*** The Official Astronomy & Universe Thread ***

[Cosimo]

 

[Cosimo]

 

[Sliver]

 

[Cosimo]

A few night sky shots from Portugal:

Looking NW:

Looking East:

 

[Cosimo]

Looking SW:

Looking NW:

An unbelievable sky, wish it was like this here.

 

[Cosimo]

 

[Cosimo]

 

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[Cosimo]

A mysterious X-ray signal from the Perseus cluster of galaxies:

 

[Cosimo]

 

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[Cosimo]

Opportunity Mars rover now takes the off earth driving record from the Soviet Union's Lunokhod 2 rover. It has covered 25.01 miles (40.25 km) since it landed in 2004:

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/july...-world-driving-record/index.html#.U9by-L1dWSU

 

[Cosimo]

Comet Siding Spring will be making a close pass by Mars on October 19th, so close that NASA is taking steps to protect their spacecraft orbiting Mars from a potential increase in micrometeorite strikes.

Here's what C/2013 A1 Siding Spring looked like yesterday as seen from the iTelescope.net T30 telescope in Siding Spring, Australia. It passed by several galaxies including NGC 1316 and NGC 1317 in the top right corner, and NGC 1310 in the bottom right corner.

Another small galaxy, ESO 301-8, is just above the comet. These are R filtered 60 second exposures.

 

[Cosimo]

Time for a little education:

 

[Tohrazer]

great thread, glad i found it (2nd year physics/astronomy student)

 

[topgun06]

Astronomy student. Sounds very interesting.

 

[Tibbz2]

great thread, glad i found it (2nd year physics/astronomy student)

Where abouts at?

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Currently waiting for a 2nd hand 2 speed focuser to pop up somewhere, then I can flock the 200p and fit the focuser at the same time ready for September

 

[Cosimo]

Continuing with the lectures:

 

[topgun06]

I've just seen the pictures you posted Cosimo. They look a bit like Stellarium. Nice shots of the "Big Dipper"!