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Geminids of the South
Explanation: Earth’s annual Geminid meteor shower did not disappoint, peaking before dawn on December 14 as our fair planet plowed through dust from active asteroid 3200 Phaethon. Captured in this southern hemisphere nightscape the meteors stream away from the shower’s radiant in Gemini. To create the image, many individual frames recording meteor streaks were taken over period of 5 hours. In the final composite they were selected and registered against the starry sky above the twin 6.5 meter Magellan telescopes of Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Rigel in Orion, and Sirius shine brightly as the Milky Way stretches toward the zenith. Near Castor and Pollux the twin stars of Gemini, the meteor shower’s radiant is low, close to the horizon. The radiant effect is due to perspective as the parallel meteor tracks appear to converge in the distance. Gemini’s meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere traveling at about 22 kilometers per second.

Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN) by spaceengine

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The Hubble Space telescope found what looks like a cosmic, double-bladed lightsaber just in time for the release of #StarWars. This celestial lightsaber does not lie in a galaxy far, far away, but rather inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way.

In the center of the image, partially obscured by a dark, Jedi-like cloak of dust, a newborn star shoots twin jets out into space as a sort of birth announcement to the universe. This is inside a turbulent birthing ground for new stars known as the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away.

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An other incredible view from “Phobos” one of Mars moon rendered by our team in 2004 using the images send it by our Satellite Mission. The strata in the center dip towards the base of Mount Sharp, indicating a different view of a possible water basin that existed before the larger bulk of the mountain formed.
This image was taken by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on the 245th Phobos day, or sol, of the mission. Shapes and contrast are adjusted so that rocks look approximately as they would if they were on Earth, to help geologists interpret the rocks. This “white balancing” to adjust for the lighting on Phobos. #phobos #mars #moon #universe #space #mission_polymer #water #nasa #esa #discovery by mission_polymer

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Check SPACED OUT’s full story at Umbigo Online or my FB page Valdemar Creador / Fashion Producer 👍
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The universe is amazing
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Our Hubble Space telescope found what looks like a cosmic, double-bladed lightsaber just in time for the release of #StarWars. This celestial lightsaber does not lie in a galaxy far, far away, but rather inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
In the center of the image, partially obscured by a dark, Jedi-like cloak of dust, a newborn star shoots twin jets out into space as a sort of birth announcement to the universe. This is inside a turbulent birthing ground for new stars known as the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away.

Credit: NASA/ESA
#nasa #space #hubble #science #astronomy #telescope by mabelluy