Pine View Astronomy

Friday, September 29, 2006

NGC 5905 and 5908

"These two" takes you to an astronomy meeting site.
"Draco" takes you to a description on Wikipedia of the constellation.
"spriral galaxies" takes you to a site all about galaxies.
"viewing spirals" takes you to a site with pictures of spiral galaxies.
"face-on" takes you to an APOD entitled "Facing NGC 6946."
"central bar" takes you to an APOD entitled "Barred Spiral Milky Way."
"edge-on" takes you to an APOD entitled "Spirals On Edge."
"The Sombrero Galaxy" takes you to an APOD entitled "The Sombrero Galaxy from HST."

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Colorful Moon Mosaic

"subtle colors" takes you to a site that tells you "how to capture the colors of the moon."
"carefully exposed" takes you to a site with numerous other astronomy pictures.
"gibbous" takes you to a site that explains the moon and its phases.
"fascinating color" takes you to an APOD entitled "The Color of the Moon."
"chemical compositions" takes you to a site about the composition of the moon's crust.
"even with" takes you to an APOD entitled "The Moon and All the Crashes."
"lunar presentation" takes you to a site about shadows and substance involving astronomy.
"eclipse of the moon" takes you to a site with dates and times of the upcoming eclipses.

Friday, September 22, 2006

Central IC 1805

"Cosmic Clouds" takes you to another APOD entitled "Reflections on the Horsehead Nebula."
"fantastic shapes" takes you to an APOD entitled "M17: A Hubble Close-Up."
"newborn" takes you to a site the explains stellar evolution.
"skyscape" takes you to a site detailing the image details.
"dust clouds" takes you to the NASA site on a page with a picture of Nearby Dust Clouds in the Milky Way.
"atomic gas" takes you to the "Blue Lagoon" APOD.
"Wider field" takes you to a bigger APOD of the same nebula.
"The Heart Nebula" takes you to a site describing the "heart and soul" nebulae.
"Cassiopeia" takes you to Wikipedia where you can learn about the constellation "Cassiopeia."

Friday, September 15, 2006

Messier 110

"This very sharp" takes you to a site about this dwarf galaxy.
"Messier's catalogue" takes you to a site with what appears to be the entire catalogue.
"Messier 110" takes you to a site with details on this galaxy.
"aKa NGC 205" takes you to another APOD entitled "Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy NGC 205 in the Local Group."
"Andromeda" takes you to the same link as "Messier 110."
"local group" takes you to a layout of a few galaxies and aproximately where they are located.
"Large" takes you to the APOD "The Large Cloud of Magellan."
"small" takes you to the APOD "The Large Cloud of Magellan."
"elliptical" takes you to the APOD "Elliptical Galaxy M87."
"M110 is known" takes you to a site about a book entitled The Puzzling Features of the Interstellar Medium in NGC 205.

Shadow Play

"the moon slid"- takes you to another POD entitled "Moons Slide Slim"
"Extending into space"- takes you to a site that explains the nature of eclipses
"For this eclipse"- takes you to a site that tells you when partial lunar eclipses will begin and end
"just grazed"- takes you to a site with an animation of the solar ecplise that will take place on September 22 of this year
"the performance"- takes you to a lunar eclipse gallery
"this creative scene"- takes you to another gallery where this picture can be found
"shadow play"- takes you to a picture of a painter on a ladder "painting" the moon

Friday, September 01, 2006

Gemini South Star Trails


"Stars seem" takes you to a site where this picture was found. "Surrealistic" takes you to a site with examples of what surrealistic is. "Gemini" takes you to the official Gemini site, where you can find information involving the Gemini Observatory. "South" takes you to the official Gemini South Observatory. "Plate Earth" takes you a site on the Cerro Pachon site in Chili. The exposer lasted about 40 minutes. The "stars and tripos" link takes you to site explaining how the exposers are done. The next link, "reflection of the Earth's," takes you a guide to the Celestial Sphere. You are taken to Wikipedia to learn about celestial poles in the next link: "Celestial pole." "Megellantic Clouds" takes you to another POD entitled Magellanic Morning. The last link in the explanitory paragraph is La Serena and Coquimbo. It takes you to a Google Map of La Serena, Chili.