slide show 2017

  • 001-meteorite-ground_1024.jpg 30,800 kg meteorite found in Argentina, fell 4,000 years ago. article
  • 002-GiantJet_Pan_2000.jpg August 13th Phebe Pan. Sprite, taken with a fisheye lens article
  • 002-steve.jpg New kind of auroral arc called a "steve". Look for Purple. article
  • 003-GMT2015-Aerial1-hi-res GMT Giant Magllan Telescope 6 off axis 8.4 meter segments (Magellan is 6.5 Meter) web page original
  • 010-JWSTlightsout.jpg James Webb space telescope, soon due for launch
  • 011-LSST_Harris_032416_small.jpg Large Synoptic Survey Telescope at Harris in Rochester. article original Article
  • 013-ligo20160211a.jpg LIGO gravity wave discovery article
  • 014-lisa-pathfinder-in-space.jpg Space based gravity wave detector prototype article
  • 015-new-glenn-large2.jpg New Blue Origin booster article
  • 016-Spacesuit_GA6.jpg New GA6 space suite make by Boing article
  • 017-long_march_5.jpg China long march 5 rocket
  • 018-tiangong2_launch.jpg Launch of Tiangong2 chinese space station.
  • 020-main_1200.jpg Earth obsering system image, San Franciso bay web page
  • 025-goes-8.jpg Geos-16 image, January 23, 2017 article
  • 026-goes-10.jpg Geos-16 earch and moon
  • 027-goes-1.jpg Geos-16 looking at the whole planet
  • 030-iss050e038462.jpg ISS with Soyus docked.
  • 031-iss050e032086.jpg How you take a selfie in space
  • 032-movie_night.jpg Movie night on the ISS article
  • 034-cygnus.jpg Cygnus resupply capsule
  • 035-iss050e052024.jpg Oroville spillway damage (from ISS)
  • 040-figure_1lunaraxistilt_sservi_study_.jpg The moons poles have tiltd over time article
  • 041-figure_3blunaraxistilt_sservi_study.jpg New and old moon north and south pole (LRO)
  • 045-dogoayilq9hqkaqltugq.JPG Apollo Asteroid 469219 temporary moon (40-100 meters) Article article
  • 046-2017BQ6.jpg NEO asteroid 2017BQ6, radar image Feb 7th (200 meters) 6.6x earth moon article
  • 050-201702_solar-system-missions.png Objects currently in space
  • 051-4002050596_0c2b6c4dd2_o.0.0.jpg Solar system travel history
  • 055-155854-16.jpg NASAs new "solar system" logo
  • 058-STEREO_orbits.jpg STEREO spacecraft (STEREO A back on line)
  • 060-Comet41PM108M97Riu.jpg Comet 41P/Tuttle-Biacobini-Kresak, M97 (owl) and galaxy M108 article
  • 065-Comet67p_from_16_km2048.jpg Comet 67P, Rosetta probe
  • 066-PhilaeFound_ESA_5333.jpg Philae lander found on the surface
  • 067-_91448608_final_manoeuvres_624_v2.png On Sept 30, 2016 it landed on the comet webpage
  • 068-PIA21469.jpg Craters on the north pole of Ceres (Dawn probe) 1 Ceres (minor planet), north pole, some craters always in shadow original Article
  • 069-PIA20355.jpg Occator Crater high resolution original article
  • 070-akatsuki-venus-jaxa.jpg Atmospheric wave in Venus, Akatsuki probe (Japan)
  • 080-i1615bw.jpg Mars at opposition, May 12, 2016
  • 081-mars_schiaparelli.jpg ESA Schiaparelli lander crash site (LRO), one landing rocket exploded.
  • 082-MurrayButtes_Curiosity_10253.jpg Mars Curiosity, the Murray Buttes
  • 083-PIA21042_hires.jpg Other side of Murray Buttes Article
  • 084-PIA21044_hires.jpg Layered rocks article
  • 085-PIA21045_hires.jpg Layered rocks article
  • 086-MurrayButte_CuriosityKremer_2329.jpg Murray Butte
  • 087-old-soaker.jpg Cracked surface is died mud
  • 088-mars-meteorite-curiosity-rover.jpg Meteorite on Mars
  • 090-jupiter_gany.jpg Jupiter and the shadow of Ganeymed on the red spot
  • 091-pia21030_main_2_north_polar_full-disk_a.png North pole of Jupiter, Juno
  • 092-JupiterSouth_JunoPeach_1200.jpg South pole
  • 093-JunoCamJupiterNS2panelc.jpg Close up. Juno probe in "safe" mode
  • 094-jupiter_close_header.jpeg Jupiter closeup
  • 095-Aurora2_Juno_1041.jpg Aurora on Jupiter
  • 100-40_Grand_Finale_Side_1600.png Cassini Grand Finale orbits.
