Insight A System - Seventh Planet (Insight A-VII)

Picture of the day - February 3, 2019 - (Very late post)

Stormy atmosphere of a gas giant.

Approaching Eclipse

Picture of the Day 2 - October 30, 2018

The approaching shadow of an eclipse across an alien desert.

Triangulum Log - Post 5 - The Vista System (Planet 4)

The Vista System’s 4th and outermost planet. This dry cold desert world orbits 1.45 AU from the sun. It is the system’s only super-earth type planet with a mass of 4.37 times that of Earth, and a diameter of 11,656 kilometers (1.82 Earth’s). It is surrounded by a dark-gray ring system, likely a shattered satellite that got too close. The atmosphere is thin and dry, composed primarily of carbon dioxide and smaller quantities of ammonia and methane. The surface is cold with a global average temperature of -94° F

A single large satellite orbits close to the planet. The moon has a radius of 1,091 kilometers and a mass one-quarter that of Earth’s moon.

High Resolution Pics

Image 1 - Planet 4

Image 2 - Dusty world

Image 3 - The wastelands

Image 4 - Endless Sand

Image 5 - A glimpse of home. The Milky Way, and Magellanic Cloud Galaxies.

Image 6 - Faint rings

Image 7 - The Lone companion

Image 8 - Dead world

Image 9 - Conjunction

Image 10 - Pre-eclipse

Vernier System - Post 2 (Third Planet and its moons)

Here we come across the system’s third planet, a Jupiter-Sized gas giant 1.18 Jupiter Masses orbiting the two suns at an average distance of 2.33 AU. Four massive moon’s all with atmospheres orbit’s the giant. The planet has a very faint ring system in orbit.

High Resolution Pic of the 3rd Planet

Note, the large red nebula in the background NGC 604, one of the largest know nebulas. The Vernier System is located 4,600 light years from the nebula. From here NGC 604 covers over 16 arc degrees of the sky (36 Full-moons), and shines with an average magnitude of -1.91.

The first moon is barren with a surface covered in craters and gray-colored regolith. It is 3.4 lunar masses, with a radius of 2,603.31 km. A thin sulfur dioxide atmosphere clings to the surface. The atmosphere has a very low surface pressure of 0.0001 atmosphere’s. The moon still appears to be volcanically active.

High Resolution Pic of the 1st moon

The second moon has 4 lunar masses with a radius of 2,956.36 kilometers. It’s surface is more geologically diverse with larger quantities of iron oxide. It is more Mars-like than Lunar-like. A sulfur dioxide atmosphere also covers the surface, but is thicker with a surface pressure of 0.017 atmospheres, or roughly just under 3 times thicker than the atmosphere of Mars.

High Resolution Pic of the 2nd moon

The third satellite is by far the largest, and is an Earth-sized moon with a mass of 0.56 Earth’s and a radius 93% that of Earth. It has a thick carbon dioxide-ammonia atmosphere, with a surface pressure 3.48 times that of Earth. Weather is very active on the surface, and the temperature averaging 230 K (-45 °F) supports liquid sulfur dioxide. Sulfur dioxide rain is also common on the surface. The satellite also appears to have a magnetic field.

High Resolution Pic of the 3rd moon

The fourth moon is a second largest with a mass of 0.07 times that of Earth and a radius of 3,274.23 kilometers. It also has a thin sulfur dioxide atmosphere, and sulfur dioxide ice-caps. The atmosphere is 0.017 atmosphere’s thick.

High Resolution Pic of the 4th moon

The System Tag for this system in Spaceengine is RS 1229-169-6-235375-219.

Stormy Giant

Picture of the Day - November 17, 2018

Large gas giant with a turbulent atmosphere and numerous cyclonic storm systems. The plant orbits a red dwarf giving the planet an orange tint.

Jupiter

Picture of the day - January 3, 2019

Desert-like moon orbiting a large gas giant. This is the same world as the skylines from the previous post.

Front row seat to a galactic merger.

Earth-Like World

Picture of the Day 2 - October 16, 2018

Here I come across the most Earth-like planet to date. The planet is covered in green vegetation, blue oceans and ice caps at the poles. This planet is located near the galactic core; therefore, the sky is full of bright stars, even more so than globular clusters.

Galaxy Center

Picture of the day - November 6, 2018

The center of the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy, according to space engine.