This Beautiful Supernova Remnant Is The Product Of A Huge Stellar Explosion In Our Neighboring Galaxy

a night with the stars will usually help

By: Jonah Reenders

NGC 3576, an emission nebula in the constellation of Carina 6,000 light years away. -image via paulhaese.net

Southern NGC7000

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Night Sky Over Mt. Fuji - Jan. 2016

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Infrared/visible-light comparison of the Carina Nebula

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The California Nebula.

Jupiter’s North Pole Unlike Anything Encountered in Solar System

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole, taken during the spacecraft’s first flyby of the planet with its instruments switched on. The images show storm systems and weather activity unlike anything previously seen on any of our solar system’s gas-giant planets.  “First glimpse of Jupiter’s north pole, and it looks like nothing we have seen or imagined before,” said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. “It’s bluer in color up there than other parts of the planet, and there are a lot of storms. There is no sign of the latitudinal bands or zone and belts that we are used to – this image is hardly recognizable as Jupiter. We’re seeing signs that the clouds have shadows, possibly indicating that the clouds are at a higher altitude than other features.”

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

The Soul Nebula.

“Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex Area Of The Milky Way” by Martin Campbell on Flickr.

Orion Nebula from HAWK-1 js