Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Astronomy Picture of the Day: November 7th of 2017

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The Prague Astronomical Clock
Image Credit & License: Jorge Láscar
Explanation: In the center of Prague there's a clock the size of a building. During the day, crowds gather to watch the show when it chimes in a new hour. The Prague Astronomical Clock's face is impressively complex, giving not only the expected time with respect to the Sun (solar time), but the time relative to the stars (sidereal time), the times of sunrise and sunset at several latitudes including the equator, the phase of the Moon, and much more. The clock began operation in 1410, and even though much of its inner workings have been modernized several times, original parts remain. Below the clock is a nearly-equal sized solar calendar that rotates only once a year. Pictured, the Prague Astronomical Clock was photographed alone during an early morning in 2009 March. The Prague Astronomical Clock and the Old Town Tower behind it are currently being renovated once again, with the clock expected to be restarted in 2018 June.

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Monday, November 6, 2017

National Geographic Photo of the Day: November 6th of 2017

Picture of flamingos standing and in flight near Lake Bogoria, Kenya

November 6, 2017

Flamingo Season
Every year, Kenya's Lake Bogoria receives an influx of tourists between late August and early October. But the visitors aren't people—they're flamingos. Hundreds of thousands of lesser flamingos flock to the low waters of Lake Bogoria before the rainy season begins. During that period, the area is home to the largest flock of lesser flamingos in the world.

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A Dust Jet from the Surface of Comet 67P
Image Credit & Copyright: ESA, Rosetta, MPS, OSIRIS; UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
Explanation: Where do comet tails come from? There are no obvious places on the nuclei of comets from which the jets that create comet tails emanate. Last year, though, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft not only imaged a jet emerging from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but flew right through it. Featured is a telling picture showing a bright plume emerging from a small circular dip bounded on one side by a 10-meter high wall. Analyses of Rosetta data shows that the jet was composed of both dust and water-ice. The mundane terrain indicates that something likely happened far under the porous surface to create the plume. This image was taken last July, about two months before Rosetta's mission ended with a controlled impact onto Comet 67P's surface.

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Monday, October 30, 2017

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National Geographic Photo of the Day: October 30th of 2017

Picture of a diver swimming in a cenote in Mexico

October 30, 2017

Sunlit Dive
Sunlight shines into the water as a diver swims in a cenote in Mexico. "It's an amazing and unique experience in the life of a underwater photographer," says Your Shot photographer Fabrice Guerin. "The mysticism, beauty, and exuberance of these underwater landscapes make me feel like I discovered another world."

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Astronomy Picture of the Day: October 30th of 2017

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Orionid Meteors from Orion
Image Credit & Copyright: Lu Shupei
Explanation: Meteors have been shooting out from the constellation of Orion. This was expected, as October is the time of year for the Orionids Meteor Shower. Pictured here, over a dozen meteors were caught in successively added exposures last weekend over Wulan Hada volcano in Inner Mongolia, China. The featured image shows multiple meteor streaks that can all be connected to a single small region on the sky called the radiant, here visible just above and to the left of the belt of Orion, The Orionids meteors started as sand sized bits expelled from Comet Halley during one of its trips to the inner Solar System. Comet Halley is actually responsible for two known meteor showers, the other known as the Eta Aquarids and visible every May. Next month, the Leonids Meteor Shower from Comet Tempel-Tuttle should also result in some bright meteor streaks.

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Sunday, October 29, 2017

National Geographic Photo of the Day: October 29th of 2017

Picture of a suspension bridge connecting to an island in Japan

October 29, 2017

To the Island
The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge connects Awaji Island to Honshu, the largest Japanese island. The bridge is almost 2.5 miles long, and approximately 23,000 cars cross it each day.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day: October 29th of 2017

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Night on a Spooky Planet
Image Credit & Copyright: Stéphane Vetter (Nuits sacrées)
Explanation: What spooky planet is this? Planet Earth of course, on a dark and stormy night in 2013 at Hverir, a geothermally active area along the volcanic landscape in northeastern Iceland. Geomagnetic storms produced the auroral display in the starry night sky while ghostly towers of steam and gas venting from fumaroles danced against the eerie greenish light. Tonight, there is also a chance for geomagnetic storms triggered by recent solar activity, so high-latitude skygazers should beware. Ghostly shapes may dance in your neighborhood pretty soon, too.

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Friday, October 27, 2017

National Geographic Photo of the Day: October 27th of 2017

Picture of a monastery built on top of a tall rock formation

October 27, 2017

Monastery in the Mist
Near the town of Kalambaka, Greece, six Eastern Orthodox monasteries are built on top of a series of tall rock formations called the Meteora. Pictured here is the Roussanou Monastery, which was founded sometime in the mid-16th century. Today, a small group of nuns resides there.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day: October 27th of 2017

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Mirach's Ghost
Image Credit & Copyright: Kent Wood
Explanation: As far as ghosts go, Mirach's Ghost isn't really that scary. Mirach's Ghost is just a faint, fuzzy galaxy, well known to astronomers, that happens to be seen nearly along the line-of-sight to Mirach, a bright star. Centered in this star field, Mirach is also called Beta Andromedae. About 200 light-years distant, Mirach is a red giant star, cooler than the Sun but much larger and so intrinsically much brighter than our parent star. In most telescopic views, glare and diffraction spikes tend to hide things that lie near Mirach and make the faint, fuzzy galaxy look like a ghostly internal reflection of the almost overwhelming starlight. Still, appearing in this sharp image just above and to the left of Mirach, Mirach's Ghost is cataloged as galaxy NGC 404 and is estimated to be some 10 million light-years away.

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  • Thursday, October 26, 2017

    National Geographic Photo of the Day: Ocotber 26th of 2017

    Picture of three cheetahs sitting together in grass


    October 26, 2017

    Family Feast
    While photographing in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, Your Shot photographer Sonalini Khetrapal came across a group of cheetahs feasting on a springbok. "It was fascinating to watch the brothers intermittently embrace each other and lick the blood off each other’s faces while the mother kept guard," she says. "This photograph captures the harshness of the wild and yet softens us to witness the strong bond between the brothers."

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    Astronomy Picture of the Day: Ocotber 26th of 2017

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    NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea
    Image Credit & Copyright: Rolf Geissinger
    Explanation: Adrift in a cosmic sea of stars and glowing gas the delicate, floating apparition left of center in this widefield view is cataloged as NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula. A mere 10 light-years wide, the tiny Bubble Nebula was blown by the winds of a massive star. It lies within a larger complex of interstellar gas and dust clouds found about 11,000 light-years distant, straddling the boundary between the parental constellations Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Included in the breathtaking vista is open star cluster M52 (lower left), some 5,000 light-years away. Above and right of the Bubble Nebula is an emission region identified as Sh2-157, also known as the Claw Nebula. Constructed from 47 hours of narrow-band and broad-band exposures, this image spans about 3 degrees on the sky. That corresponds to a width of 500 light-years at the estimated distance of the Bubble Nebula.

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