Picture Of The Day 3 - November 19, 2018

Triangulum Log - Post 5 - Vista System (Planet 3)

Our journey of the Vista System now takes us to the third and largest planet in the system. This gas giant has 1.14 times the mass of Jupiter and a mean radius of 73,934 kilometers. It is much warmer than Jupiter at -41° F versus Jupiter’s -163° F, and as a result has extremely active weather patterns and a stormy atmosphere. Cloud decks are composed primarily of water-ice crystals.

The planet orbits 0.88 astronomical units from the sun, has an extensive ring system composed of silicate-rich materials, and a single large satellite. The planet’s satellite has a radius of 1,360.71 kilometers and a mass roughly 70% that of our moon. It has an average density of 4.82 g/cm³, indicating a large metal-rich core region.

Links to High Resolution Pics

Image 1 - A Giant and her rings.

Image 2 - Beautiful faint ring system.

Image 3 - Stormy Skies

Image 4 - Ring Shepard.

Image 5 - Andromeda Photobombs the rings. (High Exposure Shot)

Image 6 -Battered moon.

Image 7 - David and Goliath

Image 8 - High and Seek

Image 9 - Parting Ways

Picture of the Day - January 26, 2019

Barren and battered worlds.

These will be the last pics from the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy. I will have my next galaxy picked out soon.

High Resolution Pictures

Pale green titan-like world

Three suns

Cratered world with a thin atmosphere

White sun

Binary sunset

Two airless worlds

Rains on Different Worlds

Picture of the Day - January 28, 2019

Gas giant with purple cloud bands hangs in the sky of a large rocky moon.

Another Moon Shot

Picture of the day - October 26, 2018

A large moon against the backdrop of a stunningly colorful gas giant and it’s rings.

Pictures of the day - November 26, 2018

A system of 6 planet’s orbiting a rare dim carbon star that has swelled into a red giant. All of the planet’s have been roasted by the star. The star has a very low surface temperature; therefore, all of the planets have a red-tint due to the lack of blue colored light.

The outer-most planets form a double planet system which consist of a Mars-like world orbited by an ocean world. The ocean world once being a frozen ice-covered world melted the by expanded sun.

Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-42-4-1201-1122

High Resolution Pictures:

Inner-most world

Massive giant covering the sky

Roasted Ice-giant and its moons

Another burnt world

Outer-most Double Planets

Hurricane

Ember in the Sky

Picture of the Day 3 - November 10, 2018

Moon orbiting a young gas giant still glowing with heat from it’s formation with a distant blue sun beginning to set.

Pictures of the day - February 10, 2019 (Late post).

Montage of lunar skies.

Picture of the day - December 10, 2018

The cracked surface of Insight B-VI’s fourth moon.

New pics of the Insight A system coming soon.