#ngc 2024

[spacewonder19]

NGC 2024 Flame Nebula © ESO

#nebula #space #astrophotography #flame nebula #ngc 2024 #night sky #stars #astronomy #planet #cosmos #universe #planets #galaxy

[quiltofstars]

The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33, center) and the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024, lower left) // galactic_surfer

#astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #emission nebula #diffuse nebula #dark nebula #horsehead nebula #Barnard 33 #flame nebula #NGC 2024 #Sh2-277 #orion

[euphorictruths]

Alnitak & The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024); 2021

#space #nebula #outer space #flame nebula #ngc 2024 #fire #stars #celestial #cosmic #cosmos #orion #constellations #beautiful #beauty #escape #pretty #dark #spiritual #orange #space dust #out of this world #galaxies #universe #the unknown #astrophotography #photography #deep space #alnitak

[8infinite-space8]

Flame Nebula (NGC 2024).

Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA.

#space #science #nature #astronomy #Universe #Cosmos #Astrophotography #NASA #night sky #stars #astro community #outer space #astrophysics #cosmology #nebula

[the-wolf-and-moon]

NGC 2024, Flame Nebula

#astronomy #night #sky #space #stars #nasa #science #universe #nebula #galaxy #cosmos #flame #fire

[without-ado]

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks near NGC 6888

l Michael Jäger l Austria l Jan. 2024

#comet #ngc 6888 #space #nasa #astrophotography #astronomy #solar system #crescent nebula #comet 12p/pons brooks #stars #galaxy #planets #universe #night #sky

[apod]

2024 February 4

The Cone Nebula from Hubble Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA - Processing & Licence: Judy Schmidt

Explanation: Stars are forming in the gigantic dust pillar called the Cone Nebula. Cones, pillars, and majestic flowing shapes abound in stellar nurseries where natal clouds of gas and dust are buffeted by energetic winds from newborn stars. The Cone Nebula, a well-known example, lies within the bright galactic star-forming region NGC 2264. The Cone was captured in unprecedented detail in this close-up composite of several observations from the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. While the Cone Nebula, about 2,500 light-years away in Monoceros, is around 7 light-years long, the region pictured here surrounding the cone's blunted head is a mere 2.5 light-years across. In our neck of the galaxy that distance is just over half way from our Sun to its nearest stellar neighbors in the Alpha Centauri star system. The massive star NGC 2264 IRS, seen by Hubble's infrared camera in 1997, is the likely source of the wind sculpting the Cone Nebula and lies off the top of the image. The Cone Nebula's reddish veil is produced by dust and glowing hydrogen gas.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240204.html

[mysticstronomy]

HOW DO WE KNOW HOW THE MILKY WAY LOOKS LIKE??

Blog#362

Saturday, December 30th, 2023

Welcome back,

This is the spiral galaxy NGC 2835, imaged by the impeccable, seemingly timeless Hubble Space Telescope.

And this is NGC 1132, an elliptical galaxy captured through the tandem efforts of Hubble and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

We know what both of these breathtakingly beautiful galaxies look like because we can see them from afar. How then do we know what our own Milky Way galaxy looks like, seeing as how we are inside it?

While we've never been able to zoom out and take a true galactic selfie, there are numerous observations that clue us in to the structure of our home galaxy. The greatest hint comes from looking at other galaxies. While there are perhaps two trillion in our observable universe, surprisingly, they only seem to come in three discernable varieties: spiral, elliptical, and irregular.

Spiral galaxies have a mostly flat disk with a bright central bulge and arms that swirl out from the middle. Elliptical galaxies tend to be round or oval with a uniform distribution of stars. Irregular galaxies are like stellar splotches in space, with little structure at all.

Gazing skyward from our vantage point on and around Earth, there are clear signs that the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy. You can see one sign with the naked eye! The Milky Way appears in our sky as a relatively flat disk.

Using more sophisticated methods, astrophysicists and astronomers have provided two more clues to the structure of the Milky Way.

"When we measure velocities of stars and gas in our galaxy, we see an overall rotational motion that differs from random motions," Sarah Slater, a graduate student in cosmology at Harvard University, wrote. "This is another characteristic of a spiral galaxy."

Moreover the gas proportions, colors, and dust content are similar to other spiral galaxies, she added.

Aside from these lines of evidence, astronomers are also using their tools in ingenious ways to map the structure of the Milky Way. Just this year, scientists used two radio astronomy projects from different parts of the globe to measure the parallaxes – differences in the apparent positions of objects viewed along two different lines of sight – from masers shooting off electromagnetic radiation in numerous massive star forming regions in our galaxy.

"These parallaxes allow us to directly measure the forms of spiral arms across roughly one-third of the Milky Way, and we have extended the spiral arm traces into the portion of the Milky Way seen from the Southern Hemisphere using tangencies along some arms based on carbon monoxide emission," the researchers explained. They coupled these observations with other gathered data points to construct a new image of the Milky Way. This is our home galaxy, in all its resplendant glory.

Originally published www-realclearscience-com

COMING UP!!

(Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024)

"WHAT IS QUARK MATTER??"

