Milky Way above South Canyon
Beef Basin, UT
Look carefully and you can see the silhouette of the canyon and a ghost juniper tree.
One frame of a wide-angle timelapse sequence. I applied a cooling filter for a more natural appearance and noise reduction.
“Webb has discovered a 3000-mi (4800-km) wide jet stream over Jupiter’s equator, above the main cloud decks. This newly discovered Jovian jet stream travels at 320 miles per hour, 2 times the winds of a Category 5 hurricane on Earth! It’s located around 25 miles (40 kilometers) in altitude, in Jupiter’s lower stratosphere...”
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/53268962997
Jupiter’s fly like a jet stream high above the whole scene ♪ Webb has discovered a 3000-mi (4800-km) wide jet stream over Jupiter’s equator, above the main cloud decks. This newly discovered Jovian jet stream travels at 320 miles per hour, 2 times the winds of a Category 5 hurricane on Earth! It’s located around 25 miles (40 kilometers) in altitude, in Jupiter’s lower stratosphere. Other missions have looked at Jupiter’s atmosphere and detected the lower, deeper layers, where there are gigantic storms and ammonia ice clouds. Webb’s sensitive near-infrared eye reveals new detail in the higher-altitude layers, 15-30 mi (25-50 km) above the cloud tops. Combining recent Hubble and Webb observations allows scientists to measure how fast Jupiter’s winds change with altitude. The two telescopes’ different wavelengths also revealed the 3D structure of storm clouds on Jupiter, plus how rapidly storms develop. Jupiter has a complex, repeating pattern of winds and temperatures in its stratosphere. Scientists are excited to see how this jet stream will vary in speed and altitude over the next few years, and if it may be connected to Jupiter’s oscillating stratospheric patterns. More on Webb's unique ability to track interactions in Jupiter's layered atmosphere: www.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-discovers-new-featu... Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, R. Hueso (University of the Basque Country), I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley), T. Fouchet (Observatory of Paris), L. Fletcher (University of Leicester), M. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), J. DePasquale (STScI) Image Description: Jupiter dominates the black background of space. The image is a composite, and shows Jupiter in enhanced color, featuring the planet’s turbulent Great Red Spot, which appears white here. The planet is striated with swirling horizontal stripes of neon turquoise, periwinkle, light pink, and cream. The stripes interact and mix at their edges like cream in coffee. Along both of the poles, the planet glows in turquoise. Bright orange auroras glow just above the planet’s surface at both poles.
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Attached: 1 image Bioluminescent plankton stimulated by the lapping waves on a tropical island of the Maldives give this photo its magnificence, but to also have the Milky Way hovering overhead is simply remarkable <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230529.html">Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland</a> Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava, Sovena Jani #AstronomyPictureOfTheDay #AstroTuesday #AstroPhotography #Astronomy #MilkyWay #Maldives
Spectacular composite of the recent solar eclipse captured by @Trilobyter
Original post https://mastodon.world/@Trilobyter/111240227998151062
#AstroTuesday #Astrophotography #SolarEclipse
Attached: 1 image Yesterday’s annular eclipse as viewed from a city park on the outskirts of Hondo, #Texas. There was a broad layer of high clouds when we arrived but luckily they broke up & blew away just in time for the main event. Had to get up in the wee hours and drive 225 miles (362 km) west to get right in the center of the path but it was well worth it. #Eclipse #Eclipse2023 #EclipseSolar #Sun #Moon #photography #astrophotography
“The Celestial Emu is an Aboriginal constellation shared by many communities across Australia... The position of the emu in the sky after sunset throughout the year informs people about the bird’s behaviour, including when it lays eggs”
Information & Image source https://indigenousknowledge.unimelb.edu.au/curriculum/resources/seasonal-foods-and-aboriginal-astronomy
#Saturday14 #October14 #VoteYes #Yes23 #YesToday #VoiceToParliament #AstroTuesday
25 Days until Australians have the opportunity to vote on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament
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#Saturday14 #October14 #VoteYes #Yes23 #Yes2023 #YesToday #VoiceToParliament #AstroTuesday
“Super Hefty Exoplanet Is Denser Than Steel, Scientists Say” | ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/super-hefty-exoplanet-is-denser-than-steel-scientists-say
Since 1987 all eyes have been on the Large Magellanic Cloud where a nearby supernova was observed
@CosmicRami asks “Did the 1987 Supernova Produce A Pulsar?”
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/did-1987-supernova-produce-pulsar
Photo Credit David Malin Australian Astronomical Observatory
#AstroTuesday #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Pulsar #SuperNova
35 years ago, a bright new star appeared in a relatively close southern galaxy. A massive star had died in a spectacular supernova, providing astronomers with the first opportunity in about 400 years to study a relatively nearby event. But to this day, a mystery still remains – what did the supernova leave behind?
It’s remarkable what astrophotographers can capture from their back yard. Loran Hughes @WestwoodAstro took this photo of the Pinwheel Galaxy M101 from his driveway
Note he captured a supernova, which he has labelled SN 2023ixf
Original post https://astrodon.social/@WestwoodAstro/110437683717032817
#Astronomy #Astrophotography #ClearSkies #AstroTuesday #Astrodon #Astronomer #AstronomyMastodon
Attached: 1 image I've been quite as of late, so I'm returning with a supernova! Imaged from the driveway on May 24th & 25th, SN 2023ifx in Messier 101. #astrophotography #astronomy #space
Forty six years ago on Aug. 20, 1977 / 14:29:44 UT Voyager II was launched and it is now 19.97 billion km from Earth (12.41 billion mi)
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