Astronomy Shares 14.12.2013
Hello everyone. Today, I found some great astronomy posts. For example, the two images you see above are previously unseen images of Saturn. They're infrared. As you can see, the brighter areas represent warmer regions. If you look at the south pole, it's quite bright. The equator, on the other hand, is generally cold.
Below, we see images of the Ring Nebula, a peculiar nebula, at various wavelengths. The thin ring nebula, as I mentioned, is different from the norm. It is a planetary nebula. Planetary nebulas form when dying red giant stars shed their outer layers into space, transforming into white dwarfs. These nebulas are generally spherical, elliptical, and sometimes bipolar in shape. However, this nebula is almost perfectly ring-shaped, making it different from others. The Ring Nebula is located 2,300 light-years away in the northern constellation Lyra.
As soon as I found this image, I decided I had to share it with you. The Moon, with Jupiter and its moons behind it. It's not an easy shot to capture. Professional observers would struggle to capture it. The sky is full of beauty.
