4.6 apod

The Messenger spacecraft has been orbiting mercury for the past 4 years. It has transferred its data back to earth through radio waves.  As you can see in the picture the gravitational anomalies are shown in false color.  red indicated areas of higher gravity. the center is caloris basin an feature measuring about 1500 kilometers across. Messenger completed it mission and thus crashed into mercury's' surface.

4.5 apod

 In this picture it is showing the moon rise over a volcanoe. this picture was taken in hawaii. Hawaii has some of the best observatories in the world. The moon just past the full phase giving it its look.  The moon is rising in a triangular shadow cone of the volcano, a corridor of darkness. The light is refracted through earths atmosphere making the moon appear oval shape. Also you can see the cinder cones from the eruptions of the volcanoes on the foreground .

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. 

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.

4.2 apod

 

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 20^th. On April 4^th there will be a total lunar eclipse. 

4.1 apod

 

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.

3.8 apod

March 17/18 you can see the northern lights in someone backyard in Vallentuna Sweden. Vallentuna is about 30 kilometers north of Stockholm. This is one of the strongest geomagnetic storm of this solar cycle. They began watching 2 days before when a coronal mass ejection happened. This backyard observatory is amazing and very unique. The name of this observatory is Carpe Noctem.