R136a1 System

Solar disk in H-alpha

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Twin sunrise on a Mercury-like planet.

Pictures of the Day - December 14, 2018

Insight A System - Inner-Most Planet (Insight A-I)

The Inner-most planet is a baked world orbiting perilously close to its sun at a distance of just 0.04 AU. The planet has a mass of roughly 0.56 Earth Masses and a diameter 93% that of Earth. It is rocky desert world. A thick carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide atmosphere covers the surface with an atmospheric pressure 10 times that of Earth.

Surface temperatures are extreme, reaching 1,800 F during the day.  At these temperatures some surface rocks melt into lakes of magma and the surface glows a dull red at night. The atmosphere also contains clouds composed of liquid glass droplets. Despite it’s close orbital proximity to the sun, it is not tidally locked. The planet has a moderately elliptical orbit with an eccentricity of 0.10. This results in a 3 to 2 orbit to spin resonance. In other words the planet completes three rotations for every 2 orbits, just like the planet Mercury.

BTW Everyone, it looks like Space Engine version 0.999 is probably going to be released sometime soon, probably before the end of the year. Can’t wait to start taking pics in it.

High Resolution Pictures

Insight A-I

From a Glowing Asteroid Moon

Atmospheric Glow

Sunrise

Crowded Worlds

Picture of the Day - October 15, 2018

Alien moon and its parent gas giant, looking towards the sun. This system is located within one of the densely packed globular clusters orbiting Triangulum’s center.

Picture of the day 2 - November 27, 2018

Tranquil brown ice-giant.

Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-42-7-615383-4492 8

TOUCHDOWN OF INSIGHT ON MARS! Man, this just never gets old. I am SO over the Moon (or Mars) each and every time our incredible civilization accomplishes such amazing technological feats. Congratulations to all who made this happen. Pop the corks!

One of the landing team members just mentioned that InSight will soon deploy instruments with which to search for water on Mars. Where there is water, there is life. It is highly unlikely that the water is sterile. I also would like to remind ourselves that life exists here in Earth where in the most inhospitable life conditions, extreme heat, extreme darkness, life exist. (At the exact time of reentry and touchdown, the street in front of my place was being blacktopped with 2 gigantic steel rollers causing the ground, foundation walls, windows to shake and vibrate. @krixomatic says, “Feels like we’re inside the lander!” I exploded with laughter. Can’t make this up.) What do you think guys? Tag someone 👥 🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽👩‍🚀 FOLLOW @barışözcan 👩‍🚀 FOLLOW @nasa 👩‍🚀 FOLLOW @umutayildiz . #CFP +#gaintrick #explorepage #viral #trending #ayoandteo#shmateo #piggybackchallenge #newfreezerchallenge#blocboyjb #shootchallenge #reverse #reversechallenge#toespin #dancers #waterchallenge #dancetrends#2017dancetrends #worldstar #invisibleboxchallenge#tagafriend #views #funnyvideo #freex #clicknow#neverjudgeabookbyitscover #dontjudgechallenge

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A collection of alien skies from another system I have come across in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy

Space Engine System ID: RS 8475-7-7-32-196

High Resolution Pictures

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Picture of the day - December 18, 2018

Polar vortex over the northern pole of Insight A-II

Picture of the day - January 9, 2019

Ringed Desert-Like moon  with life and a large moon.

Picture of the Day - January 6, 2019

Ringed ice giant orbiting a star located near a beautiful red-colored nebula.

Space Engine System ID: RS 8550-3584-8-657793-464 5 to visit the planet in Space Engine.

PS: I apologize for the inconsistency of pictures lately. Personal issues are making my regular post schedule something erratic.