The seven-member Expedition 65 crew gathered for a portrait inside the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/3uXKA3y

“There’s something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.” – Ken Kesey

“All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.” – John Stuart Mill

Slide your telescope just east of the Lagoon Nebula to find this alluring field of view in the rich starfields of the constellation Sagittarius toward the central Milky Way. Of course the Lagoon nebula is also known as M8, the eighth object listed in Charles Messier’s famous catalog of bright nebulae and star clusters. Close […]

AM Showers today! With a high of 14C and a low of 14C. 93 Humidity. 10 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

This artist’s conception illustrates a Jupiter-like planet alone in the dark of space, floating freely without a parent star. via NASA https://ift.tt/2YmNPpr

“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” – Gertrude Jekyll

“One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.” – Jean Cocteau

Where do the dark streams of dust in the Orion Nebula originate? This part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, M43, is the often imaged but rarely mentioned neighbor of the more famous M42. M42, seen in part to the upper right, includes many bright stars from the Trapezium star cluster. M43 is itself a […]

Showers today! With a high of 13C and a low of 13C. 82 Humidity. 11 C currently. 14 Km/h Wind from Southwest.