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The iconic Ranger spacecraft from my favourite film of last year, Interstellar, lovingly recreated in Lego.
The rear hatch is hinged, of course, to allow access when landed on alien worlds.
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The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) is a large, circular H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter.
The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of some 5,200 light-years from Earth and measure roughly 130 light years in diameter. The radiation from the young stars excites the atoms in the nebula, causing them to emit radiation themselves producing the emission nebula we see. The mass of the nebula is estimated to be around 10,000 solar masses.
It is believed that stellar winds from a group of O and B stars are exerting pressure on interstellar clouds to cause compression, followed by star formation in the nebula. This star formation is currently still ongoing.
A survey of the nebula with the Chandra X-ray Observatory in 2001 has revealed the presence of very hot, young stars at the core of the Rosette Nebula. These stars have heated the surrounding gas to a temperature in the order of 6 million kelvins causing them to emit copious amounts of X-rays.
Taken in mapped colour narrowband - Sulphur mapped to red, Hydrogen to Green and Oxygen to blue
"We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, Now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt."
Coopers Dodge RAM 3500 pickup truck from the film Interstellar, ready to go chasing Indian Air Force Drones
M81 Group and Diffuse Interstellar Dust Clouds (commonly "cirrus")
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello
300mm Tair-3S telephoto lens array (cross stack) with Canon EOS 4000D DSLR. Mount Avalon M-zero Obs.
10 hours of data integration taken in 2021 and 2022.
For credit, please read here: www.flickr.com/people/133259498@N05/
It's quite amazing how much you can see in the night sky during a new moon once you get far away from the city. The universe just opens up, reminding you of its unfathomable scale and how small our world (let alone ourselves) is in it. Oddly (or perhaps not so odd), I find that particularly refreshing.
As a professional space nerd I could go on and on about the cool things in this picture. But there are better pictures and better people for that. On a more emotional level, taking these pictures makes me feel as though Mother Nature is gently reminding us of our small place in the cosmos.
18 stacks Interstellar Cargo
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The NRAO Very Large Array radio observatory in the plains west of Socorro, New Mexico, where part of the movie Contact with Jodie Foster was filmed.
more than one week without pics...I have less time...but I'll try to post at least one or two pics per week
The iconic Ranger spacecraft from my favourite film of last year, Interstellar, lovingly recreated in Lego.
My favourite piece of the build is at the front: the 6x8 black slope, inverted. This was my starting point.
The last addition was the landing gear. Fully retractable would have been nice but at this scale I had to settle for 'easily removable'.
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Interstellar dust & matter Looking towards the inner spurs of our galaxy, Milkyway, from the wonderful star party at mt Parnon, Sparta 10th National Annual Star Party of Greek Amateur Astronomers Special thanks to the Astronomical Union of Sparta! Banquet of interstellar dust matter and looking at the internal threads of our galaxy somewhere between Centaur Sagittarius, Scutum and Serpens Cauda. The Galactic Center is the rotational center of the Milky Way. The estimates for its location range from 7.6 to 8.7 kiloparsecs (about 25,000 to 28,000 lightyears) from Earth in the direction of the constellations Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, and Scorpius where the Milky Way appears brightest. There is strong evidence consistent with the existence of a supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. text bit.ly/2bblTJz The main disc of our galaxy has a diameter of 80,000 to 100,000 light-years, the perimeter 250 to 300 000 light years and a thickness of about 1,000 light years. It consists of 200 up to 400 billion stars. If we define a natural scale and assume that the Milky Way has a diameter of 130 km, the solar system would have a length of 2 mm. The Galactic Halo extends over a diameter of 250,000 and 400,000 light years. As reported extensively in the galaxy structure below, new research has shown that the disk extends much more than we thought until last. Officially, since 2005, the Milky Way is now considered to be a large barred spiral galaxy SBbc type the Hubble sequence (small barred spiral helix) with a total mass of 600 to 3,000 billion solar masses (M☉) [5] [6], comprising from 200 to 400,000,000,000 stars. The galactic disk has an estimated diameter of about 100,000 light years. The distance of the Sun from the center of the galaxy is estimated at 26,000 light years. The disc is protuberant in the center and symperikleietai from the so-called thick disk. The Sun (and thus the Earth and the Solar System) is quite close to the inner ring of the Arm of Orion, local cloud, at 7,94 ± 0,42 kpc from the Galactic Center. The distance between the local arm and immediately nearest, the Perseus Arm, is of the order of 1 · 1019 m (6.500 light years). The Sun and by extension the solar system, located in what scientists call the Galactic Habitable Zone. The direction of the Sun's path (apix or corymb), refers to the direction of the Sun as it travels in the Galaxy. The general direction of galactic motion of the Sun is near the constellation Hercules, at an angle of approximately 86 degrees from the Galactic Center. The orbit of the Sun in the Galaxy is expected to be approximately elliptical with the addition of influences from the galactic arms and uneven mass distribution. We are currently 1/8 of the track before perigalaxio (the shortest distance from the center of the Milky Way). The solar system takes about 225-250000000 years to complete an orbit (one Galactic Year), so speculation has performed approximately 20-25 orbits during its lifetime. The orbital speed of the Solar System is 217 km / sec, ie. One light-year every 1,400 years, and 1 AU in 8 days. Canon eos 6D, Skywatcher EQ6 unguide, EF 85mm f1.2 LII, 85mm f/2.8, Iso800, 7X240sec, DSS, PS
I photographed Susan Clark at Stanford in November 2024. The portrait sits in deep shadow, her face emerging from the dark with a quiet intensity, hands gently holding an ancient-looking armillary sphere. The sphere, a model of celestial order, feels apt—not for its historical astronomy, but for the way Clark’s own work reveals the hidden structure of the universe, drawn not in brass rings but in magnetic fields and interstellar dust.
