UDF SkyWalker V1.0. Curiosity_sol-177bodrov600.jpg (JPEG Image, 1625 × 600 pixels) - Scaled (84%) Freeflyer_nasa_big.jpg (JPEG Image, 1500 × 1500 pixels) - Scaled (40%) Man Takes Breathtaking HD Photos of Sun In His Backyard. EmailEmail Boston-based greeting-card maker Alan Friedman takes mind blowing photos of the Sun using a $5,000 telescope right from his backyard.
Because the atmosphere isn’t steady, it’s practically impossible to get sharp images of the objects – that’s why Alan has to stream many frames in a short period and pick the best ones to merge them into a single photograph. Alan’s raw material is black and white, so he has to figure out the coloring himself: “Aesthetic decisions are made with respect for accuracy as well as for the power of the image,” he says. ‘I think that paying attention to art and science both has helped me to create images that share both knowledge and inspiration.’ Website: avertedimagination.com. Mwshadow_cherney_big.jpg (JPEG Image, 1800 × 1200 pixels) - Scaled (51. Chandra Images by Date. Thierry Legault -The Moon - september 2012. All images taken with Celestron C14 EdgeHD (356mm) and Skynyx2.2 camera from Paris suburbs.
Processing with Autostakkert, Iris and Photoshop.Best view of the images with full-HD screen in subdued surroundings. Clavius (sept 8th): The area of Moretus (sept 8th): Arzachel and the Straight Wall (sept 8th): Deslandres and Pitatus (sept 8th): Copernic and Stadius arena (sept 8th): Plato, Mons Pico and Montes Teneriffe (sept 8th): Ptolemaeus and Alphonsus (sept 8th): Sinus Iridium (sept 9th): Copernic and Stadius, closer to the terminator (sept 9th): The area of Clavius (sept 9th): Bullialdus and Hippalus rimae (sept 9th): The area of Pytheas:
Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) Interactive Virtual Tour - 360VR Images by Jook Leung. 154247main_image_feature_630_ys_full.jpg (JPEG Image, 2318 × 2046 pixels) - Scaled (29%) Photo: A spectacular view of Aurora Borealis from space. M104b_peris2048.jpg (JPEG Image, 2048 × 1410 pixels) - Scaled (43. Eclipse_moon_101221_25B.jpg (JPEG Image, 1404 × 936 pixels) - Scaled (65%) Twilight zone. Science Space Photo of the Day. When the lamp is shattered, The light in the dust lies dead.
When the cloud is scattered, The rainbow's glory is shed. These words, which open Shelley’s poem "When the Lamp is Shattered," employ visions of nature to symbolize life in decay and rebirth. It's as if he had somehow foreseen the creation of this new Gemini Legacy image, and penned a caption for it. What Gemini has captured is nothing short of poetry in motion: the colorful and dramatic tale of a life-and-death struggle between two galaxies interacting.
All the action appears in a single frame, with the stunning polar-ring galaxy NGC 660 as the focus of attention. Polar-ring galaxies are peculiar objects. Models of how polar-ring galaxies form offer two general formation scenarios: 1) a piercing merger between two galaxies aligned roughly at right angles, or 2) when the host galaxy tidally strips material from a passing gas-rich spiral and strews it into a ring. Born of Violence Weighing the Evidence Life from Death? Messier-78-1600.jpg (JPEG Image, 1024 × 768 pixels) - Scaled (78. SDO_Earth_scale-EDIT2.jpg (JPEG Image, 975 × 1000 pixels) - Scaled (54%)