Astronomy pictures of the day

[biggunsbob]

November 7th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181107.html

NGC 6188: The Dragons of Ara.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 8th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181108.html

Mars in the Loop.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 9th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181109.html

Little Planet Lookout.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 10th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181110.html

The Old Moon in the Young Moon's Arms.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 11th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181111.html

Astronaut Exploring: An Apollo 15 Panorama.

 

[everyoneneedsasmil]

Sometimes I find my first reaction to these pictures is, "Geez, couldn't they get a better camera?" Only to immediately smack myself in the forehead thinking, "How many years of study and careful testing must it have taken to create a camera that works IN SPACE for DECADES without breaking down?"

 

[biggunsbob]

November 12th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181112.html

The Lagoon Nebula is Stars, Gas, and Dust.

 

[biggunsbob]

Sometimes I find my first reaction to these pictures is, "Geez, couldn't they get a better camera?" Only to immediately smack myself in the forehead thinking, "How many years of study and careful testing must it have taken to create a camera that works IN SPACE for DECADES without breaking down?"

Yeah I agree..I find the stuff scientist and nasa and the JPL do pretty amazing. One day people will conquer the Solar System and beyond I hope.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 13, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181113.html

Rotating Asteroid Bennu from OSIRIS-REx.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 14th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181114.html

The Cave Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur.

 

[biggunsbob]

November, 15th, 2018


https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181115.html

Comet 46/Wirtanen.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 16th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181116.html

The Hill, The Moon, and Saturn.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 17th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181117.html

The Tarantula Nebula.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 18th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181118.html

Creature Aurora Over Norway.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 19th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181119.html

Gibbous Moon beyond Swedish Mountain.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 20th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181120.html

The Unexpected Trajectory of Interstellar Astoroid ‘Oumuamua.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 21st, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181121.html

Swirls and Colors on Jupiter from Juno.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 22nd, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181122.html

Portrait of NGC 281.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 23rd, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181123.html

Good Morning Leonid.

 

[biggunsbob]

November 24th, 2018

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181124.html

Shipwreck at Moonset.