APOD 4.5

The Antennae

This is an image of two large galaxies colliding in the constellation Corvus. I chose this image because for one, the class has been learning what types of galaxies form from these collisions; pretty much larger spiral galaxies, or elliptical galaxies. In addition to this, it is in the constellation Corvus the Crow, which was one of this week's constellation quiz subjects. 

APOD 4.4

IC 1396

I have never seen images of this nebula before, but I am really interested in it. It sort of looks like a giant (and I giant) monster's face with a big mouth in the center. If you look closely you can see an almost human looking shape that looks like it is falling from the mouth. This Nebula is actually nick named the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, no matter how evil it appears. While this may seem like a scene of death (well it is since a star died), there are hundreds of new stars forming in it. 

Zooniverse Work

I've been doing more work on the Zooniverse project called Galaxy Zoo. So far I've cataloged over 1,500 galaxies; the ones in the picture above are among the best I have had the privilege to view. I plan to add more and more to this image as I discover more galaxies. Overall, I think its a big improvement over the last image I made of these galaxies with the few new additions.

APOD 4.3

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

 

 I have always found images to be fascinating, but today's APOD was just awesome. The spirals of this galaxy are so vivid and sharp, its a wonder how scientists can do this with objects so many light years away. From reading the APOD article I learned that this galaxy is much bigger than our own Milky Way and is located in the constellation Ursa Major. Sadly I also learned that Ursa Major can not be seen from Florida and that the only hope of me seeing it would be in the northern states.

Zooniverse Work

These are some of my favorite images i've seen while doing the galaxy zoo on the zooniverse website. I really like the activity and have cataloged over 1,000 galaxies thus far.

APOD 4.2

M74: The Perfect Spiral

M74 is one of my most favorite spiral galaxies. This is because its spiral is just awesome to look at and probably the most photogenic of all the spiral galaxies. The colors that are displayed are beyond beautiful; sometimes it makes me wonder why there are not pictures like this in art museums, id be much more interested if there were.