Picture Of The Day - February 1, 2019 - (Very Late Post)

Triangulum Log - Post 2 - The Outskirts

More pics of the system. Notice the lack of stars in the background. The system being a runaway star, is quickly escaping the galaxy. The nearest stars are more than 1,000 light years away. Interesting enough in this system, while the major planets orbit the system’s common center of mass, a dense asteroid belt and 3 dwarf planets directly orbit the system’s black hole. The dwarf planets and asteroids likely formed out of some of the remaining debris from the supernova that created the black hole.

The last two pics are a massive red moon orbiting the systems 7th planet. The moon has a very Mars-like feel to it.

Picture of the day - February 15, 2019

Gas giant with vivid violet rings.

Picture of the day 2 - November 27, 2018

Tranquil brown ice-giant.

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Picture of the day - November 15, 2018

Large gas giant orbiting a pair of binary suns within a large nebula.

Picture of the day - January 3, 2019

Desert-like moon orbiting a large gas giant. This is the same world as the skylines from the previous post.

I know there’s a lot of tension after Tumblr’s new policy annouced for December 17th, but reblog this if you aren’t leaving Tumblr so that other blogs can know they aren’t going to be completely alone!

Picture of the Day - February 11, 2019 (Late post)

Blue ice giant with blue rings.

Pacman Nebula

In honor of NASA’s successful landing of the InSight Lander, here are a couple of Space Engine pictures of Mars centered on the Elysium Planitia.

Had to take a second closer picture since Phobos got in the way of the first picture.

High Resolution Pictures

Picture 1

Picture 2

Triangulum Log - Post 5 - Vista System (Planet 3)

Our journey of the Vista System now takes us to the third and largest planet in the system. This gas giant has 1.14 times the mass of Jupiter and a mean radius of 73,934 kilometers. It is much warmer than Jupiter at -41° F versus Jupiter’s -163° F, and as a result has extremely active weather patterns and a stormy atmosphere. Cloud decks are composed primarily of water-ice crystals.

The planet orbits 0.88 astronomical units from the sun, has an extensive ring system composed of silicate-rich materials, and a single large satellite. The planet’s satellite has a radius of 1,360.71 kilometers and a mass roughly 70% that of our moon. It has an average density of 4.82 g/cm³, indicating a large metal-rich core region.

Links to High Resolution Pics

Image 1 - A Giant and her rings.

Image 2 - Beautiful faint ring system.

Image 3 - Stormy Skies

Image 4 - Ring Shepard.

Image 5 - Andromeda Photobombs the rings. (High Exposure Shot)

Image 6 -Battered moon.

Image 7 - David and Goliath

Image 8 - High and Seek

Image 9 - Parting Ways