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Interstellar matter and dust 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
The iconic Ranger spacecraft from my favourite film of last year, Interstellar, lovingly recreated in Lego.
Initially I was going to build the top using two 6x3 windows and then create some custom stickers for them. But I'm glad I didn't - using 100% Lego is always more satisfying!
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This 928-class starship carries a crew of four scientists, two flight engineers, and one pilot in its missions cataloging gaseous anomalies and interstellar shockwaves. A small compartment in the center of the ship has hatches to the front cabin, rear cabin, and cargo area, allowing any of the three cabins to be accessed independently without exposing the others to vacuum. A small airlock opens onto the rear cabin and the tail of the ship for spacewalks. Unfortunately, the crew stations, floors, and bulkheads installed for the scientific role occupy most of the cargo volume, which would otherwise be enormous, so the storm chasers can only carry a miniaturized rover which would not be very useful if they were to become shipwrecked on a deserted island world. ... But does it come in black?
I may revisit this build sometime, because I'm not satisfied with the wing attachments. They're very smooth and they look great, but they wouldn't be able to maintain the 30-degree angle if the ship was turned upside-down.
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Long exposure fireworks shot (no PS, just Raw adjustments).
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Full complement of crew now. Although Cooper and Amelia still look like they've just had a big argument.
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The MIT Dome lit up at night in a single exposure. I took a single long exposure shot while manually zooming out with the lens. Quite pleased with the result.
Check out what's (who's) on the end of my big toe! A good example of this wonderful color of nail polish too!
outer space? inner space? you decide... so many ice and snow formations, so little time... for real: the 'frost flowers' in this photo are about one inch tall, and two in diameter... the black background is fresh, almost-perfectly-clear ice formed overnight, with air bubbles underneath... lots of layers to play with here...
In astronomy, the Pleiades (/ˈplaɪ.ədiːz/ or /ˈpliː.ədiːz/), or Seven Sisters (Messier 45 or M45), is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. The celestial entity has several meanings in different cultures and traditions.
The cluster is dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Dust that forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars was thought at first to be left over from the formation of the cluster (hence the alternative name Maia Nebula after the star Maia), but is now known to be an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium, through which the stars are currently passing. Computer simulations have shown that the Pleiades was probably formed from a compact configuration that resembled the Orion Nebula.[7] Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with its galactic neighborhood.[8]
EX INFO: 10 light frames taken at ISO 1600 for 150 seconds | 10 light frames taken at ISO 1600 for 120s coupled with respective dark frames of 3 in no. for each light frame set.
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October 17, 2000. Radiohead at Sears Theatre at the Air Canada Centre, Toronto.
Shot with a Canon Elph APS camera.
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Some reference for me or anyone else who feels like building the Endurance. Nolan gets full points from me for using physical models in the movie. CG has it's place but it's not for EVERYTHING.
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The iconic Ranger spacecraft from my favourite film of last year, Interstellar, lovingly recreated in Lego.
Here is Cooper helping Amelia back into the Ranger. I probably could have filled the bath tub... ahem, I mean my professional photography studio setup, with water to enhance the scene. But I didn't think of it until after!
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Planets, stars, nebulas and a galaxy -- this impressive image has them all. Closest to home are the two planets Mars (right) and Saturn (center), visible as the two bright orange spots in the upper half of the featured image. On the central right are the colorful Rho Ophiuchus star clouds featuring the bright orange star Antares lined up below Mars. These interstellar clouds contain both red emission nebulas and blue reflection nebulas. At the top right of the image is the Blue Horsehead reflection nebula. On the lower left are many dark absorption nebulas that extend from the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. The featured deep composite was composed of multiple deep exposures taken last month from Brazil. Although you need a telescope to see the nebulosities, Saturn and Mars will remain visible to the unaided eye this month toward the east, just after sunset. via NASA ift.tt/1Xj749i
2nd batch of pictures from my Venator conversion.
In all its glory and floating in an orbit above Corvan: the I.C.S. Ventura, a free/independent leisure cruiser, based on a retired Republican Venator class battleship.
