Purple Matter [500 X 750] By Skratt

Moon Halo

Credit: Mikhail Reva

Picture of the Day - January 15, 2019

Titan-like world with methane oceans and clouds of hydrocarbons.

Triangulum Log - Post 5 - The Vista System (Planet 4)

The Vista System’s 4th and outermost planet. This dry cold desert world orbits 1.45 AU from the sun. It is the system’s only super-earth type planet with a mass of 4.37 times that of Earth, and a diameter of 11,656 kilometers (1.82 Earth’s). It is surrounded by a dark-gray ring system, likely a shattered satellite that got too close. The atmosphere is thin and dry, composed primarily of carbon dioxide and smaller quantities of ammonia and methane. The surface is cold with a global average temperature of -94° F

A single large satellite orbits close to the planet. The moon has a radius of 1,091 kilometers and a mass one-quarter that of Earth’s moon.

High Resolution Pics

Image 1 - Planet 4

Image 2 - Dusty world

Image 3 - The wastelands

Image 4 - Endless Sand

Image 5 - A glimpse of home. The Milky Way, and Magellanic Cloud Galaxies.

Image 6 - Faint rings

Image 7 - The Lone companion

Image 8 - Dead world

Image 9 - Conjunction

Image 10 - Pre-eclipse

Picture of the day 2 - January 6, 2019

Titan-Like World.

Picture of the day 2 - November 15, 2018

Shepard moon orbiting within a ring gap of a giant planet.

Picture of the day - December 6, 2018

Another picture of the fifth planet of the Insight B system.

Picture of the day 2 - November 14, 2018

An earth-like moon orbiting a gas giant. This moon has purple-colored vegetation and extremely large ice caps.

Space Engine System ID: RSC 8475-0-4-2269-22 A4

Lunar Shadow

Picture of the Day - October 14, 2018

Small satellite casting its shadow across a gas giant.

Solar disk in H-alpha

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