IC 3568 (Lemon Slice Nebula)

The Lemon Slice Nebula is in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is a few degrees away from Polaris. It is a young nebula and is only .4 light years wide. It is about 4500 light years away from Earth.

APOD 3.6

This is the APOD from February 16, 2013. IT depicts Comet Lemmon in the southern sky. It is the one with the green tail on the left side is Lmmon. This picture was made from a timelapse video. The MAgellanic cloud and 47 Tucanae cluster can also be seen in this picture. In the video, the comet PanSTARRS can also be seen. Soon they will be heading to the northern sky.

Star Formation

This picture shows a fragmented gas cloud where a new star, HH-2, is being formed.

This picture of the bubble nebula holds one of the largest protostars in our galaxy.

APOD 3.5

This is the APOD from February 12, 2013. It could have only been seen by a camera because of the faint nature of aurora's. The green could have been seen by the naked eye but the red was seen after a 20 second exposure. This picture was taken near Anchorage, Alaska. The stars above also contain the Pleiades and multiple constellations that can be seen when you hover over the image on the original website. Aurora's are caused by very energetic particles that are influenced by the sun's solar winds.

APOD 3.4

 This is the APOD from February 3, 2013. IT depicts cosmic clouds and winds in the Orion Nebula. The newly forming stars are creating an immense amount of wind. This mixed with stationary gas causes quite a shift. The bow just above and to the left of the center of the image is a wind that measures half of a light year across. Orion is basically a stellar nursery for many new stars.

Moon

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APOD 3.3

This is the APOD from January 26, 2013. This picture was taken on January 17th in Alaska. The center is obviously an overexposed moon. On both sides are "moondogs" which are reflections from the light with the crystals in the air. It is also surrounded by a halo caused by a similar effect. These phenomenon are relatively normal to see in northern climates because of the frozen crystals in the air causing the reflections. In Florida they are nearly impossible to see.