This time lapse video masterpiece was shot by a graduate astronomy major, Sean Goebel, from University of Hawaii. 7 days' long short of the Mauna Kea Observatory where he works. So fascinated by the robotic moves of those Observatories, with the laser ray pointing to the galaxy...Feeling Unreal. Mind blown. Please watch.
Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts
Monday, December 23, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Your Own Satellite
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Amazing Photo Courtesy of Hubble Telescope
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a spectacular new image of an iconic nebula to celebrate its 23 years of peering deep into the heavens.
The Hubble observatory, which launched on April 24, 1990, captured the Horsehead Nebula in infrared light, peering through obscuring veils of dust to reveal the object's hidden features.
"The result is a rather ethereal and fragile-looking structure, made of delicate folds of gas -- very different to the nebula's appearance in visible light," mission officials wrote in an image description today (April 19). The new observations allowed astronomers to create a dazzling video of the Horsehead Nebula based on Hubble's photos.
The Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33, is located about 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion (The Hunter). The Horsehead is a huge interstellar cloud of gas and dust, like other nebulae, and the light from a nearby star gives it a beautiful glow.
The object is a popular observing target, and Hubble has taken numerous Horsehead photos over the years -- including in 2001, to celebrate the telescope's 11-year anniversary.
The Horsehead's dramatic pillar is made of sterner stuff than the clouds surrouding the nebula, which have already dissipated. But the pillar will disintegrate as well in another 5 million years or so, astronomers say, and the Horsehead will go the way of the dodo.
The Hubble Space Telescope is perhaps best known for its photos in visible light. But the telescope's Wide Field Camera 3, which was installed by spacewalking astronauts in 2009, also takes crisp images in infrared wavelengths, researchers said.
Hubble, a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, has made more than 1 million science observations since its 1990 launch, and it's still going strong. NASA announced last month that it had extended the telescope's science operations through April 2016.
NASA's highly anticipated successor to Hubble, the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope, is slated to blast off in 2018. JWST is optimized to view in infrared light.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
A Close Call Today in Russia!
The pictures coming out of the incident that took place in Russia are amazing. It provides us with a rare view of how vulnerable we are as specie. This was a very close call and another one will pass us later on today.
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Monday, August 06, 2012
Rover Landing on Mars
Today was a historic day for NASA. Here is the video explaining why today was important for NASA and scientists rejoicing this event.
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012
The Outer Space and Our Planet
Besides Politics, one of my favorite hobbies is reading about Astrophysics. This clip from MSNBC is amazing. I am going to try to travel to this place in the near future. But the questions that this clips rise is the type of questions that I have always had. Enjoy!!
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