Nebula

with the naked eye from any part of Earth. Of January's six constellations,Orion, the hunter, and Taurus, the bull are two of the most popular groups. In the constellation of Orion the Hunter is the Orion Nebula, one of the brightest nebulae in the sky, and the famous dark Horsehead Nebula. The famous Pleiades star cluster, also known as the seven sisters, located in the constellation of Taurus. Aries, Eridanis, and Perseus are three of the eight December constellations. The stars in this…

and I seem to question everything. I have my own strong beliefs that I have formed myself and these are all things related to this constellation. Another reason this is my favorite constellation is because of the nebula that is in it, the Horse Head Nebula. This is one of my favorite nebulas, making me like this constellation so much more. The last reason is simple that I find it to be a beautiful constellation that I fell in love with on sight. Aside from just the…

Long have we have looked to the stars, be it for navigation, spiritual guidance or shear awe. But, believe it or not, the wonders we see in the night sky with our naked eyes are only a glint of the universe’s enormity, and, as said by Julianne Dalcanton in her 2009 article 18 Years of Science with the Hubble Space Telescope, our hazy atmosphere even limits our ground-based instruments as well. (Dalcanton) Both the incapability of our eyes and our local telescopes hindered astronomy for…

distant galaxies, stars and nebulas thousands of light years away from us. The author also speaks in a manner of reverence when referring to feats that Hubble had performed, “Hubble taught us something absolutely incredible: it showed us that this is what our Universe looks like.” (Seigal, Paragraph 3). With that the author also included some of the beautiful photos that were captured by the telescope. From galaxies that are further away than what is conceivable, to nebulas that seem to be a…

One of the most captivating questions in astronomy today is the how our solar system formed? Not only does the answer adds an insight to other similarly forming systems, but also satisfies our curiosity about the origin of our species. It is extremely unlikely that astronomers will ever know with absolute scientific clarity how our system originated, they can however construct similar theoretical models with faiths of gaining a better understanding. With that being said a simple understanding of…

once a pulsar was discovered inside the Crab Nebula supernova remnant this was discovered to be untrue. The reason the pulsar was discovered was due to the fact that the nebula was still very bright despite its age. A star in the middle was viewed as the cause, however the star would not fit into any of the already established categories (Pulsar Properties, 2018). Two astronomers took an interest in this occurrence and decided to monitor the Crab Nebula for pulsed radio emissions. They found…

“Countless women are alive today because of ideas simulated by design flaw in the Hubble Telescope,” (Neil deGrasse Tyson). In 1946, Lyman Spitzer had an idea to build a telescope in space above the atmosphere that would be able to see stars unaffected by blurs. The Hubble Telescope described in this unit has had the biggest impact on humanity because the Hubble transformed the way scientists look at the universe, the images provide information about understanding the universe, and the Hubble…

he had a telescope with his name. Since Edwin established the scale of the universe and laid the observational basis, he helped us understand what are galaxies like in the universe. To start off, Edwin noticed a Cepheid variable in the Andromeda Nebula which is known to astronomers as M31. For Edwin to obtain his photographs, he used Mount Wilson 100-inch telescope. Once he found his variables and determined their periods and visible magnitudes, he used a technique which is called: “Leavitt’s…

Have you ever wondered why the night sky in the winter may look different to you than the night sky in the summer or fall? This is because we see the constellations at different times of the year for the different seasons- spring, summer, fall, and winter. Since the Earth orbits the Sun we do not get one constant area of constellations. The constellations we see in the summer are not the same ones we see in the winter. We never see the same constellation all year long. Unless the constellation…

now able to see so much more now compared to many years ago. Pillars of Creation was brought up, a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula. This is about 6,500-7,000 light years away from Earth. Eagle Nebula is known to be a young open cluster in the constellation of Serpens. Pillars of Creation is basically gas and dust in process of creating new stars, while also eroding the light from nearby stars that have been…