Friday, September 29, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Apod:The international space station expands again!

Friday, September 15, 2006
M33:Spiral Galaxy in Triangulum

Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Observations for friday september 8th 2006
I observed the sky for a few hours from myakka, off of exit 193. The sky was very beautiful and was clear for most of the night.I saw what appears to be the saggitarius constellation and was able to make out the teapot asterism. The moon was also very bright and appeared to the eye to be in it's full phase. I was also to make out polaris. I was also able to observe opiuchus to the east.

Friday, September 01, 2006
Extra Galaxies

This image reveals a surprising number of galaxies both near and far toward the constellation Ursa Major. The warped spiral galaxy found near picture center is called NGC 3718. It's spiral arms are twisted and extended. 150 thousand light-years to the right one can see another large spiral galaxy, NGC 3729. The two galaxies are interacting with each other gravitationally, which explains why NGC 3718's arms are twisted and extended. While this galaxy pair lies about 52 million light-years away, the remarkable Hickson Group 56 can also be seen clustered just below NGC 3718, This "Group" consists of five interacting galaxies, and lies 400 million light years away.