I am a fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson and his ability to bring the field of astronomy to the masses. He has a radio show/podcast located at http://www.startalkradio.net/ and it is definitely worth a listen to. I have subscribed to it and I am currently listening to older episodes to catch up to the latest episode. So far, they are all a joy to listen to and I am sure all the episodes will be equally as great.
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Found this on the interwebs and thought I would re-post it. It's an amazing picture of Europa, Jupiter, and the Great Red Spot. I wonder how Jupiter would appear from Europa. I do not know where I found the image at but if I do or you know, I will be glad to cite it.
Multi-frame mosaic.
Voyager 1, March 3, 1979
Image Number: WEB11413-2010
Credit: NASA; JPL; Kinetikon Pictures
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Credit: NASA; JPL; Kinetikon Pictures
For print or commercial use, please contact: Michael Benso
Thanks to Katia Oh for the cite!
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It's not every day that you get to see a crescent Sun. This was caused by the partial eclipse that happened a few days ago.
Source: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120522.html
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This is a good picture of an eclipse. These types of pictures make me realize how big the moon is but the Sun is even bigger.
Source: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120520.html
Explanation: What's happened to the setting Sun? An eclipse! In early 2009, the Moon eclipsed part of the Sun as visible from parts of Africa, Australia, and Asia. In particular the above image, taken from the Mall of Asia seawall, caught a partially eclipsed Sun setting over Manila Bay in the Philippines. Piers are visible in silhouette in the foreground. Eclipse chasers and well placed sky enthusiasts captured many other interesting and artistic images of the year's only annular solar eclipse, including movies, eclipse shadow arrays, and rings of fire. Today parts of the Sun again will become briefly blocked by the Moon, again visible to some as a partial eclipse of a setting Sun. A small swath of Earth, however, will be exposed to the unusual ring of fire effect when the Moon is completely surrounded by the glowing light of the slightly larger Sun.
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Russian Satellite Elektro-L took this picture of Earth. The detail is stunning and the color looks like an artist added it (even though it wasn't). Below is the post from Universe Today where I found the picture.
Unlike most satellite images of Earth, this one was not assembled from multiple swath scans or digitally projected onto a globe model — it’s the full disk of our planet in captured as a single, enormous 121 megapixel image, acquired by Russia’s Elektro-L weather-forecasting satellite.
Like NASA’s GOES satellites, Elektro-L is parked in a geostationary orbit approximately 36,000 km (22,300 miles) above our planet. Unlike NASA’s satellites, however, Elektro-L captures images in near-infrared as well as visible wavelengths, providing detail about not only cloud movement but also vegetation variations. Its wide-angle Multichannel Scanning Unit (MSU) takes images every 15-30 minutes, showing the same viewpoint of Earth across progressive times of the day.
At a resolution of 0.62 miles per pixel, full-size Elektro-L images are some of the most detailed images of Earth acquired by a weather satellite.
A second Elektro-L satellite is anticipated to launch in 2013.Launched aboard a Zenit rocket on January 20, 2011, Elektro-L was the first major spacecraft to be developed in post-Soviet Russia. Parked over Earth at 76 degrees east longitude, Elektro-L provides local and global weather forecasting and analysis of ocean conditions, as well as “space weather” monitoring — measurements of solar radiation and how it interacts with Earth’s magnetic field. Its initial lifespan is projected to be ten years.
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/95108/from-russia-with-love-a-singularly-stunning-image-of-earth/
Like NASA’s GOES satellites, Elektro-L is parked in a geostationary orbit approximately 36,000 km (22,300 miles) above our planet. Unlike NASA’s satellites, however, Elektro-L captures images in near-infrared as well as visible wavelengths, providing detail about not only cloud movement but also vegetation variations. Its wide-angle Multichannel Scanning Unit (MSU) takes images every 15-30 minutes, showing the same viewpoint of Earth across progressive times of the day.
At a resolution of 0.62 miles per pixel, full-size Elektro-L images are some of the most detailed images of Earth acquired by a weather satellite.
A second Elektro-L satellite is anticipated to launch in 2013.Launched aboard a Zenit rocket on January 20, 2011, Elektro-L was the first major spacecraft to be developed in post-Soviet Russia. Parked over Earth at 76 degrees east longitude, Elektro-L provides local and global weather forecasting and analysis of ocean conditions, as well as “space weather” monitoring — measurements of solar radiation and how it interacts with Earth’s magnetic field. Its initial lifespan is projected to be ten years.
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/95108/from-russia-with-love-a-singularly-stunning-image-of-earth/
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For those of who may not know, Venus will transit the Sun this year. The event will happen on June 5 and 6, 2012. I suggest you get a welding mask or a proper filter for your telescope, binoculars, camera, or other viewing apparatuses.
There is an app for your phone but I am not sure what exactly it does. Visit http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/getting-involved/phone-app/ for more information on the app.