#astronomy minor

[nemfrog]

"The Little Dipper made into a LIttle Bear." The book of stars. 1920.

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[quiltofstars]

The star Polaris (α Ursae Minoris) and some surrounding dust // AstroBen60

Polaris' name comes from the Neo-Latin stella polaris, meaning "pole star." This name was only coined in the Renaissance when the star had actually become close to the celestial north pole.

#astronomy #astrophotography #star #triple star system #yellow supergiant #supergiant star #polaris #alpha ursae minoris #integrated flux nebula #dust #interstellar dust #ursa minor #etymology

[wxnter-rain]

Bears in the sky 🧸

#artwork #ursa major #ursa minor #astronomy #character illustration #character design #digital illustration #illustration #illustrator #digital artist #No longer star beast #Returned to bear

[merelygifted]

Astronomers puzzle over dwarf planet ring system • The Register

Structure appears to be so far out, the Roche limit may need revising

A ring system has been spotted around dwarf planet Quaoar at a distance astronomers didn't believe was possible, defying astronomical theories on how these structures form.

Quaoar lies in the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune. The icy rock is 1,121 kilometers (697 miles) wide, about half the diameter of Pluto. Quaoar is a distant object with interesting properties, including signs it may harbor ice-spewing volcanoes and a ring system.

Debris compressed into rings orbiting planets are found around the gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, and dwarf planets Chariklo and Haumea. All the ring systems lie relatively close to their host planets within a distance known as the Roche limit.

The Roche limit states that ring systems can only form within a distance where the tidal forces from a larger body are more powerful than a smaller object's own gravitational forces. In short, debris captured inside a planet's Roche limit will be ripped apart and compressed into a ring system. Any material outside this distance, however, will more likely stick together under gravity and form a moon instead.

Quaoar, however, breaks this rule. Its ring system is intact at orbits at a distance over seven times the dwarf planet's radius. Saturn's ring system is located at a distance only three times its radius, for comparison. Now astronomers are puzzled over how such a ring system can survive so far from its parent body.  ...

#Astronomy #Astrophysics #Kuiper Belt #Quaoar #Ringed Planets #Ringed Minor Planets

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

#asteroid #sky #space #astronomy #celestial #cosmic #celestial object #minor planet #near-Earth object #meteor #comet #solar system

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[still-got-no-idea]

Wait I can post the eclipse photos? :0

I took two :P

#aster talks #irl things #eclipse photos!! #:D #I love space #honestly? I know what I wanna do #I want a minor in astronomy #why? SPACE #SPACE #I LOVE SPACE!!!! #I love it all :3 #genuinely #space x2

[illustratedbyjass]

Ursa Major & Ursa Minor, one of my favourite constellations and a favourite painting I’ve created ✨ shop prints

#artists on tumblr #ursa minor #ursa major #star constellations #art prints #celestial #astronomy

[oflgtfol]

stop lmaooo i just got my official transcript so i can submit it for the grad program im going for and. helppp i didnt realize it would show my failed attempt at a physics minor. HILARIOUS it pops up for a single semester and then disappears immediately after. you'll also see how fall 2022 my semester gpa was a fucking 2.0. hell yeah

#literally every single semester its like. Major: Astronomy #then fall 2022 it says Major: Astronomy. Minor: Physics #then spring 2023 its just back to Major: Astronomy #like HELPP. arugghgfgv #that plus the fall 2022 gpa of 2.0 is just. environmental storytelling #i was fucking GOING through it #brot posts

[purpledragon-ephemera]

Ursa Major, Ursa Minor Poem by X.J. Kennedy; Art by Robert Byrd Publication Unknown

#Ursa Major Ursa Minor #poetry #poem #bears #astronomy #constellations #Ursa Major #Ursa Minor #Bears #stars #X.J. Kennedy #XJ Kennedy #Robert Byrd #Unknown Publication

[squuote]

quill thrown into modern day after being trapped for a century would fuck them up so badly. but also they would get to see how much space travel has changed and grown with a new era of technological advances we made to help guide us through the depths of space. and to know we still look for life in the big wide universe and that we reached out and we made it to the stars. and they would cry.

