Pluto and It's moon (Charon)



A Hubble view of the "Double Planet" Pluto and Charon. Pluto is to the left and Charon to the right. Because Charon is so close to Pluto, the two worlds are typically blurred together when viewed through ground-based telescopes.

solur eclipse

Space Shuttle Launch

Orion

A timed exposure of the Atlantis space shuttle.

The curvature is due to the shuttle travelling into space and moving downrange over the Earth's curvature.

Buzz Aldrin

The Sombrero Galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The large bulge in the centre is a supermassive black hole.
It can be easily be seen with amateur telescopes.

footprint off the moon

Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona

1.186 kilometers (.737 miles)
49,000 years old

Meteorite impact crater suspected created by the Canyon Diablo meteorite

Heres an interesting gif of two seperate photographs taken seconds apart merged together in a gif - notice how the flag doesnt move yet it appears to be blowing:

haha very intriguing

meteor shower

IIRC The us had to make it look like it was blowing as thats what people where used to seeing flags do.

No atmosphere on the moon = no wind.

buzz aldrin upackin the loner modual

woah...how fake does that look!

With these pics, I'm questioning if man ever landed on the moon, although I've always been doubtful

We never landed on the moon. Ye only have to watch the banned video that was made by Fox called "Did We Land On The Moon" to be re-assured that we didnt do it.

I used to had it on Divx about 2 or 3 years ago but can't seem to find it now.

I found the documentary on YouTube so ive started a new thread here to keep this thread on topic.

The Rosette Nebula - A huge cloud of glowing gas heated by stars created only a few million years ago when a giant molecular cloud collapsed.

the earth from the moon

The Spirit rover instructed to closely inspect some interesting rocks near the summit of Husband Hill, September 2005.

The Panoramic Camera captured the rover's Instrument Deployment Device above as it moved to get a closer look at an outcrop of rocks named Hillary.

Spirit, and its twin rover Opportunity, have been exploring Mars for more than three years.

International Space Station

The eighth planet from the Sun, Neptune was the first planet located through mathematical predictions rather than through regular observations of the sky.

Neptune was discovered in 1846. Seventeen days later, its largest moon, Triton, was also discovered.

Nearly 4.5 billion kilometers from the Sun, Neptune orbits the Sun once every 165 years, and therefore it has not quite made a full circle around the Sun since it was discovered. It is invisible to the naked eye because of its extreme distance from Earth.

Interestingly, due to Pluto's unusual elliptical orbit, Neptune is actually the farthest planet from the Sun for a 20-year period out of every 248 Earth years.

The Great Dark Spot is believed to be a storm similar to, but only half the size of, Jupiter's Great Red Spot. While Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been raging for at least 400 years, subsequent observations of Neptune's Great Dark Spot in 1994 by the Hubble Space Telescope revealed that this storm has since disappeared.

Neptune's clouds are driven by winds of 1,200 mph, the fastest winds of any planet in the Solar System.

Saturn

Space Shuttle

Curvature of the Earth from space

Ye want to know what time and space looks like:

The messy looking object stuck to the space shuttle is the Mir Space Station. Now back to earth, albeit somewhere in the south pacific. Long live the USSR!

A spacewalk to upgrade the international space station

Hubble Space Telescope

EDWIN POWELL HUBBLE



Edwin Hubble, by his inspired use of the largest telescope of his time, the 100 inch reflector on the Mount Wilson Observatory, revolutionized our knowledge of the size, structure, and properties of the universe. Hubble 's observations proved that galaxies are 'island universes". Hubble also outlined a classification system for galaxies that is still in use. His greatest discovery was the linear relationship between a galaxy's distance and the speed with which it is moving, known as the Hubble Constant.

CGI representation of the formation of a solar system.

Hale-Bopp Comet

the milky way

A supernova

A view from space shuttle

July 19, 2005
Hurricane Emily and the Moon

the moon from the north pole

Kris i think youve been had?
there's no water at the North Pole !
Well wet water.

its wat it said on google lol

Just down the road

wheres that then?

Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.

It was at one time the worlds largest radio telescope - not sure if it still is though.

Correct Stuy, it's the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank. When it was completed it was the worlds largest radio telescope, I think that honour now goes to the RATAN-600 in Russia, which towers over the Lovell with a 576M diameter compared to the Lovell's 76M.