  • 101-7564_PIA21053.jpg North pole Hexagon in several filters article
  • 102_mediaitem92085701.jpg North pole over 4 years
  • 103-PIA21056.jpg Delphinus, shepard moon article
  • 105-DaphnusRings_Cassini_1920.jpg Daphnus waves
  • 104-Pan1_Cassini_1280.jpg Pan
  • 106-RingPeaks_Cassini_1014.jpg Ring Peaks casting a shadow article
  • 107-saturn_ring_header.jpeg The rings
  • 108-GrandFinale_Cassini_1600.jpg Final orbit will happen on Earth side animation
  • 121-nh-mckinnon_etal_nature_cover_trimmed.jpg Pluto's ocean like a Lava Lamp original article
  • 123-pure-ice_hydra_charon_spectra-composite1.jpg Pluto's moon Hydra is almost all ice. original article
  • 128-dwarf-planet-RR24.jpg 2015 RR245 700km in size article
  • 130-proxima_c-new-exoplanet-0824-exlarge-169.jpg Proxima Centauri b 4.224 ly away webpage
  • 131-eso1629a.jpg 11.186 day year, M class star
  • 132-PIA21422.jpg TRAPPIST-1 system, 3 planets in the habitable zone
  • 133-PIA21425.jpg Another M class star
  • 134-57d82fc3c3618875488b465e.jpg
  • 135-image_4157_1e-HD-133131.jpg HD-133131
  • 136-exoplanets-7-cluster-planets-exlarge-169.jpg Exoplanets in Star Cluster NGC 6811 article
  • 141-nrao16df02a_nrao.jpg Nearly naked galactic black hole article
  • 142-Tuc-X9-cloud_1024.jpg Star 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) has a black hole in orbit. A small is trapped close to this black hole orbiting at 1/10 the speed of light 2.5 times earth moon radius Article
  • 143-uy0288ujlu5qqst0fbcn.jpg Star Kepler 11145123 Roundest star observed only 2 miles out of round. article
  • 150-Helix_SpitzerSchmidt_4655.jpg The Hexlix nebula, Spitzer image, IR, larget than full moon Article
  • 151-vail_remnant.jpg Vail supernova remnant HST Remains of 8,000 year old supernova article
  • 152-hh24.jpg HH24 colapsing star in Orion 1350 ly away Article
  • 153-imageaa.jpg The center of the galaxy Article
  • 154-Hitomi_peg.jpg Black hole in Perseus cluster, last data from Hitomi Japanese x-ray satellite Hitomi satellite
  • 160-m1.jpg M1 supernova HST
  • 161-trumpler14.jpg Tumpler 14 star cluster HST article
  • 162-PIA20917_hires.jpg IRAS 19340+2016 and IRAS19343+2026 (shaped like Enterprise) Article
  • 165-vdb31AdamBlock.jpg Black nebula Adam Block image
  • 200-MagCloudsDeep_BeletskyEtAl_1800.jpg IR nebula in and around the Magellanic clouds article
  • 201-Arp240_HubbleKotsiopulos_1618.jpg NGC 5257 and NGC 5258 interacting galaxies article
  • 202-EnglishN4725Makemake06292016_06302016.jpg NGC 4725, and minor planet Makemake
  • 203-UGC12591_Hubble_4000.jpg UGC 12591 very massive galaxy article
  • 204-NGC6814_hubble_3970.jpg NGC 6814 massive spiral galaxy, large active black hole in the middle Aricle
  • 205-NGC1672_HubbleCooper_1898.jpg NGC 1672 massive dust lanes Article
  • 206-ngc6503.jpg NGC 6503 bright galaxy in a void article
  • 207-NGC1309Jeff_full.jpg NGC 1309 1/3 the size of the milky way article
  • 210PorpoiseGalaxy_HubbleFraile_1300.jpg NGC 2936 and NGC 2937 ripping the galaxy apart article
  • 211-NGC7318_HubblePriego_2680.jpg NGC 7318 interacting galaxies in Septhan's Quintet article
  • 212-image_2814_1e-Dragonfly-44.jpg Small but massive galaxy. 99.99% dark matter article
  • 213-Micro-dust-Cloud-in-NGC3269-X2.jpg NGC 3269, large dust cloud article
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  • 215-i1602aw.jpg NGC 4889 in the Coma cluster article
  • 216_sn2017dfc.jpg supernova 2017dfc in M63 Actually behing 40x M63
  • 300-dipole_1024.jpg The great repeller