#oc tag #<- tag to block to avoid oc talking btw #I can’t draw my ocs rn but I’m having too many thoughts and they gotta go somewhere #god don’t even mention laika to them they would bawl their eyes out fr #I need to expand more of their minor interests maybe I’ll make a fun chart of various tiny info on my guys #quill loves astronomy and if they weren’t so dedicated to being an attorney #they would have been in the astronomy pathway. dude fucking loves space.

[nemfrog]

The Autumn and Winter sky in the Northern Hemisphere. The World Book. 1923.

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[quiltofstars]

A few double stars in the northern skies // Dark Rangers

Rasalgethi (α Herculis) is a true multiple star system, a triple star system. The name comes from the Arabic phrase ra'is al-jāthī meaning "head of the kneeler," the "kneeler" being Hercules.

Polaris (α Ursae Minoris) is another true triple star system. The name comes from Neo-Latin stella polaris meaning, unsurprisingly, "polar star."

Mizar (ζ Ursae Majoris) is a quadruple star system, with each pair being seen as a "single" star. The name comes from the Arabic word mi'zar meaning "apron, wrapper, or covering."

Almach (γ Andromedae) is a quadruple star system. The name comes from the Arabic word al-'anāq meaning "the caracal," also known as a desert lynx.

Albireo (β Cygni) is probably a visual binary, meaning the two stars just happen to be close to each other on the sky. The name has an uncertain origin, tracing back to Ptolemy.

Castor (α Geminorum) is a sextuple star system, made up of three pairs of stars. The name has its origin in the Greek myth of the twins Castor and Pollux.

#astronomy #astrophotography #stars #double star #rasalgethi #alpha herculis #polaris #alpha ursae minoris #mizar #zeta ursae majoris #almach #gamma andromedae #albireo #beta cygni #castor #alpha geminorum #hercules #ursa minor #ursa major #andromeda #cygnus #gemini

[oldfrankland]

NOAA 13112  Flaring and surges  01 Oct 2022  Jim Ferreira

#solar astronomy #solar astrophotoghy #active region #minor flare #surge filaments #Jim_Ferreira

[california-112]

I am annoyed a normal amount

#my meme #the scientist speaks #adventures in astronomy #why is this making me so annoyed lol #leo minor #46 leonis minoris

[arcademgmt]

Zamazenta: The Aegis

Zacian: The Swordsman

Calyrex: The Duke/Duchess

Ho-oh: The Wanderer

Lugia: The Guardian

Groudon: The Landsman

Kyogre: The Mariner

Rayquaza: The Arbiter

Regigigas: The Architect

Dialga: The Timekeeper

Palkia: The Stargazer

Giratina: The Apostate

Lake trio: The Sages

Zekrom: The Utopian

Reshiram: The Aspirant

Kyurem: The Hermit

Yveltal: The Harvester

Xerneas: The Provider

Zygarde: The Mediator

Solgaleo: The Alchemist

Lunala: The Astronomer

Arceus: The Prophet

so essentially what this is all about was that i was thinking last night about the chosens of the major legendaries and was like... hmm. what if there were old tales and such about those bonded with those legendaries. many are even said to foretell events that have not yet happened. they're probably very old and quite difficult to decipher but they exist. each title here correlates to a legendary and more specifically their chosen and can be seen repeated in these tales — nobody was ever exactly sure what they meant for a very long time. the people in those tales were never named outside of those titles.

#i am missing a few but that's because they're a little uncertain in my own universe rn #besides mewtwo who i think it makes sense wouldn't have a title like this considering the circumstances of its creation #but like... necrozma and eternatus in particular yknow #there may also be titles for those chosen by minor legendaries and mythicals but there can be multiple of them #blah blah yadda yadda yadda you get the point i think. we'll worry about all that later #last thing i wanna explain solgaleo in particular real quick. it relates to some of its suspected design inspirations #and the sun's relation to alchemy #and by extension alchemy's relation to astronomy #magnus infodumps #swsh: crimson aegis