Sic Itur Ad Astra

 

[ourspaceisbeautiful]

M106 - The galaxy without an interesting name : evwark || ourspaceisbeautiful.tumblr.com

[leo-africanus]

To do:

Start referring to professors as “dawg” just to see what happens.

[purposeovercomfort]

[waiste]

[ohh-c0mely]

Mountain Flowers by threepinner

[fredtougas]

Gold dust

[sixpenceee]

[milfairyravani]

[gardsater]

[thealienemily]

[vhspositive]

[yennyfromthebl0ck]

[leo-africanus]

Alas, poor enormous Korean shaved ice dessert.

[thewriterkb]

[astronomicalwonders]

Andromeda in Infrared

This image of the Andromeda galaxy in infrared is the sharpest image ever taken of the dust in another spiral galaxy when it was taken. This image reveals the delicate tracings of spiral arms that reach into the very center of the galaxy. The fiery plumes of red contain millions of stars trapped within the dust that creates them.

Credit: NASA/JPL/Spitzer

Follow @ piepieninja on twitter for quick space news!

[thetimeandspaceblog]

The Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the best known planetary nebulae in the sky. Its more familiar outlines are seen in the brighter central region of the nebula in this impressive wide-angle view. But the composite image combines many short and long exposures to also reveal an extremely faint outer halo. At an estimated distance of 3,000 light-years, the faint outer halo is over 5 light-years across. Planetary nebulae have long been appreciated as a final phase in the life of a sun-like star. More recently, some planetary nebulae are found to have halos like this one, likely formed of material shrugged off during earlier episodes in the star’s evolution. While the planetary nebula phase is thought to last for around 10,000 years, astronomers estimate the age of the outer filamentary portions of this halo to be 50,000 to 90,000 years. Visible on the left, some 50 million light-years beyond the watchful planetary nebula, lies spiral galaxy NGC 6552.

Object Names: Cat’s Eye Nebula, NGC 6543

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: Josh Smith (Via Nasa)

Time And Space

[avgustaoktavia]