Stardust And Starlight In M78 Via NASA Https://ift.tt/2IXW96r

The Space Station Transits Our Sun via NASA https://ift.tt/2RFTo9W

Solar flares produce gamma rays by several processes, one of which is illustrated here. The energy released in a solar flare rapidly accelerates charged particles. When a high-energy proton strikes matter in the sun’s atmosphere and visible surface, the result may be a short-lived particle – a pion – that emits gamma rays when it decays.

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Facing NGC 3344 : From our vantage point in the Milky Way Galaxy, we see NGC 3344 face-on. Nearly 40,000 light-years across, the big, beautiful spiral galaxy is located just 20 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo Minor. This multi-color Hubble Space Telescope close-up of NGC 3344 includes remarkable details from near infrared to ultraviolet wavelengths. The frame extends some 15,000 light-years across the spiral’s central regions. From the core outward, the galaxy’s colors change from the yellowish light of old stars in the center to young blue star clusters and reddish star forming regions along the loose, fragmented spiral arms. Of course, the bright stars with a spiky appearance are in front of NGC 3344 and lie well within our own Milky Way. via NASA

Brown Dwarfs, or “Failing Stars”, in the Orion Nebula. Image credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team [3939x2955]

Bow Tie Moon and Star Trails : On January 31, a leisurely lunar eclipse was enjoyed from all over the night side of planet Earth, the first of three consecutive total eclipses of the Moon. This dramatic time-lapse image followed the celestial performance for over three hours in a combined series of exposures from Hebei Province in Northern China. Fixed to a tripod, the camera records the Full Moon sliding through a clear night sky. Too bright just before and after the eclipse, the Moon’s bow tie-shaped trail grows narrow and red during the darker total eclipse phase that lasted an hour and 16 minutes. In the distant background are the colorful trails of stars in concentric arcs above and below the celestial equator. via NASA

I did some drawings on my ipad using the goodnotes app and referencing google images.

This is so important. I have two years left of my Bachelor degree, and it took me 16 years to get my associate. Never give up, even if you have to put those goals on hold (sometimes multiple times), because life happens. Make yours worth it.

just because someone’s accomplishing more than you are right now doesn’t mean you’re failing. success isn’t a race

Cygnus Shell Supernova Remnant W63 via NASA https://ift.tt/2znmGCd

Starry Greetings!

Planet X is hosting a summer class! (You’ll see more of him in September)

This week’s topic: Pulsars

https://www.space.com/32661-pulsars.html

https://www.universetoday.com/25376/pulsars/

The Iris Nebula - a beautiful reflection nebula surrounded by dust [3000x3000] [OC]