The Ion Tail Of New Comet SWAN

Happy Solstice 2020!

The evening began with a beautiful sunset:

...though pretty clouds meant Jupiter and Saturn's closest dance was a little fuzzy:

They'd traded places and moved much closer than on Saturday:

This longer Saturday exposure shows Saturn's biggest moon, Titan (arrow), and all four of Jupiter's Galilean moons:

...and here's Jupiter's moons plus Titan (arrow; another arrow points out Amalthea hugging its parent world) tonight:

Happy Great Conjunction Day!

'134340' - Bts but you're lost in Space

Earthrise, Bill Anders, 1968.

Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the Pleiades lies about 400 light years away toward the constellation of Taurus (Bull).

Picture Credit & Copyright: Stanislav Volskiy

Source: apod.nasa.gov

Through hardships, to the stars 🌌

My proudest shot.

By: @emspectrumimaging

Me and my favorite humans embarked on an adventure to moab to camp for 4 days. I came out here with an idea of what I wanted to do, see, and accomplish. I had no idea how blown away I would be, and how much I needed this. We spent the day hiking and swimming in the most beautiful watering hole I've ever seen, checked out the colorado river, and saw the most vivid sunset in the middle of a giant Arch. All smiles, awestruck by the beauty of it all. Once nightfall rolled around, we packed up a bunch of gear and went back to the arches for some astrophotography under the Arches, a bucket list I've had for sooo long. The experience was so surreal, we had the entire park to ourselves and stayed till 4AM because it was just SO FUCKIN FUN AND BEAUTIFUL. Incredibly grateful to have the greatest people in my life who are always down to pack up and venture out into the unknown. Y'all support my crazy visions and I'll love you forever for that.

The Deep Lagoon also known as M8, captured at Mt. Lemmon Skycentre, Arizona, is located on the constellation of Sagittarius towards the centre of Milky Way.

Image Credit : Adam Block//Mt. Lemmon SkyCentre Arizona//Univ.Arizona

Saturn and Dione , 2005

credits : NASA

Full Moon in full Colour - April the 6th of 2020

PC: Joseph Brimacombe//flickr

Jupiter and its faint rings– known as the Jovian ring system , as seen through infrared.

The Orion Nebula as seen through William optics flurostar 132

Credit : astro_backyard : pinterest