Planetary Nebulae

The Ghost of Jupiter is in the Constellation Hydra. It is about 1.4 kilo-Light-years away and was discovered in 1785.


The Cat's Eye Nebula is in the constellation Draco, and is about 3.3  kilo-light years away. This Nebulae has a diameter of about .4 light years.


The Eskimo Nebula is about 2.9 kilo-Light Years away in the constellation Gemini. This nebula is about .68 light years across.


The Lemon Slice Nebula is about 4.5 kilo-light years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. It's radius is about .8 light years across.


The Little Ghost Nebula is found in the constellation Ophiuchus about 2 to 5 kilo-light years away. This nebula was discovered prior to 1800.


The Retina Nebula is about 2 kilo-light years away in the constellation Lupus. This nebula is found in the Southern Hemisphere and was discovered around 1888.


The Spiral Planetary Nebula is found in the constellation Musca and about 2 kilo-light years away. this Nebula is about 2 light years across.


The Stingray Nebula is the youngest known planetary nebula. It is located in the constellation Ara and is about 10 kilo-light years away. This nebula is small with a diameter of about .16 light years across.


The Ant Nebula is found in the constellation Norma about 8,000 light years away. It's shape resembles an ant and it is about 2 light years across.


The Spirograph Nebula is located in the constellation Lepus. It is about 1.3 kilo-light years away and has a diameter of about .3 light years.

APOD 3.5

     Recently I was looking at the APOD titled "A Dark River to Antares". The dust in the picture makes the river look somewhat murky because it is obscuring the star light in the background. The star Antares creates a yellow reflection nebula even though it is actually a red super giant star. Above Antares is the star cluster M4 which is a actually located about 7,000 light years away. The entire dark river is actually areound 500 light years long.

Quarter 3 Bio Sources

Sciences, National Academy Of. 1877—1957 (n.d.): n. pag. Nasonline.org. Nasonline. Web.

"The Bruce Medalists: Henry Norris Russell." The Bruce Medalists: Henry Norris Russell. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

APOD 3.5

     This is a picture of Neptune taken two hours before the closest approach of Voyager 2 in 1989. I chose this APOD because Neptune is my favorite planet and I feel that this picture captures just how massive the planet is. Neptune is made of mostly helium and hydrogen. Neptune has the fastest winds in the solar system and there are speculations that diamonds may be created in the dense hot conditions that are under the clouds of Neptune. 

APOD 3.4

     Recently I was looking at the APOD titled "M100: The Grand Design Spiral Galaxy". When you think of a galaxy what is the first picture that comes to mind? For me it would be a spiral galaxy just like this one shown. This Galaxy is one of the brightest Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. This picture was taken by the Hubble Space telescope in 2009 and it reveals clusters of blue stars and swirling dust lanes which are used to classify this as a spiral galaxy.

Stellar Nursery Links

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2409.html#.VNycTua-2m4


http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/baby-stars-are-ripping-their-stellar-nursery-to-shreds-140702.htm


http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_643.html


http://www.space.com/18988-stellar-nursery-ngc-3603.html


https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stellar-nursery-gives-birth-quadruplets

http://www.space.com/21142-orion-constellation-s-blazing-dust-band-holds-stellar-nurseries-video.html

Observation Post quarter 3.1

    On January 31st I was in Lake land and I happened to look up at the sky. The moon was at a waxing gibbous at the time so that I could not see many stars, however the clouds around the moon seemed to have formed a perfect circle around it. Also while observing this phenomena I happened to also see a shooting star. I also saw the full moon on February 3rd.