Pine View Astronomy

Friday, January 26, 2007

APOD 3.4


"stellar nurseries" takes you to a site about star formation.
"lie at the edge" takes you to a site with information about this "cloud."
"This breath-taking view" takes you to a site with the picture above.
"Great Orion Nebula," takes you to Wikipedia with information about about this nebula.
"also includes" takes you to skyfactory with more pictures of this nebula.
"hydrogen alpha" takes you to an APOD entitled "Hydrogen and Dust in the Rosette Nebula."
"Barnard's Loop" takes you to an APOD entitled "Barnard's Loop around the Horsehead Nebula."
"nebula-rich" takes you to an APOD entitled "The Orion Deep Field."

Friday, January 19, 2007

Comet McNaught

On Friday, Jan. 5, I was driving my boyfriend home to Venice. We decided to for the comet when we got to his house around 11:15. We were watching in the wrong direction. When it came time for me to leave around 11:30, i turned around to give him a hug. While I was turnned i just happened to look up at the right moment to see it. The comet was a blue streak in the sky for only a few seconds. Good timing is everything.

APOD 3.3


"Bright Comet" takes you to an APOD entry entitled "McNaught Now Brightest Comet in Decades."
"seen by many" takes you to a website with lots of pictures of the comet.
"over Krakow" takes you to a google map to show you where Krakow is. I've totally been there!
"Comet McNaught" takes you to a site with information about the comet.
"realtime images from the SOHO spacecraft" takes you to the spacecraft's site.
"higher in southern skies" takes you to an article about the comet.

Friday, January 12, 2007

APOD 3.2


"Small Magellic Cloud" takes you to an APOD entitled "The Small Cloud of Magellan."
"stunning Hubble image" takes you to the Hubble site where you can find this picture.
"Fantastic" takes you to an APOD entitled "IC 5067: Emission Nebula Close-up."
"progression of star formation" takes you to the Heritage site to learn about star formation.
"tantalizing" takes you to the Hubble site to see this picture.
"backround galaxies" takes you to a site with information about backround galaxies.

Friday, January 05, 2007

APOD 3.1


"Full Moon" takes you to a site on the moon phases.
"twenty Full Moons" takes you to a site where you can buy a poster of the picture above.
"lunation" takes you to an APOD animation entitled "Lunation."
"same scale" takes you to an APOD entitled "Moon Over Andromeda."
"Moon Illusion" takes you to an APOD entitled "Moonrise Over Seattle."
"the variation" takes you to a site that explains why the moon is different sizes.
"libration" takes you to a site that explains the libration of the moon. It explains why astronomers can see a little more than half the moon's surface thanks to this process.
"twenty frame movie" takes you to a site that goes through each of the boxes above in their own frame as a movie.