Space Contents Archive

The Milky Way Core behind a 5,000 years old tree in California

This sparkling new Hubble image shows the brilliant globular cluster M14. Home to over 150,000 stars, M14 played host to a nova in 1938. A nova is a sudden stellar eruption where a star’s brightness increases by a factor of 10,000 in just a few days: https://t.co/oU3xNvQc6F https://t.co/eymCOt9gd7

Maat Mons, a volcano on Venus that has shown signs of a recent eruption, is in the black square near the planet’s equator in this annotated, computer-simulated global map of Venus’ surface.

Mars Sample Return cost growth threatens other science missions

Spring begins tomorrow at 5:42 p.m. EDT. That's the moment of the equinox, when the center of the Sun crosses the equator heading north for the warm months. The equinox is when the Sun is up for 12 hours. It's also when the Sun rises due east. https://t.co/jJWxnaX4n0 https://t.co/FxpH9eqi7w

The Milky Way core rising, 40 minutes from our capital city in New Zealand.

This is a blend of 10 minutes of tracked and stacked exposures (10*60") with a foreground image from a cool spot called *Devil's Gate* outside of Wellington city. I took this with a Nikon Z6a and blended it in Photoshop.

A chilly evening at Hobbs Cabin - Savage Gulf State Natural Area, TN (5246x7864) (OC)

M13 : The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

The Perseverance rover captured something exciting zipping across the surface of Mars! ⬇️ https://t.co/oDa6eGzaR6 https://t.co/kTKRqFoAkL

Second attempt at M45 - The Pleiades (Seven Sisters)

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion spacecraft aboard, was rolled out to the launch pad for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center one year ago this week. SLS's 4 mile journey on the crawler-transporter to 39B took over 10 hours. 📷: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani https://t.co/WRyy1SX1Fk

Watch a 4K replay of Tuesday's launch of a Falcon 9 carrying Cargo Dragon on a space station resupply mission: https://t.co/l19GvmjpCn

The Messier Catalog is a resource that includes many astronomical sights from the northern hemisphere. We’re sharing new Hubble images of Messier objects so you can “stargaze” from your screen. Join us for a mini #MessierMarathon, no matter where you are! https://t.co/bCASpaO3Ck

Telescope recommendations.

So my 10y old son is interested in space and astronomy and i would like to get him a telescope thats capable of viewing Saturn and Jupiter. My problem is I get lost in the weeds when looking up telescope types and sizes. Also I have no idea if a brand is any good or if I need a $500 telescope or a $2000 to get a good view of these planets. To those who have been there done that, i would like to get pointed in the right direction. Thanks.

Fort Worth Astronomical Society Messier Marathon Virtual Star Party - Saturday March 25, 2023

Tentative date for the FWAS Messier Marathon Virtual Star Party, pending the weather. I plan on starting at 8:00pm CDT. Charles Messier was a French comet hunter in the 1700s, who found a great many objects in the night sky that were interesting, but not the comets he wanted. Instead, he found galaxies, nebulae, and clusters, some of the brightest and best objects we can see with a small telescope. We call this list the Messier Catalog, after him. A Messier Marathon is an attempt to view all 110 Messier objects in a single night. This is possible only in a small window in March, from sunset to sunrise. W will try and see as many objects as possible from a dark sky location. [https://youtube.com/live/v0IDcDiRXsI](https://youtube.com/live/v0IDcDiRXsI)