Observations

Earlier this week I went outside and saw the rising moon twice in the early night sky. It has been cloudy a lot recently and I was unable to see much besides the moon. I also happened to be in Disney World over Thanksgiving and I noticed the immense amount of light pollution there. I could only see 5-7 stars each night.

APOD 2.5

This is the APOD from November 23rd, 2012. It is depicting the Pipe Nebula. It is located east of Antares and Ophiuchus is visible in this picture. It was discovered by E. E. Barnard in the 20th century. This was taken as a 24 hour exposure from the Atacama desert in Chile. It is about 450 light years away. The dark center of this image is created by gas and dust collapsing and creating stars.

APOD 2.4

This is the APOD from November  15th, 2012. It depicts the solar eclipse that happened a few days earlier on November 13th. Most of it could be visible in the southern Pacific. The closest land to its track was Australia. This picture was taken from Queensland. In this picture, the sun is almost completely covered except for the small bit at the top. It is also surrounded by a faint solar corona.

Constellation Quizzes

Holla
Click Me
Tell Me I'm Pretty
Feed Me, Seymour

APOD 2.3

This is the APOD from November 3, 2012. This is a picture of the full moon during late October. It was taken over the Italian Alps. This was the second full moon after the Autumnal Equinox. For many it is called the Hunter's moon. This is because they used the light from the moon to hunt in preperation for the harsh winter. The sun in this picture is setting and the mountains depicted are around 11,000 feet tall.

APOD 2.2

This is the APOD from October 31st, 2012. This picture contains the constellation Cepheus, a mysterious cloud and the VdB 152 nebula. The ghostly cloud is around 1,400 light years away. This is along the northern Milky Way. The blur light in this picture is created by the reflecion of stars in space.