NASA/ESA/The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration/A. Evans (Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook Univ.) Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found that Markarian 231 (Mrk 231), the nearest galaxy to Earth that hosts a quasar, is powered by two central … Continue reading →
On 2017 August 21, a total solar eclipse will be visible to fortunate observers in the United States along a narrow band, approximately 73 miles (118 km) wide, that crosses twelve states from Oregon to South Carolina.
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Continue reading →Geosciences of Dwarf Planets – Pluto Update is the subject of this month’s Estes Valley Astronomical Society (EVAS) meeting. EVAS in conjunction with The Estes Park Memorial Observatory is offering a free public open house/star night on Saturday, August 22, … Continue reading →
Location: Andromeda; Distance: 27.3 ± 1.8 Million Light Years. Edge on, unbarred spiral galaxy. Astronomers believe our Milky Way would look like this if viewed from outside the galaxy. Total color exposure 60 minutes.
Continue reading →M104 – Sombrero Galaxy: Location: Virgo; Distance: 29.3 ± 1.6 Million Light Years; Unbarred spiral galaxy; diameter 50,000 light years. Total color exposure 60 minutes.
Continue reading →Location: Lyra; Distance: 2.4 ± 0.7 Thousand Light Years; Planetary Nebula; Gas expelled by red giant on way to becoming white dwarf. Diameter: 2.6 light years; Expansion Rate: 20 – 30 km/sec. Total color exposure 30 minutes.
Continue reading →Location: Canes Venatici; Distance: 23 ± 4 Million Light Years. Two galaxies, NGC 5194 and 5195, in oscillation. Total color exposure 60 minutes.
Continue reading →Location: Vulpecula; Distance: 1.36 ± 0.2 Thousand Light Years; Planetary Nebula. Gas emitted by dying star; Central white dwarf. Diameter: 2.88 light years; Expansion Rate: 31 km/sec. Total color exposure 30 minutes.
Continue reading →Location: Cassiopeia; Distance: ≅ 11 Thousand Light Years. Expanding shell of glowing gas shaped by stellar wind. Bubble is 10 light years across. Total color exposure 60 minutes.
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