Rain today! With a high of 14C and a low of 14C. 90 Humidity. 13 C currently. 18 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

“When I have a terrible need of – shall I say the word – religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.” – Vincent Van Gogh

“A great artist is always before his time or behind it.” – George Edward Moore

This pretty nebula lies some 1,500 light-years away, its shape and color in this telescopic view reminiscent of a robin’s egg. The cosmic cloud spans about 3 light-years, nestled securely within the boundaries of the southern constellation Fornax. Recognized as a planetary nebula, egg-shaped NGC 1360 doesn’t represent a beginning though. Instead it corresponds to […]

PM Showers today! With a high of 22C and a low of 22C. 98 Humidity. 12 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

The glittering, glitzy contents of the globular cluster NGC 6652 sparkle in this star-studded image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/GrZbnIQ

“To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.” – E. M. Forster

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” – Henry David Thoreau

A Full Moon rose as the Sun set on August 1. Near perigee, the closest point in its almost moonthly orbit, the brighter than average lunar disk illuminated night skies around planet Earth as the second supermoon of 2023. Seen here above Ragusa, Sicily, cloud banks cast diverging shadows through the supermoonlit skies, creating dramatic […]

Rain today! With a high of 17C and a low of 17C. 85 Humidity. 14 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.