Nine days ago, two quite different sky icons were imaged rising together. Specifically, Earth’s Moon shared the eastern sky with the sister stars of the Pleiades cluster, as viewed from Alberta, Canada. Astronomical images of the well-known Pleiades often show the star cluster’s alluring blue reflection nebulas, but here they are washed-out by the orange […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 28C and a low of 28C. 96 Humidity. 18 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from South.
Why is there a triangle hovering over the Sun? Although the shape is unusual, the type of structure is not: it is part of an evolving solar prominence. Looping magnetic fields on the Sun channel the flow of energetic particles, sometimes holding glowing gaseous structures aloft for months. A prominence glows brightly because it contains […]
Thunderstorms today! With a high of 24C and a low of 24C. 92 Humidity. 18 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Why does Saturn appear so big? It doesn’t — what is pictured are foreground clouds on Earth crossing in front of the Moon. The Moon shows a slight crescent phase with most of its surface visible by reflected Earthlight, known as Da Vinci glow. The Sun directly illuminates the brightly lit lunar crescent from the […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 29C and a low of 29C. 86 Humidity. 19 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from East.
Galaxies of the NGC 7771 Group are featured in this intriguing skyscape. Some 200 million light-years distant toward the constellation Pegasus, NGC 7771 is the large, edge-on spiral near center, about 75,000 light-years across, with two smaller galaxies below it. Large spiral NGC 7769 is seen face-on to the right. Galaxies of the NGC 7771 […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 31C and a low of 31C. 86 Humidity. 19 C currently. 10 Km/h Wind from Northeast.
NASA T-38s fly in formation above the Space Launch System rocket on Launch Pad 39B. via NASA https://ift.tt/o29SvlN
The Moon’s south pole is toward the top left of this detailed telescopic moonscape. Captured on August 23, it looks across the rugged southern lunar highlands. The view’s foreshortened perspective heightens the impression of a dense field of craters and makes the craters themselves appear more oval shaped close to the lunar limb. Prominent near […]