devidsketchbook:

DEEP SKY OBJECTS BY GERALD RHEMANN

Astrograph Gerald Rhemann - “I am specialized in deep, wide-field vistas of the Milky Way using short-focal-length telescopes and large-format CCD cameras. In partnership with my friend Michael Jäger we are searching the sky for undiscovered comets and record those which are currently visible. I have been sky-shooting since 1989. I photograph under the clear skies of the Austrian Alps, the Canary Islands, and the deserts of Namibia. I was born in Vienna, where I owned a camera store. Currently I work as a sales manager and consultant for Astro Systeme Austria, which is a company producing high quality Astrographs.”

• Object: NGC 7293 Helix Nebula/Aquarius 

• Object: Objects around Antares/Scorpius 

• Object: IC 4592 / Scorpius

• Object: NGC 6559 Sagittarius 

• Object: IC2177/Constellation Monoceros_Small Version 

• Object: Reflection and Emission Nebulas Scorpius/Ophiuchus IMAGE DETAIL 

• Object: Sh2-1 Scorpius 

• Object: Reflection and Emission Nebulas Scorpius/Ophiuchus OVERVIEW 

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fagology:

Looking for Alaska?

yes, Looking For Alaska

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oohshitmymomknowmyurl:

darnni:

THIS IS SERIOUSLY A SALAD DRESSING COMMERCIAL 

WHAT ARE YOU REALLY TRYING TO SELL

that man, that man is what they sell

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vaeltaa:

i’m going straight to hell aren’t i

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Karen Gillan still does not understand Los Angeles.

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chesleyshrinking:

Almonds: a study show that people who ate one serving of almonds per day eliminated more pounds than those who consumed heavy carbs

Oats: it’s high in fiber, so it helps keep the feeling of satiety throughout the day. Just half a cup of oatmeal has 4.6 grams of resistant starch healthy carbohydrate that stimulates metabolism and burns fat

Chickpeas: 1/2 cup has 2 grams of resistant starch. It’s is also a great source of fiber, protein and healthy fats

Blueberries: famous for its anti-aging effects, a cup of blueberries (blueberry) has only 80 calories. The fruit also help keep the body satiated for a longer time with the intake of 4 g of fiber

Broccoli: cooked or raw, this vegetable is known to prevent cancer. A serving of broccoli has only 30 calories and even help combat excess weight

Brown Rice: a half-cup portion contains 1.7 g of resistant starch, carbohydrate that stimulates healthy metabolism to burn fat. Moreover, it has low density and provides enough energy, ie it satisfies even with fewer calories

Pear: a portion of this fruit can provide up to 15% of the recommended daily amount of fiber. One study found that women who ate three pears a day consumed fewer calories and lost more weight. Do not peel the fruit as it is the shell that contains lots of fiber

Lentil: it is a great source of protein and fiber. Therefore, helps provide satiety. Half a cup of lentils gives 3.4 g resistant starch, carbohydrate healthy, which stimulates fat metabolism

Grapefruit: even if don’t change anything in your diet, eat half a grapefruit before each meal can help you lose up to a pound a week! The fruit contains a substance that can decrease insulin, a hormone that helps store fat. It is also a good source of protein, as has about 90% water in its composition.

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spaceplasma:

Magellanic gemstones in the southern sky

Hubble has captured the most detailed images to date of the open star clusters NGC 265 and NGC 290 in the Small Magellanic Cloud - two sparkling sets of gemstones in the southern sky.

Two new composite images taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show a myriad of stars in crystal clear detail. The brilliant open star clusters, NGC 265 and NGC 290, are located about 200,000 light-years away and are roughly 65 light-years across.

Star clusters can be held together tightly by gravity, as is the case with densely packed crowds of hundreds of thousands of stars, called globular clusters. Or, they can be more loosely bound, irregularly shaped groupings of up to several thousands of stars, like the open clusters shown in this image. The stars in these open clusters are all relatively young and were born from the same cloud of interstellar gas. Just as old school-friends drift apart after graduation, the stars in an open cluster will only remain together for a limited time and gradually disperse into space, pulled away by the gravitational tugs of other passing clusters and clouds of gas. Most open clusters dissolve within a few hundred million years, whereas the more tightly bound globular clusters can exist for many billions of years.

Open star clusters make excellent astronomical laboratories. The stars may have different masses, but all are at about the same distance, move in the same general direction, and have approximately the same age and chemical composition. They can be studied and compared to find out more about stellar evolution, the ages of such clusters, and much more.

The Small Magellanic Cloud, which hosts the two star clusters, is the smaller of the two companion dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way named after the Portuguese seafarer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521). It can be seen with the unaided eye as a hazy patch in the constellation Tucana (the Toucan) in the Southern Hemisphere. Both the Small and the Large Magellanic Clouds are rich in gas nebulae and star clusters. It is most likely that these irregular galaxies have been disrupted through repeated interactions with the Milky Way, resulting in the vigorous star-forming activity seen throughout the clouds. NGC 265 and NGC 290 may very well owe their existence to these close encounters with the Milky Way.

Image credit: European Space Agency & NASA

lulz-time:

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licorneuil:

this should exist for mac..

this should exist for everything

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