There are actuallty a few telescopes at Jodrell Bank, and quite a few have been removed/dismantled over the years. The Lovell is the most famous though as its the biggest (the newer ones have been smaller as they found they don't need to go bigger to get better definition as was believed in the 50's and 60's) and also because during the "space race" it was used reguarly by the USSR to track their space probes.

the moon behind stonehenge (dono if it a real 1)

The earth under a Lunar eclipse!

The shadow of teh plume from the shuttle point straight towards the moon....

To be or not to be

Stuy, them pics are fookin amazin!

all nine planets

Shuttle Launch at Night

neat picture

great pics mate

love the night time launch pic and the one with the plume of smoke....they're top..

Atlantis(left) has just undocked from the International Space Station and moved about 200m away.

A view from the International Space Station

omg these pics are amazin!!!

you could say "Out of this World" lol

haha x

Northern Lights

Wot no "wispy clouds"

LoL

good pics

fantastic pics lads !

Streaming out from the center of the galaxy M87 like a cosmic searchlight is one of nature's most amazing phenomena, a black-hole-powered jet of electrons and other sub-atomic particles traveling at nearly the speed of light.

In this Hubble telescope image, the blue jet contrasts with the yellow glow from the combined light of billions of unseen stars and the yellow, point-like clusters of stars that make up this galaxy.

Lying at the center of M87, the monstrous black hole has swallowed up matter equal to 2 billion times our Sun's mass. M87 is 50 million light-years from Earth.

That picture kicks arse joe

intresting

3 Feb. 2006, SuitSat-1, an unneeded Russian Orlan spacesuit that was filled with old clothes and a radio transmitter, is released from the International Space Station to go into orbit around the Earth. Photo by the ISS Expedition 12 Crew, NASA.

ooo that 1 is a bit freakky hehe x

i will agree but puttin it context freaky aint the word lmao

id love to see how much rubbish is up there come to think of it. Got a great idea for a Rubbish tip.. Build a rocket to go into the atmosphere.. What do you get ?? Nothing cause it would of vaporised everything in its path ??

So its official then, after years and years of training
astronaut's also piss about when board.

I think i could be a space man then lol

The "Pillars of Creation" in the Eagle Nebula.

A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen gas and plasma.

Looks like day of the Triffids lol

As theres a snow and ice storm over the American Midwest atm, heres a snow storm from last year:

The picture was taken on September 17, 2006, less than an hour after Atlantis had undocked from the ISS. By capturing them in silhouette against the Sun, he could take such a short exposure that any atmospheric distortion was frozen out.

An image of the North Pole that captures the moon at its closest point and shows the sun below the moon


Unfortunately though, it is not a photograph.

The image is work by artist Inga Nielsen. The image, called "Hideaway" can be viewed on the artist's website.

The image was created using a scenery generator program called Terragen™

Heres a pic from 2004 of a lunar ecplipse.

Mars's Victoria Crater, an impact crater near the Martian equator, is approximately half a mile (800 meters) in diameter.

The Space Shuttle Discovery, riding atop a Boeing 747, makes its decent to Barksdale Air Force Base as it flies over I-20 in Bossier City August 19, 2005

Is that how they make baby planes ??????

May 19th 2007 - Lunar Eclipse with Venus.

Thats almost unreal that Joe, I like it!

Nice find

wow thats amazin looks like the footage at the begining of 1 of the films

A shooting star.

I saw one for the first time the other day, pretty amazing sight.

wow cool.... is it as obvious as that? or do i sound totally dumb there lol
!

yeah, pretty much but you only see it for about a second.

Its got to be a real clear night and you have to watch the sky for a while, but its worth it when you see one

gd shot, I seen one going from right to left back in 2007 an they are amazin!! hope i get to see a second one.

Lol I dont think I have the patience to sit there for hours waiting.

Think I caught a glimpse of one once years ago when me and me mates were camping out, not 100% sure however.

i saw a meteor shower years ago whwn i was camping with mates fro school. We sat in the field for hours watching them, its an amazing spectacle.....

Jupiter and one of its moons

The Orion nebula, seen above, is a nebula where stars are forming

thats spectacular joe....

did any 1 get any of the shuttley thing tother day?

that'll be the space station then hunny ...

Stunning pictures Joe.

