Saturn, Cincinnati Observatory. _Popular Astronomy_ 1860.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Albert Einstein (via alberteinsteinquotes)

Aurora from the ISS.

Photo credit: NASA

First time shooting the Perseid meteor shower. Definitely doing this again and I’ll try to get the Geminids in December as well. Finally edited and put these pictures together. This one turned out pretty good I think, I also have some more on my flickr account with better quality. There’s about 40 meteors here, captured from both nights and combined into one. Was up on Mt. Lemmon for both nights and started shooting from midnight to about 4am.

Image of the galaxy NGC 5866

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Dust Band Around the Nucleus of “Black Eye Galaxy” M64

“Saturn’s Largest Ring” by, Cosmic Funnies

http://cosmicfunnies.tumblr.com/post/126663811188/the-second-week-of-assorted-planets-month-this

(12 Nov. 1966) — Astronaut James A. Lovell is photographed inside his Gemini spacecraft during the Gemini-12 mission. Astronaut Edwin Aldrin is seen in the background and to the left. Photo credit: NASA

The largest image of the Andromeda Galaxy ever created. (69536 x 22230 pixels)  Source; NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

A photo of Saturn. Took by Cassini with COISS on May 22, 2008 at 13:31:01. Detail page on OPUS database.