One of my favorite haunts is HubbleSite. I love me some astronomy! Of course, perusing that site eventually makes you pick and choose your favorites, even though the entire gallery is magnificent in scope and information. And this is one of mine:
A chocolate-covered cherry in the Cosmos.
This is V838 Monocerotis, and you are looking at the light echo from the red supergiant star, which illuminates the dust surrounding it.
Don’t forget: tonight is a full moon! Go outside and enjoy the heavens!!
August 13th, 2011 at 8:41 AM
Tonight is wet and rainy so there ain’t no moon to be seen
But thanks for rubbing it in, maybe you can complain some more about the glorious hot weather you are having š
August 13th, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Maybe we’ll get rain, so there š
August 13th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Aggie, another good site to check out is Astronomy Picture of the Day http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html The archives go back several years, and every day they have a cool pic of something space related. I use their pictures as desktops for my work PC. Right now my monitors at work show an artist’s conception of a storm on Titan.
August 13th, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Oh yes…I go there, too, and even have it on my phone š
August 13th, 2011 at 9:02 AM
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August 13th, 2011 at 7:32 PM
i love me a chooclate covered cherry š
August 14th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Perseid meteor shower going on now, too
August 14th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Of all weekends to get worthless cloudcover, Roamy! I think we got to see a few the night before last, though.