Starship Asterisk*

Thanks for the answers and insight!

"shows, unexpectedly, that this red-glowing dust is associated with hot plasma."

Is it unexpected because there is plasma inside stars, but this is plasma dust in between stars, as if chunks of plasma were blown out of stars?

Any idea if the differences between the two images--apart from the supernova--are because of differences in sky conditions at the respective times or because of brightening from the nova? Nothing to do with the SN. It's just really difficult image processing to create two identical images of the sa...

Any idea if the differences between the two images--apart from the supernova--are because of differences in sky conditions at the respective times or because of brightening from the nova?

Edit: Disregard, already answered

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:51 pm Tarantula-HST-ESO-Webb-SS1024.jpg
Tarantula-HST-ESO-annotated1800.jpg
Tarantula has the largest star forming area in the local group! Wow!
That's quite something for a small Galaxy!

Thank you so much the for annotated image! That's great.

The way Jupiter's tilt is when spinning around its axis, would that mean that the Sun is low in the sky in the polar regions? Unless this is a trick question, the answer is yes! And the same goes for Mercury and Venus. All three rotate almost perpendicularly to the plane of their orbit around the S...

The way Jupiter's tilt is when spinning around its axis, would that mean that the Sun is low in the sky in the polar regions?

I'm wondering if there are any phenomena on Earth that generate spiral objects with bars. Not to my knowledge, and I don't think it is possible. After all, a spiral galaxy with a bar and a ring is a tremendously huge and dynamical system, whereas the Earth is a (comparatively) tiny ball of rock, wi...

I'm wondering if there are any phenomena on Earth that generate spiral objects with bars.

"Sunlight also liberates these molecules from Mercury's surface and pushes them away."

Is it possible that Mercury is becoming less and less of a planet (very, very, very slowly) over time because of this and other forces?

Why exactly is the line of planets mostly horizontal in the northern hemisphere but more vertical in the southern hemisphere? :) I wondered that myself, but I think it has to do with the difference between the Earth's equatorial plane and the ecliptic, the Earth's path around the Sun. (I say the ec...

Why exactly is the line of planets mostly horizontal in the northern hemisphere but more vertical in the southern hemisphere?

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:43 pm

MoonRockMan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:14 pm Am I correct that this is Saturn?

Yup.

Thanks! Just double-checking myself

Am I correct that this is Saturn?

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 12:34 pm NGC4945-Dietmar-Eric-crop.jpg

I'm curious if anyone has identified any of the other galaxies in the image, like the one highlighted here, for instance. Beyond my capabilities

Does anyone know what the scars/missing chunks at the bottom left of the image are? I presume you are referring to these: Depressions on Europa.JPG Not sure exactly, but they seem to be uncommon. Localized "sink holes" in the ice of some sort I guess. Exactly. They're intriguing; thanks f...

Does anyone know what the scars/missing chunks at the bottom left of the image are?

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:22 pm

MoonRockMan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:16 am

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:03 pm

I suppose you must be referring to this unusually dark oblong spot?:


jupiter moon shadow.JPG

Exactly

You have very observant eyes!

Thank you! I've been told I'm observant, and it's hard not to stare at a beautiful picture like this one for a long time.

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:03 pm

MoonRockMan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:16 am

Karol Masztalerz wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:54 am
Yes, it is!

That pleases me Thank you for confirming

I suppose you must be referring to this unusually dark oblong spot?:


jupiter moon shadow.JPG

Exactly

Karol Masztalerz wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:54 am

MoonRockMan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:08 am Is that one of the moon's shadows on the far left side?

Yes, it is!

That pleases me Thank you for confirming

Is that one of the moon's shadows on the far left side?

Is there a possibility that the Earth may sweep through the tail at some point?