APOD 1.2

APOD 1.2

This is a Butterfly cluster that is from M6, one of the Messier objects. This picture also have the constellation Scorpius or scorpion. This picture is just so amazing to me, I think this because it's not everyday that you can see a butterfly in the sky. The real beauty of this picture isn't just the butterfly, it is however the gaseous bodies around the stars. Another interesting fact about this picture is that it has what looks like a yellow star, and no its not an alien space craft. It is only because it is brighter than the others,

APOD 1.5

Volcanic Light Pillar in Iceland

APOD 1.5

This picture is just awe inspiring, it shows a light pillar that is coming from a volcano named Bárðarbunga in Iceland. This light pillar is created from a volcanic eruption, and the color is red because of the reflection with the atmospheric ice crystals. This picture has some annotations that you might know: Hercules and Corona Borealis, however what really interests me is the amazing colors that this picture offers. It was what almost looks like a laser coming down from space with ominous green clouds ( that are auroras) surrounding it. Doesn't it look just like one of those space movies!

Bio Sources

Links that will help me with the Biography of Niclaus Copernicus

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Norton, Stephen D. "Nicolaus Copernicus Begins a Revolution in Astronomy with His Heliocentric Model of the Solar System." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 3: 1450 to 1699. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 318-321. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 26 Sept. 2014.



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"Copernicus, Nicolaus 1473–1543 Polish Astronomer." Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. Paul F. Grendler. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 189-191. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 26 Sept. 2014.


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"Copernicus, Nicolas (1473-1543)." World of Earth Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 127-128. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 10 Oct. 2014.

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APOD 1.4

Aurora in Acadia National Park, Maine. USA

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     This is series of flares and plasma injections were emitted from the sun earlier this month. The flares and injections shot Coronal Mass Injections, which are huge bubbles of gas that intertwined with magnetic field lines, that created a geometric storm. In other words a view much like the Aurora Borealis was seen in Main. The aurora was seen to Wisconsin. This to me just looks spectacular. This is also a seldom occasion. I wish I could have seen this is person, however from Florida, the auroras cannot reach this far South. It not like everyday you see an aurora like this one, it was reported as the most spectacular one this year.

                   

APOD 1.3

APOD 1.3

Moonbow

This is a moonbow that was located at Molokai Islands, Hawaii. Moonbows are rainbows that appear at night, this rare occasion can occur because of the moon. Rainbows occur because sunlight is reflected internally from raindrops, the sunlight has to be reflected opposite the sun. When the sun sets the moon rises and reflects the sunlight. At this time, there was a full moon that rose. The light you see in the background is not the sun,but the island Oahu. I think this is really amazing because you do not always see rainbows at night, it gives the sky a much more beautiful feeling.
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APOD 1.1

APOD 1.1

This is the open start cluster NGC 7380. This was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The stars are inside interstellar gas. The picture is most commonly referred to as the Wizard Nebula. This is because of the gas and dust properly combined like the picture. This nebula is very far away its about 8,000 light years away. Its colors are because of hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur wavelengths to the Hubble Telescope. That's all for today!