Sometimes both heaven and Earth erupt. Colorful auroras erupted unexpectedly a few years ago, with green aurora appearing near the horizon and brilliant bands of red aurora blooming high overhead. A bright Moon lit the foreground of this picturesque scene, while familiar stars could be seen far in the distance. With planning, the careful astrophotographer […]
Showers today! With a high of 8C and a low of 8C. 67 Humidity. 9 C currently. 18 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
“I am an artist… I am here to live out loud.” – Emile Zola
“For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature’s finest balm.” – Edwin Way Teale
The spiky stars in the foreground of this backyard telescopic frame are well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. But the two eye-catching galaxies lie far beyond the Milky Way, at a distance of over 300 million light-years. Their distorted appearance is due to gravitational tides as the pair engage in close encounters. Cataloged as […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 8C and a low of 8C. 60 Humidity. 5 C currently. 23 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover landed on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021, and took this selfie over a rock nicknamed “Rochette,” on Sept. 10, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/m0Tkxh7
“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” – Winston Churchill
“Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers – and never succeeding.” – Gian Carlo Menotti
Galactic or open star clusters are young. The swarms of stars are born together near the plane of the Milky Way, but their numbers steadily dwindle as cluster members are ejected by galactic tides and gravitational interactions. Caught in this telescopic frame over three degrees across are three good examples of galactic star clusters, seen […]