This thing is so huge, I am not used to take pictures of objects of THIS size. I even had to improvise a big(ger) background for photo shooting, putting three A3 printouts together into one broad banner...
Anyway, the ship is finished, lights are on, and there are so many great perspectives to catch, I suppose that there will be many beauty pics of this model coming the next days!
If you want to see this ship "live", together with its sisters from phoxim.de's Venator Group Build project, check out 2012's Space Days in Darmstadt, Germany.
Thanks for your interest, stay tuned!
ILNP Interstellar / ILNP Peace
No point in me bringing the former and not expect my tech to use it, usually in combination like this time. It's her favorite.
My 1:500 LEGO model of the NASA long-range explorer "Endurance" from the movie Interstellar, rotating at 5.5 rpm to create an artifical gravity of 1g. It's an animation of the digital model done in Blender.
This was prompted by a comment from Thomus Bean that it would be neat to have a spinning model. But while the real model is attached to a stand right at the center of rotation, it's unfortunately not freely rotatable due to stability reasons. So I fired up Blender and did a little animation of the Endurance in space, using the exact rotation speed it has at normal operation. Of course the famous docking scene where it rotates at ~67 rpm would be a lot more interesting to recreate, but since that involves partially destroying the model as well as more intricate mise-en-scéne for my humble Blender abilities, I leave that for a future project.
Instructions for the Endurance can be found on Rebrickable.
The Solar-Powered Interstellar Drone for Extraterrestrial Research (S.P.I.D.E.R.) is finally completed at the 'Moonbase Celebration 50'.
With onboard intelligence, a formidable assortment of tools, and unlimited renewable power, this endlessly useful companion is sometimes referred to as 'GRAMPS' - Giant Robotic Assistant & Mobile Power Station (especially by arachnophobic astronauts).
Future missions will be accompanied by these units, to aid in planetoid habitability investigation and geo/bio research. Manipulator arms, coupled with highly advanced sensors allow this drone to examine samples, move debris, haul equipment, and even carry out rescue operations for astronauts in danger.
Fully capable of traversing uneven terrain, and repelling into crevaces with it's winch, this robotic research assistant can go just about anywhere on atmospheric and non-atmospheric terrestrial landscapes.
Prepare to give Space exploration a leg-up (or six!) and take your celestial crew to a whole new level of awesome adventure with a giant (robot) S.P.I.D.E.R. on board!
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This MOC has been a journey, developing a seamless transition through System and CCBS/Bionicle elements. With adjustable Greebles to simulate actuators. Fully articulated through each leg, the model is stable, poseable, and quite dynamic (in-environment shots coming soon!).
The features include: adjustable solar arrays, whiskers, and rear hitches, poseable manipulator arms (3), legs with up to 12+ points of articulation each + working shock absorption, opening hatch to reveal central core, storage for a large assortment of space tools, and a working winch (which can support the full weight of the build).
Watch my video for a hands-on with the features: youtu.be/Q3HC0IzGPfc
Thanks for checking it out, I hope you enjoy it!
Hardware on the 15 foot bubble chamber in the SiDet facility courtyard. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), Batavia, IL.
Gave my tech three choices, including this one we used not too long ago. "Well, you know what I'm going to pick!" she said. I guess I do now.
My entry to the Interstellar Outpost Contest.
Knor Industries, well known for their military and civilian vehicles, are now offering an Outpost Bundle that includes:
the Knor RW starfighter, which with its rotating wings can land or take off on a dime; the Knor TX tanker truck, famous for its off road capabilities; the Knor SI comm station, equipped with the latest in communication technology; and the Knor RW landing pad that doubles as a storage area for the outpost. Take advantage of this great Bundle deal while you can!
The starfighter's wings rotate with a twist of the knob on top, to switch between flight and hover/landing mode; it also has a functional landing gear. The tanker truck has working steering (also operated by the knob on top) and 'suspension'. The comm station has a full interior and the landing pad doubles as a storage area.
See lots more pics here: brickbuilt.org/Outpost.php