Astronomy Images

[Haris]

Chromoscope - View the Universe in different wavelengths

A great website.
Let's you see our galaxy thorugh the whole electromagnetic spectrum (visible, x-ray, infrared, microwave, UV, gamma, etc)

[Haris]

This image was taken recently by the hubble telesecope.



The Necklace Nebula is located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation
Sagitta (the Arrow). In this composite image, taken on July 2, 2011, Hubble's
Wide Field Camera 3 captured the glow of hydrogen (blue), oxygen (green),
and nitrogen (red).


A giant cosmic necklace glows brightly in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image.

The object, aptly named the Necklace Nebula, is a recently discovered planetary
nebula, the glowing remains of an ordinary, Sun-like star. The nebula consists of a
bright ring, measuring 12 trillion miles wide, dotted with dense, bright knots of gas
that resemble diamonds in a necklace.

A pair of stars orbiting close together produced the nebula, also called PN
G054.2-03.4. About 10,000 years ago one of the aging stars ballooned to the point
where it engulfed its companion star. The smaller star continued orbiting inside its
larger companion, increasing the giant’s rotation rate.

The bloated companion star spun so fast that a large part of its gaseous envelope
expanded into space. Due to centrifugal force, most of the gas escaped along the
star’s equator, producing a ring. The embedded bright knots are dense gas clumps in
the ring.

The pair is so close, only a few million miles apart, they appear as one bright dot in
the center. The stars are furiously whirling around each other, completing an orbit in
a little more than a day.

The Necklace Nebula is located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagitta.
In this composite image, taken on July 2, Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 captured the
glow of hydrogen (blue), oxygen (green), and nitrogen (red).

[Haris]

That's in Helmand.

I remember in Wardak where there is no electricity, you just look up at the sky and see all the stars so clearly.
In London you'll be lucky to see any, especially if like me, your window is inbetween two bright lamposts that are lit throughout the night.

[Talal]

Orion Nebula

[IamDZJ]

woooooooooaaaaaaow

[faye]

talal, WOW!!!!!
haris, i have seen the most awesome amount of stars in the sky, when camping in the desert, in the centre of australia. at first i thought i was imagining things, i did a doubletake.

[Haris]

Changed title from Space Images to Astronomy Images so that we can post a wider variety of photos.

A Pileus Iridescent Cloud Over Ethiopia


Yes, but how many dark clouds have a multicolored lining? Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. The above image was taken just after the picturesque sight was noticed by chance by a photographer in Ethiopia. A more detailed picture of the same cloud shows not only many colors, but unusual dark and wavy bands whose origins are thought related to wave disturbances in the cloud.




Amazing, eh?

[Janana]

Seeing the beauty, order and vastness of the universe always tugs on my heart strings. SubhanAllah

[Haris]

The Jellyfish Nebula





The Andromeda Galaxy


You can see it with a pair of binoculars but if you want to see it like how it is above then you'll need a £200,000,000 telescope.

[Haris]

A panoramic view of the milky way taken on the Canary Islands.
Great photo.

[faye]

Wooooooooooowwwwww!!!!!!!!

[Haris]

We're all familiar with the full moon, half moon and far side of the moon, but here's
one view of our natural satellite that you won't have seen before - its north pole. This
image was stitched together from 983 photos taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter Camera (LROC) over the course of one month.

One of the LROC's objectives is to discover moon regions of permanent shadow that
never see sunlight at all. Dark areas in this image are possible candidates.


Short Sharp Science: Seeking eternal shadow on moon's north pole

[IamDZJ]

2nd august i did the iftaar in the plane last ramazaan. i didn't used to understand people who were fascinated by the sunset and sunrise but what i saw that evening was really beautiful. at first the horizon looked like a thick shade of orange and the clouds dark gray against the light gray sky. then the sky turned bluish and the orange line changed to bright red, light orange and darkish blue...it's hard to explain but i had never seen anything like that before..

[Haris]

[Haris]

OUR SOLAR SYSTEM Winner and Overall Winner Jupiter with Io and
Ganymede - September 2010 by Damian Peach (UK). Jupiter depicted
along with two of its 64 known moons, Io and Ganymede, showing the
surface of the gas giant streaked with colourful bands and dotted with
huge oval storms; detail is also visible on the two moons. The photos
which make up this composite image were taken from Barbados where the
excellent atmospheric clarity allows for exceptionally clear astronomical
pictures.