Hubble brings exotic beauties to the IYA party April 7, 2009
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Remember when the folks at NASA gave us all the opportunity to vote for a target to observe with the Hubble Space Telescope? (more…)
APOD: Some very fluffy-looking clouds February 5, 2009
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This picture fits into my Venn diagram of “cool weather phenomena” and “the fluffy theme I’ve got going on today”. Stacked lenticular clouds these are called, acoording to APOD, and they occure near mountain tops where moist air is forced to flow upwards instead of spread horizontally. The mountain in question here is Mt Rainier in Washington, USA. More very cool pictures of lenticular clouds here.
Image credit: Tim Thompson
APOD: Strange light effects in Latvia January 12, 2009
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Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is really interesting: a picture taken in Latvia showing some strange light effects in the sky. The source of these weird pillary features is not clear, but the caption mentions something to do with ice crystals that are known to do some exotic looking things with light.
If you have a theory you can discuss it on this discussion board. Check out more pictures here.
Image credit: Aigar Truhin
Red skies in the evening December 15, 2008
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Today’s APOD is very pretty and fits in with my mood today.
Image credit: Terry Holdsclaw
APOD: Galaxy Nom November 27, 2008
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Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day speaks for itself: big galaxy, eats small galaxy (nom!). PIcture was taken with the Danish 1.5 m telescope at La Silla. Pretty! Enjoy, Happy Thanksgiving if you’re in the US and OMG I hope you’re ok if you’re in Mumbai.
Image credit: Robert Gendler, Jan-Erik Ovaldsen, Allan Hornstrup, IDA
