General Astronomy Thread [With Pics!]

[foetus]

Sit back, relax. Drink it in.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d8wWcJLnFI[/video]

 

[abu13]

Quite keen to get into this and learn more! Anyone recommend a decent book to start with.

 

[1.618034]

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181126.html

Explanation: Have you ever seen a rocket launch -- from space? A close inspection of the featured time-lapse video will reveal a rocket rising to Earth orbit as seen from the International Space Station (ISS). The Russian Soyuz-FG rocketwas launched ten days ago from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying a Progress MS-10 (also 71P) module to bring needed supplies to the ISS. Highlights in the 90-second video (condensing about 15-minutes) include city lights and clouds visible on the Earth on the lower left, blue and gold bands of atmospheric airglow running diagonally across the center, and distant stars on the upper right that set behind the Earth. A lower stage can be seen falling back to Earth as the robotic supply ship fires its thrusters and begins to close on the ISS, a space laboratory that is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Currently, three astronauts live aboard the Earth-orbiting ISS, and conduct, among more practical duties, numerous science experiments that expand human knowledge and enable future commercial industry in low Earth orbit.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

A spaceship landed on Mars today and is already transmitting photos

 

[aguero93:20]

A spaceship landed on Mars today and is already transmitting photos

It's all done in a TV studio mate.

 

[1.618034]

A spaceship landed on Mars today and is already transmitting photos

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/insight/main/index.html

 

[BimboBob]

A spaceship landed on Mars today and is already transmitting photos

A million to one chance they said...

 

[1.618034]

For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA's Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun.

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=112

 

[BlueTG]

There’s a chance of seeing a meteorite shower in the early hours of this morning.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

There’s a chance of seeing a meteorite shower in the early hours of this morning.

I'll stick to seeing a shower of red shit play on MOtD highlights from the swamp every week. More compelling viewing.