Agnostic.com
  1. Agnostic
  2. Groups

All Things Astronomy

Like NPR "All Things Considered" with a focus on astronomy and space topics to include... literally any object or phenomenon above Earth's atmosphere. (PLEASE abstain from posting anything about astrology)

Like NPR "All Things Considered" with a focus on astronomy and space topics to include... literally any object or phenomenon above Earth's atmosphere. (PLEASE abstain from posting anything about astrology)

Join Group 731 Members 424 Photos

By Hathacat (Page 2 / 31) Posts by anyone

All Things Astronomy
Dec 12, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Hathacat
When radiation and winds from massive stars impact clouds of cool gas, they can trigger new generations of stars to form. This is likely what's happening in this object, a region of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula
2 comments
Posts
Dec 7, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Hathacat
The Umbrella Galaxy ( NGC 4651)
1 comment
All Things Astronomy
Dec 7, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Hathacat
I would not normally post a joke here, but come on!
5 comments
All Things Astronomy
Nov 23, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Dark Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
0 comments
Posts
Nov 19, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Arp 84 is a pair of interacting galaxies
2 comments
All Things Astronomy
Nov 15, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Cassini looking at Saturns Moons. truly amazing shots
2 comments
All Things Astronomy
Nov 11, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Barchan dunes marching across the martian landscape...
2 comments
All Things Astronomy
Nov 5, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
N44. large Magellanic cloud
2 comments
All Things Astronomy
Nov 3, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
NGC 6537, the Red Spider Nebula. I always forget what gas is what color representation.
3 comments
All Things Astronomy
Oct 26, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Dione and Enceladus seen by Cassini.
1 comment
All Things Astronomy
Oct 22, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
I have heard this...
1 comment
All Things Astronomy
Oct 20, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Cygnus: Bubble and Crescent These clouds of gas and dust drift through rich star fields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the high flying constellation Cygnus. Caught within the telescopic field of view are the Soap Bubble (lower left)...
0 comments
All Things Astronomy
Oct 20, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Frost on Moni. Mars. The Moni Crater is a 5-kilometer crater with ravines on its walls and curved ridges on the ground that meet at the distal ends of the rubble platforms of the ravines. In addition to knowing the formation of the ridges, another of...
0 comments
All Things Astronomy
Oct 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Perhaps the most-terrifying space photograph .
1 comment
All Things Astronomy
Oct 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Flying past Saturn's moon Dione, Cassini captured this view that includes two smaller moons, Epimetheus and Prometheus, near the planet's rings.
2 comments
All Things Astronomy
Oct 15, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
NGC 1398 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy with an interesting double ring structure and feathery spiral arms positioned further out.
3 comments
All Things Astronomy
Oct 13, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
The Spider Nebula, 10.000 light-years away from Earth.
0 comments
All Things Astronomy
Oct 7, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
The diameter of the known universe is 93 billion light years. Artist picture of course.
2 comments
All Things Astronomy
Oct 4, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Cartwheel Galaxy
2 comments
All Things Astronomy
Sep 28, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Hathacat
the tadpoles and flaming star nebula.
1 comment
Posts
Sep 23, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Hathacat
So very cool!
1 comment
Posts
Sep 15, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Approximate (colorized) natural color view of Venus’ surface, captured by the Soviet Venera 14 lander in March 1982
1 comment
Posts
Sep 13, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Hathacat
️KECK Images of Uranus and its rings.
1 comment
Posts
Sep 11, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Hathacat
First photograph of a comet. Image obtained by Jules Janssen on June, 30, 1881 (dry plate, 30 min exposure).
0 comments
All Things Astronomy
Sep 7, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Hathacat
The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD
1 comment

Photos 424 More

Posted by starwatcher-alThe occultation of Mars on the 7th.

Posted by starwatcher-alThe occultation of Mars on the 7th.

Posted by starwatcher-alSolar minimum was in 2019 so the sun is ramping up in flares, spots and prominences.

Posted by starwatcher-alI missed the early phases of the eclipse but the clouds mostly left during totality. All in all a great eclipse. Next one is Nov. 8-22

Posted by starwatcher-alI missed the early phases of the eclipse but the clouds mostly left during totality. All in all a great eclipse. Next one is Nov. 8-22

Posted by RobecologyFor those following the JWST.

Posted by AnonySchmoose The post-launch set-up of the new James Webb telescope has gone very well.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by starwatcher-al Did you know that you can see Venus in the daytime?

Posted by starwatcher-alOne of these days I think that I'll figure out this Nikon.
  • Top tags#video #earth #moon #solar #mars #stars #planets #world #Jupiter #NASA #galaxies #astronomy #god #hope #cosmic #university #eclipse #physics #kids #einstein #religion #religious #money #evidence #movies #scientific #existence #discovery #book #created #friends #humans #ancient #death #theories #reason #asteroid #children #DonaldTrump #USA #laws #alien #community #society #evolution #parents #guns #hello #birth #California ...

    Members 731Top

    Moderator

    Hathacat
    Originator