Astronomy Photo Album

Interplanetary Highway

Serge — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:52:33 GMT

From: http://www.brighthub.com/science/space/articles/37154.aspx?p=2

Gullies and Flow Features on Crater Wall

idea1407 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:14:15 GMT

From MRO 11/25/2009 http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/gallery/press/20091125a.html >"This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a sample of the variety and complexity of processes that may occur on the walls of Martian craters, well after the impact crater formed. "<

Quasar HE0450-2958

idea1407 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:14:20 GMT

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/background/ >"Quasars have been so elusive and mysterious that the hunt to define them would have taxed even the superior analytical skills of detective Sherlock Holmes. Since their discovery in 1963, astronomers have been trying to crack the mystery of how these compact dynamos of light and other radiation, which lie at the outer reaches of the universe, produce so much energy. Quasars are no larger than our solar system but outshine galaxies of hundreds of billions of stars. These light beacons have left trails of evidence and plenty of clues, but scientists have only just begun to understand their behavior. Astronomers using Hubble tracked down the "homes" of quasars to the centers of faraway galaxies. Hubble's observations bolstered the idea that quasars are powered by a gush of radiation unleashed by black holes in the cores of these galaxies. "<

Bow Shock

Serge — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:52 GMT

From: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia12375.html

Cresent Earth

idea1407 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:42:49 GMT

From ESA's Rosetta Spacecraft.

Saturn eclipses the Sun

Nolen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:59:58 GMT

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=59247082&page=2

Armada

Serge — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:56:44 GMT

From: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2343

LCROSS MIR image

idea1407 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:07:55 GMT

Sodium flash detected with the mid infrared camera. from: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/multimedia/index.html

LCROSS Target

idea1407 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:02:47 GMT

LCROSS impact crater as seen with the near infrared camera. from: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/multimedia/index.html

Saturn's Infrared Ring

Serge — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:25:53 GMT

Ffrom: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/spitzer-20091007a.html

Butterfly Nebula

idea1407 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:52:41 GMT

Butterfly Emerges from Stellar Demise in Planetary Nebula NGC 6302

Something slams thru Saturn's "F" ring

Tom — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:11:42 GMT

Perfect alignment of the transient object with the ring combined with the timing + camera angle of this snapshot makes this event especially interesting I think. Details are at JPL in Cassini images Search for: "Punching through the F Ring"

Hubble with new eyes

idea1407 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:48:57 GMT

Ok what do you see here? Shall we play I spy?

Earth and Moon

idea1407 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:09:06 GMT

As seen from LCROSS

Jupiter hit

idea1407 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:25:26 GMT

Black mark on Jupiter for 2009

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Manjushri — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:53:58 GMT

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For Size Comparison

Manjushri — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:59:55 GMT

July 4th Sun Spot MDI Map... Used for Size Comparison of COR2 Behind Satellite Image Feed...