Friday, December 19, 2014

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This astronomical nebula spans 100 light years across, while only being around 5000 light years distant from Earth. This nebula can actually be seen without a telescope! However you need to know where the constellation Sagittarius is, and you should be outside of the city if you want to experience the full affect which is without the lights from the city affecting your view from the cosmos.  The lagoon Nebula is also where millions of stars have formed, and are still forming. We have actually learned about the lagoon nebula in our Astronomy class, where we have to memorize the special M# according to the constellation. Having a greater view on what this M number is helps put things into perspective so i can view other astronomical wonders and have better knowledge on what it is.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

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Friday, December 5, 2014

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Here we have a beautiful picturesque panoramic landscape picture taken by Rafael Defavari. This picture was taken in San Pedre, Chile (Valle de la Luna in the Chilean Atacama desert). If you look out into the horizon you can see the lights of San Pedre. This picture features actually, four galaxies. Toward the left there are satellite galaxies. ( known for their large clouds ). To the right of the milky way galaxy is the Andromeda galaxy. Now the last galaxy, excluding the milky way of course, is the andromeda galaxy which  lies 2.5 million light years away.