Eclipse Reflections
by Celestyn M Brozek
Moon Between the Stones
Despite clouds and rain showers astronomer Phillip Perkins managed to spot a reddened, eclipsed Moon between the stones of this well known monument to the Sun during May’s total lunar eclipse, from Stonehenge, England.
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Moon & Pleiades
by Laurent Laveder
A conjunction of the crescent Moon and Pleiades or the seven sisters star cluster in early morning sky.
[A fascinating time-lapse AVI video of the same scene is available here.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ch22hx8o1qbn5m1o1_1280.jpg)
Moon & Pleiades
A conjunction of the crescent Moon and Pleiades or the seven sisters star cluster in early morning sky.
[A fascinating time-lapse AVI video of the same scene is available here.]
Waning Crescent Moon from Pic of the Sacred Heart, Paris
City of (Sunspot) Lights
Sunspot AR1476 (photographed above over the Eiffel Tower) has been monitored all week, as the Jupiter-sized coronal “active region” has been pointed squarely at Earth, ready to release a wave of magnetic energy in the form of a solar flare or coronal mass ejection. Last night, a CME was detected, racing toward Earth at over 1,000 km/s.
This awesome animation from the Goddard Space Weather Lab demonstrates the forecasted wave and glancing blow we await on Earth (we aren’t in any danger, but satellites may be disrupted):
Above, the sunspot is photographed Thursday evening over the Eiffel Tower by VegaStar Carpentier.
The Cat & Venus
With “Alnath” above Venus, a Giant Star and the Second Brightest Star in the Constellation Taurus.
Sunset on Mars
Sunset colors on Mars appear opposite of those typically seen on Earth. The central blue glow appears when the Martian atmosphere scatters the sunlight, the same phenomenon that makes the Earth’s sky blue. Powdery dust suspended in the atmosphere gives the rest of the sky a copper color. The Sun appears only about two-thirds the size that it does on the Earth.
Moon Meets Venus at Old Delhi
by Ajay Talwar
This stunning 360 degree panorama of the night sky was stitched together from 37,000 images by a first-time astrophotographer.
I was gonna blog about that awesome record-setting, super-sized panoramic sky photo going around ourdashboards today, but I had this nagging sense of deja vu. And sure enough, I found it in my archives from 10 months ago.
But seriously, go enjoy it again. It’s so fantastic and informative. The guy quit his job, traveled 60,000 miles and he had never done anything like this before.