I'm dying to say something like

What camera did you use for that one joe

The photo below was taken at 4:04 a.m. (local time in Arizona Time) from the Saguaro Astronomy Club — about halfway between Phoenix and Tucson. A Messier Marathon telescope was used to make this image showing the rising Milky Way seemingly adjacent to low clouds, which are being illuminated by light pollution from Tuscon. Note, the brilliant object at upper right is Jupiter.

Nice photo

Thats why i recon the street lights should switch off at midnight haha

wow this stuff blows my mind! These pictures are amazing tho

Picture looking east toward a glowing horizon across Tuggerah Lake on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Along with the crescent Moon, the picture captures (top to bottom) bright Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars.

This is one of my favourites - the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)The Helix Nebula in the constellation of Aquarius lies about 700 light-years away, spanning about 0.8 parsec or 2.5 light-years.
Also known as 'The Eye of God'.

seen it on tv today

like the eye of Sauron

yeeerrrrr this is my fav pic

ohhh

lol the wiki team lol

robbo

So here's my pennies worth.

Taken from my home a couple of years ago.


This one is 1 hour exposure! 'The Church Anchored To Earth'

fantasic pictures thanks

Your very welcome!

these were on boards round the albert dock last year i took a few pics think the tate might have put them there

Fantastic pictures Vanquished






The Moon and Venus rising together in the early morning sky on Wednesday 22nd April 2009

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http://www.gordonpoole.com/entertai...ght=201%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&ID=1681

Sorry - I read this wrong.

Brilliant pic Joe, love it

This early morning skyscape was captured last week on August 4th, looking northeast across calm waters in the Turn Basin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. In a striking contrast in motion, the space shuttle Discovery, mounted on a massive transporter, creeps toward launch pad 39A at less than two miles per hour, while a brilliant meteor streaks through the sky traveling many miles per second.

Bathed in sunlight, the International Space Station (ISS) arced through the evening sky above the town of Lauffen in southern Germany on May 31st. The timing of the bright passage was about 10 minutes after the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-124 mission from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the southeastern US. Of course, Discovery was headed toward an orbital rendezvous with the ISS. In chasing after the space station, the shuttle also made a pass over Lauffen just 21 minutes after launch.

The July 22nd total solar eclipse was the longest of the 21st century. From the point of maximum eclipse along the Moon's shadow track across the Pacific Ocean, the Moon completely blocked the Sun for a total of 6 minutes and 39 seconds. But from the deck of this cruise ship the duration of the total eclipse phase was extended to a whopping 6 minutes and 42 seconds by the ship's motion along the shadow track. This panoramic view of the scene shows the shimmering solar corona in a darkened daytime sky, with clouds silhouetted by a bright sky on the distant horizon, beyond the Moon's shadow. Mercury can be seen near the eclipsed Sun. Venus lies near the upper right edge of the frame.

The daytime sky grew dark, the temperature dropped, and lights came on as Chongqing, China, was plunged into the Moon's shadow during the July 22nd total solar eclipse. This serene, wide-angle view of the event looks to the east over the large, populous city from a newly constructed park. Despite thin clouds, it captures the shimmering solar corona just before the end of the eclipse total phase. This total solar eclipse occurred near Aphelion, the point in Earth's elliptical orbit farthest from the Sun, and so the Sun was near its smallest apparent size. It also occurred when the New Moon was near Perigee, the closest point to Earth in the Moon's elliptical orbit, making the Moon near its largest apparent size. The small Sun and large Moon made this the longest solar eclipse of this century.

wow, liking that

Morning Glory Clouds Over Australia

What would Saturn's rings look like if the ring plane pointed directly at the Sun? That situation occurred earlier this month when equinox occurred on Saturn. Since the Earth is nearly in the same direction as the Sun from Saturn, the rings appeared to disappear from Earth. From the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn, however, the unusually illuminated ring plane could be viewed from on high. Pictured above, Saturn's rings, darker than ever seen before, were captured just a few hours before equinox on 2009 August 10. The reason for the unusual brightness of an inner ring is currently unknown, but possibly related to particle sizes there being larger than the 10 meter average thickness of the rest of Saturn's rings. Short light streaks in the frame are artificial image artifacts and have nothing to do with Saturn's ring plane.

Scroll right to take in the view from the highest summit in the contiguous USA. The above 360-degree digitally stitched panorama, taken in mid-July, shows the view from 4,400-meter high Mt. Whitney in Sequoia National Park, California. In the foreground, angular boulders populate Mt. Whitney's summit while in the distance, just below the horizon, peaks from the Sierra Nevada mountain range are visible. Sky sights include light pollution emanating from Los Angeles and Fresno, visible just above the horizon.

