High Definition Newly Taken Shots By NASA Mountain Olympus Mons On Mars, Its Twice As Tall As Mount Everest

A 2.5 Hour Exposure of the Rho Ophiuchi Region From a Dark Sky Site [OC]

Cone and Foxfur Nebulae

I gave a try at shooting the sky above my new house around Nice, France. That's a 10s exposure. Quite satisfied as light pollution is not as bad as what I thought.

Mineral Moon by Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy

2020 July 7

Comet NEOWISE over Lebanon Image Credit & Copyright: Maroun Habib (Moophz)

Explanation: A comet has suddenly become visible to the unaided eye. Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered in late March and brightened as it reached its closest approach to the Sun, inside the orbit of Mercury, late last week. The interplanetary iceberg survived solar heating, so far, and is now becoming closer to the Earth as it starts its long trek back to the outer Solar System. As Comet NEOWISE became one of the few naked-eye comets of the 21st Century, word spread quickly, and the comet has already been photographed behind many famous sites and cities around the globe. Featured, Comet NEOWISE was captured over Lebanon two days ago just before sunrise. The future brightness of Comet NEOWISE remains somewhat uncertain but the comet will likely continue to be findable not only in the early morning sky, but also next week in the early evening sky.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200707.html

Cepheus. Cosmic Zoo

IC 1805, Within The Heart

Needle In A Haystack

by Johnny Kim

The Orion Nebula (M42), M43 and the Running Man Nebula.

Credit: Chad Quandt

Rippling dust and gas lanes are what give the Flaming Star Nebula its name. The orange and purple colors of the nebula are present in different regions and are created by different processes. The bright star AE Aurigae, visible toward the middle of the image to the left, is so hot it is blue, emitting light so energetic it knocks electrons away from surrounding gas. When a proton recaptures an electron, red light is frequently emitted (depicted here in orange). The purple region's color is a mix of this red light and blue light emitted by AE Aurigae but reflected to us by surrounding dust. The two regions are referred to as emission nebula (the orange portion) and reflection nebula (the purple portion).

Pictured here in the Hubble color palette, the Flaming Star Nebula, officially known as IC 405, lies about 1500 light years distant, spans about 5 light years, and is visible with a small telescope toward the constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga).



Image Credit & Copyright: Eric Coles and Mel Helm