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Insight A System (Inner 5 Planets)

First post of the Insight A system. Insight A is the larger or primary of Insight’s 2 stars. The Insight System is a wide-spaced binary system consisting of a type G1V and type K5V star that orbit one another at an average distance of 192.3 AU once every 2,432 years. Insight A is 1.6 times the luminosity of our sun, and Insight B just 1/6th that of our sun.

Below are the first five worlds orbiting Insight A.

Insight A-I (0.56 Earth Masses - Rocky, 0.04 AU)

Insight A-II (2.66 Earth Masses, Rocky Super Earth, 0.07 AU)

Insight A-III (13.22 Earth Mass, Ice-Giant, 0.12 AU)

Insight A-IV (41.38 Earth Masses, Ice Giant, 0.36 AU)

Insight A-V (0.14 Earth Masses, Rocky with Liquid Water, 0.69 AU)

Pictures of the Day - December 31, 2018

Here I come a across a massive Super-Jovian gas giant. The planet is close to the boundary line with a brown dwarf and has a mass of more than 11 times that of Jupiter. It orbits a hot B-Type star that is part of a binary system consisting of a B type main sequence star and a blue supergiant. The system is located just outside of a globular cluster.

Monstrous storms rage across the planet’s atmosphere, powered not just from the warmth of two luminous suns, but also from internally released heat. A well-structured ring system surrounds the planet along with 66 natural satellites, 6 of which larger than the planet Mercury, including 1 ocean moon larger than Earth that has its own ring system.

Space Engine System ID: RSC 5581-4-0-0-300 B3 to visit the planet in Space Engine.

Planet Stats:

Radius: 71,573.62 km (11.22 x Earth, 1.02 x Jupiter) Mass: 11.06 Jupiter Masses (3,515 x Earth) Orbital Distance: 11.43 AU Length of Year: 16.33 Years Length of Solar Day: 7 hours 56 mins Gravity: 27.90 g Temperature: 720 K (836°F) Atmosphere Composition:  92.7% Hydrogen, 6.88% Helium, 0.32% Methane, 0.10% Hydrogen Deuteride

My first posts will be from systems located within the Triangulum Galaxy. The above 3 images were taken from Space Engine of the galaxy. The background galaxy in the images is Andromeda.

For those of you that are not familiar with the Triangulum Galaxy, it is the third largest member of the local group, sometimes considered a satellite galaxy of Andromeda. The galaxy is also known as M33, NGC 598 or the Pinwheel Galaxy. Approximately 40 billion stars reside within this spiral galaxy. It is believed that the galaxy lacks a central supermassive black hole and central halo.

Wikipedia link below.

Triangulum Galaxy

Flame Nebula

Picture of the Day - December 30, 2018

Globular cluster. Almost 10,000 stars packed into a sphere just 100 light years across.

River Valley

Picture of the day - October 30, 2018

Best shot yet of a river valley I have found, taken on an Earth-like world. The planet has a unique yellow-colored atmosphere.

Picture of the day - February 1, 2019 - (Very late post)

Heavily cratered Mars-like planet.

 Cold blue gas giant and one of it's asteroid moons.

If Mars were Terraformed (tablet) Click the image to download the correct size for your tablet in high resolution

Pictures of the day 2 - November 24, 2019

I have to admit, this planet is probably to closest reminder to me of Christmas. This purple-colored Earth with violet seas and a deep purple atmosphere is quite unique. Whats even more fascinating about the planet is its brilliant green sunsets and sunrises.

Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-42-1-2-487 6 (Unedited)

High Resolution Pics

Purple Earth

Lone Moon

Kind of Christmassy

Weird Atmosphere

Green Sunset