They are beneath the big dipper. It light shines 10 million light years away. The owl is the inside of the Milky Way. The spiral galaxy lies on the end and it shows its vast amount of dust.