Clark is an astrophysicist whose research focuses on the vast and turbulent medium between stars. This space—the interstellar medium—isn’t empty. It’s filled with dust, gas, and magnetic fields, and for decades, it was considered more a nuisance than a subject. Astronomers viewed it as visual interference, something to filter out in the search for cleaner cosmic signals. But Clark saw the foreground as a frontier.
Her work has changed how we understand galactic dust and the polarized light it emits. Using sophisticated data analysis and deep physical insight, she showed that this polarized light isn’t just noise—it carries a signature of the magnetic scaffolding of the Milky Way. These magnetic fields influence the formation of stars, regulate the motion of gas, and shape how we interpret the earliest light in the universe.
This matters deeply for cosmology. The cosmic microwave background, a faint radiation from just after the Big Bang, is one of the most important clues we have about the origins of the universe. But to see it clearly, scientists must first subtract the light scattered by dust in our own galaxy. Clark’s research has made that subtraction smarter. She’s mapped the galactic foreground with unprecedented precision, allowing cosmologists to see further and more cleanly into the beginning of time.
There’s a certain elegance to her work—a fusion of physics, astronomy, and computation that brings clarity to the chaotic. In some of her most striking visualizations, the dust of the galaxy flows like smoke caught in a current, tracing invisible magnetic fields that wind through space. It’s both science and a kind of cosmic cartography, sketching out the unseen shapes that govern the structure of the sky.
When I look at the portrait now, I think of that—of the stillness of her expression and the dynamism of what she studies. Magnetic fields, dust, light, and time. The space between stars turns out to be anything but empty, and Susan Clark is among the few who can read its patterns.
Fra le polveri interstellari , visibile nella costellazione del Cefeo, troviamo un fiore a 1400 anni luce di distanza da noi.
IRIS Nebula , Caldwell 4, altrimenti nota come NGC 7023, è una nebulosa a riflessione, dai petali Blu che si estendono per circa 6 anni luce.
Riprese del 10 Settembre 2023 · 11 Settembre 2023 · 12 Settembre 2023
Pose:
68×10,″(11′ 20″)
113×30,″(56′ 30″)
143×300,″(11h 55′)
Totale Integrazione:13h 2′ 50″
Giorno lunare medio:26.32 giorni; Fase lunare media:11.65%
Risoluzione: 4049x6118
Luoghi: Osservatorio giardino di casa, Mogoro, Oristano, Italia
Strumentazione:
Telescopio: Celestron EdgeHD 11"
Camere Di Acquisizione: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Montature: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro ×
Filtri: Antlia Triband RGB Ultra Filter - 2.00'' Mounted
Accessori: Starizona HyperStar 11 v4 (HS4-C11)
Software Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight; Adobe Lightroom
Spero sia di Vostro Gradimento!!
Cieli Sereni
Full Res : astrob.in/idspnn/0/
I was so glad that I was able to see this movie in theaters the day after it came out. It instantly became my favorite movie, and I decided that I wanted to make a Ranger. However, after seeing all the amazing Rangers that others have built, I kind of lost interest for awhile.
It wasn't until the digital release that I decided to try. It's taken me since March to complete this, and I nearly gave up multiple times, but I really wanted a Ranger model in my collection, so I kept with it. Here are the end results. It does have some interior detailing, which was actually easier to do than the exterior. Sadly, I don't have to many Computer panel pieces, so it doesn't have a lot of screen like it does in the movie. Also, one last bit. I tried to scale this based on how big the Endurance is (There is an infographic that shows how big the Endurance -With Rangers- is compared to the U.S. Space Shuttle.) I used that to try and get a rough size for my Ranger model, and while it looks a little large when compared to minifigures, I am quite happy with the results.
Here is a good view of this color. I really like this shade, but unfortunately ILNP does not offer it without the holo specks.
The Interstellar Spark is one piece of Blacktron II technology that is an example of the expression: “If its not broken… don’t fix it!”. With a heavy bulky structure, this ship won’t break a lot of record speeds like its successors, but it is one of the most reliable Vic Vipers in use by the Blacktron II air force.
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This small Vic Viper was part of my participation on the New Elementary - 2019 Parts Fest #2.
You can see some of the other builds I made here:
www.newelementary.com/2019/11/lego-techniques-sagh-paulo-...
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And here is a small description of the process:
"When I saw the Roof Tile 1x8x3 Deg 25 No 1 in White (6262530|49618) I thought that they would be great to make spaceship wings because of their larger surface areas with fewer lines/unions. Since we are in “Novvember" I decided to make this year’s Vic Viper. Although I wanted to make a cleaner ship, I was able to incorporate some greebling on the wings using the “circular saw” part from the Mini Accessory, No. 11."
As a response to the devastating assault launched by the infected Blacktron forces in 2020, the IDC were prompted to develop a new class of Mecha weaponry.
The R&D department was given only one instruction: *** ALL THE GUNS! ***
And thus, the T-REX was born.
T-REX: Tactical Response to Extreme Xenophobia
Technical Specs:
2 main laser cannons, 2 detachable rocket pods, 2 rotary guns, 2 heavy artillery, 2 mixed-use launchers, anti-infantry undercarriage system, and detachable anti-air defenses. Seating two pilots to share the responsibility of driving and destruction, this beast is a FORCE to be reckoned with!
More photos available on Instagram @LEGO_Stud :)
I am honored to have already earned a Committee's Choice Award at our local Bricks Cascade BrickNic for this MOC, and look forward to sharing it in full-action-glory at the next in-person convention in 2022!