Just wanted to share some photos from my most recent trip.
I went out to do some mapping for the Galactic Mapping Community Project (link in sig).
I headed down the Orion Spur, out to the Statue of Liberty, past Eta Carina and out to NGC-3199 then out to the tip of the spur to do a research survey on the pink spots at the end of the spur. Finally I had a paint job waiting for me at home so I came back down the rimward side of the spur to return to civilized space (where I was promptly shot at).
Heres some pretty shots for you all along with some captions. Stay tuned til the end for a tragic love story.:
Earthlike
Barnards loop, witch head and distant galaxies group up for me
Helium Giant...
...and another
At the jump-in I couldnt figure out why I couldnt see any stars, then I realized I was about to get crushed by this dark gas giant which was orbiting at a fast pace straight at me.
Getting artistic here the gas giant was helpful with its color palette.
Couldn't resist. Come on FDev give us bumper stickers and decals.
Pic used for my sig
Another earthlike near NGC-3199
A pretty ring system
NGC-3199 with guest appearance by the magellanic clouds.
Cool surface texture
Looking at an ice belted giant from a nearby neighbor with similar fashion sense.
This trinary system lined right up for me
and a wallpaper version
Another earth like
Color coordinating Type 1 Giant and its rocky moon
Eta Carina from a nearby asteroid belt
Another shot of Eta Carina
More pretty wall paper
Obligatory black hole lensing shot
Even the stars know this litterbox system is a load of .
Eta Carina posing dramatically
and again, looking like a hand or some kind of spider grabbing at the stars
Decided to drop into a star belt, immediately the prox warnings and buzzers started going off. Then the sound of scraping metal and sizzling shields alerted me that this asteroid was about to murder me. I dropped in right under it.
Another pretty in-ring shot
Ice caps, clusters, nebulas and galaxies, what more could you want?
I love the shadow against the ice here.
Not sure if the ice or the cluster is prettier here.
Parked to have lunch
More parking to admire the cluster
Im retiring here to this island.
Ammonia world outside the statue of liberty.
Space time gets a little broken near this black hole.
Another pretty trinary group shot
Selfie with big bright Eta Carinae
A very green ammonia life gas giant
Nearby planets like this always make good photos
396 moon mass belt! Rocks everywhere.
Another earthlike and its little moon
Ammonia world
Just a pretty riceball and some colorful lights.
Storms all over this water world
I love the red giants
And now for a tragic love story... meet Shapley 1A, a wolf rayet star that is 7.46 billion years old.
Shapley 1A is dieing, it has blown off its outer layers and ionized them forming the Fine Ring planetary Nebula. It is coming to the end of its life in the galaxy, but it is not alone...
...Its only companion, Shapley 1B is a smaller K type star, who has made the distinctive ring shape of the Fine Ring Nebula with its orbit. As a stable long lived K star, Shapley 1B will live to see the death of its old binary partner. The two of them circle one another out here, alone in their last moments together.
(if this is not scientifically accurate, at least its a good sad story)
A pretty transparent ring set, that's the Shapley couple in the distance to the lower left.
Finally an obligatory sunrise shot
...and one last really cool set of rings.
Thanks for looking!
I went out to do some mapping for the Galactic Mapping Community Project (link in sig).
I headed down the Orion Spur, out to the Statue of Liberty, past Eta Carina and out to NGC-3199 then out to the tip of the spur to do a research survey on the pink spots at the end of the spur. Finally I had a paint job waiting for me at home so I came back down the rimward side of the spur to return to civilized space (where I was promptly shot at).
Heres some pretty shots for you all along with some captions. Stay tuned til the end for a tragic love story.:
Earthlike
Barnards loop, witch head and distant galaxies group up for me
Helium Giant...
...and another
At the jump-in I couldnt figure out why I couldnt see any stars, then I realized I was about to get crushed by this dark gas giant which was orbiting at a fast pace straight at me.
Getting artistic here the gas giant was helpful with its color palette.
Couldn't resist. Come on FDev give us bumper stickers and decals.
Pic used for my sig
Another earthlike near NGC-3199
A pretty ring system
NGC-3199 with guest appearance by the magellanic clouds.
Cool surface texture
Looking at an ice belted giant from a nearby neighbor with similar fashion sense.
This trinary system lined right up for me
and a wallpaper version
Another earth like
Color coordinating Type 1 Giant and its rocky moon
Eta Carina from a nearby asteroid belt
Another shot of Eta Carina
More pretty wall paper
Obligatory black hole lensing shot
Even the stars know this litterbox system is a load of .
Eta Carina posing dramatically
and again, looking like a hand or some kind of spider grabbing at the stars
Decided to drop into a star belt, immediately the prox warnings and buzzers started going off. Then the sound of scraping metal and sizzling shields alerted me that this asteroid was about to murder me. I dropped in right under it.
Another pretty in-ring shot
Ice caps, clusters, nebulas and galaxies, what more could you want?
I love the shadow against the ice here.
Not sure if the ice or the cluster is prettier here.
Parked to have lunch
More parking to admire the cluster
Im retiring here to this island.
Ammonia world outside the statue of liberty.
Space time gets a little broken near this black hole.
Another pretty trinary group shot
Selfie with big bright Eta Carinae
A very green ammonia life gas giant
Nearby planets like this always make good photos
396 moon mass belt! Rocks everywhere.
Another earthlike and its little moon
Ammonia world
Just a pretty riceball and some colorful lights.
Storms all over this water world
I love the red giants
And now for a tragic love story... meet Shapley 1A, a wolf rayet star that is 7.46 billion years old.
Shapley 1A is dieing, it has blown off its outer layers and ionized them forming the Fine Ring planetary Nebula. It is coming to the end of its life in the galaxy, but it is not alone...
...Its only companion, Shapley 1B is a smaller K type star, who has made the distinctive ring shape of the Fine Ring Nebula with its orbit. As a stable long lived K star, Shapley 1B will live to see the death of its old binary partner. The two of them circle one another out here, alone in their last moments together.
(if this is not scientifically accurate, at least its a good sad story)
A pretty transparent ring set, that's the Shapley couple in the distance to the lower left.
Finally an obligatory sunrise shot
...and one last really cool set of rings.
Thanks for looking!
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