At the core of the Crab Nebula lies a city-sized, magnetized neutron star spinning 30 times a second. Known as the Crab Pulsar, it is the bright spot in the center of the gaseous swirl at the nebula’s core. About twelve light-years across, the spectacular picture frames the glowing gas, cavities and swirling filaments near […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 26C and a low of 26C. 79 Humidity. 12 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from South.
“If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.” – Francois Rabelais
“I shut my eyes in order to see.” – Paul Gauguin
Heading for its closest approach to the Sun, or perihelion, on December 19 comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) remains a sight for telescopic observers as it sweeps through planet Earth’s skies in the constellation Scorpius. The comet currently sports a greenish coma, long whitish dust tail, and short ion tail in this deep image from August […]
Showers today! With a high of 22C and a low of 22C. 76 Humidity. 19 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
A paddlewheeler makes its way up the Mississippi River as the moon rises over New Orleans on Sunday evening, Aug. 22, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/j31JnDG
“A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.” – Michael Pollan
“Every good painter paints what he is.” – Jackson Pollock
Saturn is the most distant planet of the Solar System easily visible to the unaided eye. With this extraordinary, long-term astro-imaging project begun in 1993, you can follow the ringed gas giant for one Saturn year as it wanders once around the ecliptic plane, finishing a single orbit around the Sun by 2022. Constructed from […]