#astronomy #outer space #alternate universe #astrophysics #universe #spacecraft #white universe #space #parallel universe #astrophotography #galaxies #galaxy

[anothercloudynight]

NGC 2359, Thor's Helmet 

Distance: 15,000.00 light years

Constellation Canis Major

Feb 28,29 2024 -Montcada i Reixac-

#astrophotography #urban astrophotography #astrophotos #astro observations #cosmos #original photographers #astronomy #universe #thorshelmet

[sproutinglupine]

I'm in the newest Stitchy Goodness zine of cross stitch patterns! The theme was Outer Space, so I came up with "Saturniidae Satellite", a celestial-themed moth based on the Chinese moon moth! The zine is available until February 17, 2024, and includes all 15 patterns pictured here. If it's after that date, you'll have to check with the inidividual designers for availability of patterns. Pattern names and their designers are under the cut!

Monsterous Designs - Phases

Black Waltz Stitching - Alien Friend

Neutrino Stitch - Galaxy NGC 3147

Scornflake GRRRL - Vastness

Pibble Patterns - New Horizons

Stitchy Rin - Uranus

Romy's Creations - I Will Catch the Moon

Cobweb And Rose - Ghost Tours: Mars

Salty Stitchez Studio - Black Hole

Cross Stitch Rattos - Otter Space

Sprouting Lupine - Saturniidae Satellite

Crafy Yams - Area 51

The Stitch Crpyt - Mother Universe

Flossy Fox Shop - Wish Upon A Space Dragon

Snailfish Stitches - Space Glitter

#cross stitch #fiber art #my art #my patterns #stitchy goodness zine #cross stitch patterns #alt text in image #stitchy goodness zine issue 3: outer space

[ton-618-ton-618]

2024 April 3

A nebula is shown that appears like a firework. Radial filaments connect a glowing halo to a star in the center that appears as a blue dot.

Unusual Nebula Pa 30

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, USAF, NSF;

Processing: G. Ferrand (U. Manitoba), J. English (U. Manitoba), R. A. Fesen (Dartmouth), C. Treyturik (U. Manitoba);

Text: G. Ferrand & J. English

Explanation: What created this unusual celestial firework? The nebula, dubbed Pa 30, appears in the same sky direction now as a bright "guest star" did in the year 1181. Although Pa 30's filaments look similar to that created by a nova (for example GK Per), and a planetary nebula (for example NGC 6751), some astronomers now propose that it was created by a rare type of supernova: a thermonuclear Type Iax, and so is (also) named SN 1181. In this model, the supernova was not the result of the detonation of a single star, but rather a blast that occurred when two white dwarf stars spiraled together and merged. The blue dot in the center is hypothesized to be a zombie star, the remnant white dwarf that somehow survived this supernova-level explosion. The featured image combines images and data obtained with infrared (WISE), visible (MDM, Pan-STARRS), and X-ray (Chandra, XMM) telescopes. Future observations and analyses may tell us more.

#astronaut #astronomers #not astrology #star #stars #art #astronomy #outer space #space #artist #nebula #celestial #firework #Pa 30 #1181 #supernova #SN 1181 #dwarf star #zombie star #telescopes #telescope #X ray #infrared #nebulas

[spacewonder19]

Hidden fires of Flame Nebula

#space #astronomy #stars #astrophotography #flame nebula #ngc 2024 #galaxy #nebula #planet #cosmos #planets #universe #night sky #solar system #ESO #european southern observatory

[quiltofstars]

The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33, center) and the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024, bottom) // PMastro

#astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #emission nebula #dark nebula #diffuse nebula #horsehead nebula #flame nebula #Barnard 33 #NGC 2024 #Sh2-277 #orion

[jameswebb-discoveries]

NASA's Webb Telescope just dropped this INSANE image of a star-forming region called NGC 604

March 9, 2024, NASA's Webb Telescope just dropped this INSANE image of a star-forming region called NGC 604, located a whopping 2.73 million light-years away in our neighboring Triangulum Galaxy (aka M33)!

Want to dive deeper? Check out the full article ➡️ https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/discoveries/james-webb-telescope-sheds-light-on-the-chaotic-cradle-of-stars-in-ngc-604

#JWST #NASA #Space #Stars #NGC604 #TriangulumGalaxy #StarFormation #Cosmology #Astrophysics #Science #Astronomy #Universe #Exploration #Learning #Knowledge

#JWST #NASA #Space #Stars #NGC604 #TriangulumGalaxy #StarFormation #Cosmology #Astrophysics #Science #Astronomy #Universe #Exploration #Learning #Knowledge

[astroaleph]

On 03/08/2024, the Hubble Space Telescope spotted the galaxy NGC 4423, a galaxy around 55 million light years away from Earth in the Virgo constellation. Here’s the article NASA posted:

NGC 4423

#astronomy #hubble space telescope #nasa #nasa news #space news #spaceblr #outer space #space #ngc 4423 #galaxy #astronomy news

[the-wolf-and-moon]

NGC 2024, Flame Nebula

#Astronomy #NASA #Night #Sky #Stars #Space #Science #Universe #Cosmos #Cosmic #Solar System #Flame #Fire #Nebula #Galaxy #Constellations #Constellation #Rainbow #Bright