Friday, December 11, 2009

1.5 APOD MUST EDIT!!

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091125.html

This is a photograph taken of the All Sky Milky Way Panorama 2.0 project. It is being conducted by Axel Mellinger, and the mission was to see what the entire sky looked like if one was very very far away from the Earth. The photograph contains every constellation, nebula, star cluster, and millions of stars which are visible to the unaided eye.One can also see the milky way at the center. There is a larger collection of photographs taken regarding this project. Looking at this picture and actually understanding what you're seeing seems almost like magic. It is a very beautiful and mystical photograph.

1.4 APOD Rania Shafie

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091206.html

This APOD blog, posted December 6th, 2009, is taken of the comet McNaught. It is considered to be the brightest comet in nearing half a century. The spectacular tail of the comet was visible for observers in the SOuthern Hemisphere. However, the tail was also visible after sunset to several northern observers. The picture was taken just after sunset from the Sliding Spring Observatory in Australia by the Ulysses spacecraft. Also, fun fact: while flying through McNaught;s tail, Ulysses spacecraft discovered that the speed of the solar wind drops significantly inside. I'm presented my project on comets and meteors on Monday so I figured this would be appropriate! I'm nervous I hope it goes well! =)