Archive for the 'Astrinomy Photo' Category

International Year of Astronomy (NASA, Chandra, two/ten/09)

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

A few great Astronomy images I observed: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee Meeting 22-23 Feb 썛 Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee Meeting 22-23 Feb 2011 International Yr of Astronomy (NASA, Chandra, 2/ten/09) Picture by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Messier 101 (M101) is a experience-on spiral galaxy about 22 million light a long time absent in the constellation [...]

Newly Found Solar System

Friday, August 27th, 2010

This is cool stuff, astronomers making use of the ESO HARPS instrument have discovered a planetary program with no less than 5 planets and possibly a couple much more all-around a Sun-like star. The superstar is known as HD10180 and is positioned 127 light-years away from the constellation Hydrus. Here’s the press release from the ESO: “We have found [...]

Lost to the Galaxy

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

We use the exact same process when we sling our spacecraft close to planets to give them a speed-boost. It works Really well. How frequent is such an event we really don’t know. We’ve observed 16 so far. The original companion planets from the stars may well be on their way out on the galaxy, also, but because [...]

The Antennae from the Great Observatories

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Here’s a Chandra release from the Antennae Galaxies. The compilation of the colliding galaxies can be a collaborative effort by Chandra, Hubble and the Spitzer Room telescopes. I’ve included the press release below, but there is also a video on the Chandra website and you’ll be able to access much more and larger images including desktops [...]

Images Show Oil’s Invasion Along Louisiana Coast

Friday, August 6th, 2010

These images, acquired on May perhaps 24, 2010 by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft, show the encroachment of oil from the former Deepwater Horizon rig into Louisiana’s wildlife habitats. The source with the spill is located off the southeastern (bottom suitable) edge from the images. Dark filaments of oil are observed approaching the shores [...]

Clouds like a Dragon!

Friday, August 6th, 2010

A dragon in the clouds. Click for a larger version. Credit: Jeff Schmaltz MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC NASA’s MODIS web site captures some intriguing images from the Earth; this 1 is 1 of my recent favorites through the TERRA satellite. The caption through the MODIS site (you are able to get diverse sizes of this [...]

Functions and Uses of Photography

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Photography refers to a process of creating photographs by recording radiations on an electronic sensor or on a sensitive medium for instance a photographic film. The photos which are recorded are either still or moving. The photography might be applied a wide array of professions. These professions range from science and technologies to company or art. It really [...]

How to Master Digital Photography

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Introduction to electronic photography Make no mistake, electronic photography is here, it is big, and it’s the way things will be from now on. Individuals use digital photography in their work each and every day:- police officers, real estate agents, insurance agents, fire fighters, scientists and doctors, just to name a couple of. Electronic photography has [...]

Photo of Mercury Transiting the Sun

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

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Photo of Great Orion Nebula

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

30-20 second pics, and 8-30 second pics at 1000 iso taken with unfiltered Nikon D70s and Meade 8″ LX200R at prime focus in alt/az mode. Stacked using DeepSkyStacker and corrected with Adobe PhotoShop with the help of the ebook, “A Guide to Astrophotography with Digital SLR Cameras” by Jerry Lodriguss. This was my first attempt at Astrophotography, hope [...]