Month: March 2016

Orions Belt and Sword over Teides Peak

I love the southern part of Orion, mainly because I’m from the Southern Hemisphere and for the first 27 years of my life I saw Orion standing proudly upside down. The southern part of Orion, the famous constellation and mythical...

/ March 29, 2016

Close Comet and the Milky Way

Comet 252P/Linear’s lovely greenish coma is easy to spot in this expansive southern skyscape. Visible to the naked eye from the dark site near Flinders, Victoria, Australia, the comet appears tailless. Still, its surprisingly bright coma spans about 1 degree,...

/ March 28, 2016

The W in Cassiopeia

A familiar, zigzag, W pattern in northern constellation Cassiopeia is traced by five bright stars in this colorful and broad mosaic. Stretching about 15 degrees across rich starfields, the celestial scene includes dark clouds, bright nebulae, and star clusters along...

/ March 22, 2016

Jeff Williams enters space

As of just now the Astronaut Jeff Williams, Flight Engineer, has reached Space after launching on the March 18, 2016. Jeff Williams is from USA and for more information you can read all about it on http://ift.tt/1nVtmPN.

/ March 18, 2016

Oleg Skripochka enters space

As of just now the Astronaut Oleg Skripochka, Flight Engineer, has reached Space after launching on the March 18, 2016. Oleg Skripochka is from Russia and for more information you can read all about it on http://ift.tt/1UnQZP6.

/ March 18, 2016

Alexey Ovchinin enters space

As of just now the Astronaut Alexey Ovchinin, Flight Engineer, has reached Space after launching on the March 18, 2016. Alexey Ovchinin is from Russia and for more information you can read all about it on http://ift.tt/224vkgU.

/ March 18, 2016

Dark Nebulas across Taurus

Sometimes even the dark dust of interstellar space has a serene beauty. One such place occurs toward the constellation of Taurus. The filaments featured here can be found on the sky between the Pleiades star cluster and the California Nebula....

/ March 15, 2016

Moons and Jupiter

In this wonderful picture you can see our own moon along with the faint glow of Jupiter and it’s own surrounding moons. March is a wonderful month for spotting Jupiter and it’s moons as it has it’s closest approach to...

/ March 11, 2016