Astronomy For Beginners

the orion nebula Originally uploaded by DaveAW89 The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated ...

The Dark Side of the Moon Originally uploaded by Angela Cichosz Photography The Dark Side of the Moon, well not the side that cannot ever be...

APPROACHING COMET: Green comet 103P/Hartley 2 is approaching Earth for a close encounter on Oct. 20th. At that time, the comet will be only ...

Biggest Saturnian Moons Originally uploaded by NASAJPL Biggest Saturnian Moons A darkly defined Rhea passes before the fuzzy orb of Titan in...

Northern_skies Originally uploaded by This Revolution Is Faceless There are loads of pictures of the full moon available and with simple ins...

WISE Captures the Unicorn's Rose Originally uploaded by NASAJPL A new cosmic image taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer (WIS...

FIREBALL ON JUPITER:  An amateur astronomer in Japan has video-recorded a fireball on Jupiter.  This marks the third time in only 13 months ...

PERSEID METEOR SHOWER The annual Perseid meteor shower is underway. Earth is passing through a wide stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tutt...

Petite Pair Beyond Rings Originally uploaded by NASAJPL Two of Saturn's small moons can be seen orbiting beyond the planet's thin F ...

Prometheus Between Rings Originally uploaded by NASAJPL Saturn's A ring appears bright compared to the thin F ring, which is shepherded ...

WISE 'First-Light' Image Originally uploaded by NASAJPL This infrared snapshot of a region in the constellation Carina near the Milk...