Unusual shadows and dark rings appeared around Saturn near its equinox last month. At that time -- early August -- Saturn's ring plane pointed directly at the Sun. Visible above, Saturn's moon Tethys casts a shadow visible only on the far right. Saturn's own shadow blacks out a large swath of rings on the right. The night side of Saturn glows with ringshine -- sunlight reflected by ring particles back onto Saturn. Images near equinox at Saturn are giving astronomers a chance to search for unexpected shadows that may illuminate previously unknown features of Saturn's complex ring system.

Just one minute before midnight EDT, Friday, August 28, the Space Shuttle Discovery began a long arc into a cloudy sky. Following the launch, a bright and remarkably colorful trail was captured in this time exposure from the Banana River Viewing Site, looking east toward pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

Sometimes the sky itself is the best show in town. In January 2007, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. On the far right, lightning from a thunderstorm flashed in the distance. Near the image center, though, seen through clouds, was the most unusual sight of all: Comet McNaught.

A picturesque starscape capped a serene seascape as seen from Turkey this past August. In the above digitally stitched panorama, the Gelidonya Lighthouse shines in the foreground before a calm Mediterranean Sea. On the left, Jupiter is the brightest point in the image and since on the same side of the Sun as the Earth

Despina (pictured) is a tiny moon of Neptune. A mere 148 kilometers across, diminutive Despina was discovered in 1989, in images from the Voyager 2 spacecraft taken during its encounter with the solar system's most distant gas giant planet.

As the Earth spins on its axis, the sky seems to rotate around us. This motion, called diurnal motion, produces the beautiful concentric trails traced by stars during time exposures. Partial-circle star trails are pictured above over Grants Pass, Oregon, USA last month. Near the middle of the circles is the North Celestial Pole (NCP), easily identified as the point in the sky at the center of all the star trail arcs. The star Polaris, commonly known as the North Star, made the very short bright circle near the NCP.

wow, impressive

A new magnificent 800-million-pixel panorama of the entire sky has been unveiled online today.

It was stitched together from 1,200 photos by astronomers at the European Southern Observatory from viewing sites in Chile.

The project allows stargazers to explore and experience the Universe as it is seen with the unaided eye from the darkest and best viewing locations in the world.

The image of the celestial sphere is the first of three high-resolution images featured in the GigaGalaxy Zoom project from ESO.

The project seeks to link the sky we can all see with the deep, “hidden” cosmos that astronomers study on a daily basis.

It features a web tool that allows users to take a breathtaking dive into our Milky Way. Users can also learn about features such as multi-coloured nebulae and exploding stars just by clicking on them.

More here...

At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was farther out than anyone had ever been before.

Fook that, hasn't he got a line on him.

i wonder if he can see his house from there

Don't know if this has been posted here before, but here's a website that tells you the position of satelites around the Earth. We used it to watch the International Space Station whizz by last year.

www,n2yo,com

Sometime you can't se the satelites because the sun isn't in the right position etc but the web site tells you that.

Explanation: Why did the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland create so much ash? Although the large ash plume was not unparalleled in its abundance, its location was particularly noticeable because it drifted across such well populated areas. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in southern Iceland began erupting on March 20, with a second eruption starting under the center of a small glacier on April 14. Neither eruption was unusually powerful. The second eruption, however, melted a large amount of glacial ice which then cooled and fragmented lava into gritty glass particles that were carried up with the rising volcanic plume. Pictured above, lightning bolts illuminate ash pouring out of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.

This is an image of Earth and the moon, acquired on October 3, 2007, by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

At the time the image was taken, Earth was 142 million kilometers (88 million miles) from Mars, giving the HiRISE image a scale of 142 kilometers (88 miles) per pixel, an Earth diameter of about 90 pixels and a moon diameter of 24 pixels. The phase angle is 98 degrees, which means that less than half of the disk of the Earth and the disk of the moon have direct illumination. We could image Earth and moon at full disk illumination only when they are on the opposite side of the sun from Mars, but then the range would be much greater and the image would show less detail.

That's so great!

wow!

how come pic's from the moon, you never see stars in the back ground?

NASA forgot to put any in their soundstage!

Can anyone help us calibrate and columnate a telescope? We'd be grateful!
Lee