Space Contents Archive

M81, Bodes Galaxy

The supernova goes pop

So most people interested know Betelguese is dying and sometime in the near future(on a stars timeline) will likely go supernova. I was curious if there's estimations of the amount of energy that will be produced and/or the luminosity that will occur. Esoteric question, I know, haven't found any data on it yet. I thought I saw something that said it would be several times brighter than the moon. Idk if that accurate though.

North America & Pelican Nebulae

Charon: Moon of Pluto

Time Lapse video from wide field telescope, may 30 2023. What is that at 41 seconds?? Discarded fairing?

"Nutcracker ship". Fantasy about ways to mine ores in space by me. Blender, 2023

Hawking's revised theory Predict Universal Evaporation, New study

Saturn and 7 moons from this morning

Pinwheel Supernova From My Backyard [OC]

Sunset through binoculars and iPhone

Little moon

[ESA] 20th anniversary composite image taken by the HRSC camera on Mars Express

New Telescope owner issue

Hello guys ! I recently bought a **Sky-Watcher 130m** as a first telescope and after beginning to get to know the EQ2 mount i ran into a issue regarding the R.A scale on the mount itself. So basically the metal plate itself is moving freely (left to right see picture) and i am not sure if its a defect or its supposed to be like that. As a machinist I know scales are stationary and move relative to a surface, but i don't know if it is different into the astronomy world. I've watched a couple of videos and read all the manuals but nothing mentions if the R.A scale is supposed to move or not. I know when setting up you gotta start from polaris but i dont know if you are supposed to reset the scale to 0 then or something like that. Many thanks in advance. https://preview.redd.it/s1wvg8nfvt3b1.png?width=639&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=33a8ea906be0d16ec8b32a17f9a3f9ff0e35be3f

Could Supermassive Stars Explain How This Galaxy Got Its Nitrogen?

Stephen Hawking's most famous prediction could mean that everything in the universe is doomed to evaporate, new study says