Astronomy / Space Galaxy in pictures

DobrijZmej · Mar 5, 2013

Today there are so many beautiful photographs or drawings of the galaxy.
Are invited to share in this thread is not only beautiful, but also instructive materials that illustrate the huge world in which we live.

Susimetsa · Mar 5, 2013

That's a very nice image set!

FrogsFriend · Mar 5, 2013

Get an idea of the scale of the universe, from the smallest to the largest:

http://htwins.net/scale2/

DobrijZmej · Mar 5, 2013

FrogsFriend said:
Get an idea of the scale of the universe, from the smallest to the largest:

http://htwins.net/scale2/

Wow! Great, thanks for the link!

Ian Phillips · Mar 5, 2013

I have this link, which I regularly (not daily) peruse:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

Any pictures that I like, I save, and they get added to my screensaver.

Edit: Excuse me - I just have to take 15 mins off to look at all the new pictures

DobrijZmej · Mar 5, 2013

Ian Phillips said:
I have this link, which I regularly (not daily) peruse:

Thank you again !
I'm subscribe to their rss-feed =)

kenwshmt · Mar 7, 2013

I like this one

Zephon · Mar 12, 2013

FrogsFriend said:
Get an idea of the scale of the universe, from the smallest to the largest:

http://htwins.net/scale2/

That is not entirely accurate and I'm sure i've seen one of those that was a bit more accurate than that. The main example I can think of is that as your scrolling out you see the distance to alpha centauri and scroll out some more and a light year pops up followed by the oort cloud.

Now I'm pretty sure that alpha centauri is not inside the oort cloud and less than a light year from us (it is infact 4.5 light years away). That being said it does give a rough idea of the scale.

Just looked up the other one of these i've seen and it was the prequel to this. If you delete the number 2 out of the link it'll load the original which I think is more accurate in the scale but the pictures arent as nice.

Brian · Mar 12, 2013

FrogsFriend said:
Get an idea of the scale of the universe, from the smallest to the largest:

http://htwins.net/scale2/

It has the Minecraft world in it! I wonder if a later version will have the Elite Dangerous universe to scale?

Brian

DobrijZmej · Mar 12, 2013

kenwshmt said:
I like this one

2000 x 2000 px: http://i1.wp.com/www.canasanta.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/solarSystem1imageSCALED.png

DobrijZmej · Mar 12, 2013

These are the Last Close-up Images of the Moon Rhea from Cassini

Magma · Mar 12, 2013

What you can't see is the giant 9-iron swinging in behind it.

Kev "1412" Jameson · Mar 22, 2013

Mind = Blown

I watched the late, great Sir Patrick Moore on an episode of The Sky at Night, where he did something similar: comparing the size/mass of our own sun to those outer lying stars. It was utterly mind-boggling to comprehend then, and still is now :S

DobrijZmej · Mar 29, 2013

Views from the Solar System

NASA – A solar prominence began to bow out and the broke apart in a graceful, floating style in a little less than four hours (Mar. 16, 2013). The sequence was captured in extreme ultraviolet light. A large cloud of the particles appeared to hover further out above the surface before it faded away. Credit: Solar Dynamics Observatory/NASA

And video: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/gallery/assets/movies/March_prom.mpg

DobrijZmej · Mar 29, 2013

Two panoramas from Mars

Patrick_68000 · Mar 31, 2013

Zephon said:
That is not entirely accurate and I'm sure i've seen one of those that was a bit more accurate than that. The main example I can think of is that as your scrolling out you see the distance to alpha centauri and scroll out some more and a light year pops up followed by the oort cloud.

Now I'm pretty sure that alpha centauri is not inside the oort cloud and less than a light year from us (it is infact 4.5 light years away). That being said it does give a rough idea of the scale.

Just looked up the other one of these i've seen and it was the prequel to this. If you delete the number 2 out of the link it'll load the original which I think is more accurate in the scale but the pictures arent as nice.

psykokow · Mar 31, 2013

I thank ye... now Im off to eat one!! all this talk has got me hungry.. I have a really recent picture of Mars if you guys want to see it?

Alien · Mar 31, 2013

I'm waiting for the science bods to discover the sweetie solar system, with the chocolate planet, the digestive planet and the marshmallow moon.

psykokow · Mar 31, 2013

We have found a population of jelly babies... who's up for the away team?

Sorry sgt Sweettooth. you need to sit this one out!!

DobrijZmej · Apr 1, 2013

Flying Over the Earth at Night

Explanation: Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the International Space Station (ISS) and set to rousing music. Passing below are white clouds, orange city lights, lightning flashes in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas. On the horizon is the golden haze of Earth's thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras as the video progresses. The green parts of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the station flies right through the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges. The ominous wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn of the sunlit half of Earth, a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes.