Daniel Fischer · @cosmos4u
1434 followers · 2616 posts · Server scicomm.xyz

SKYSURF-4 - Panchromatic Space Telescope All-Sky Surface-brightness Measurement Methods and Results: iopscience.iop.org/article/10. -> scicomm.xyz/@JohnBarentine@ast (potential evidence for "the anisotropy of the scattering phase function of " or "an additional component in the inner solar system").

#ZodiacalLight #interplanetarydust #hubble

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Mike Bolam · @MikeBolam
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Dan Santillo Photography · @dansantillo
451 followers · 89 posts · Server toot.wales

Fall Bay on Gower with the rare Zodiacal Light going from the horizon to Jupiter and beyond. Zodiacal Light is a faint glow of diffuse sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust and is roughly where the sun set.

#coast #stars #jupiter #ZodiacalLight #astrophotography #astro #cymru #Wales #swansea #Gower #fallbay

Last updated 2 years ago

Daniel Fischer · @cosmos4u
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Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
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Soh Kam Yung · @sohkamyung
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Arsène Ω🔻🌐🏳️‍🌈 · @Arsene
331 followers · 8915 posts · Server mamot.fr

APOD: 2020 October 11 - Milky Way over the Pinnacles in Australia

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201011.ht

What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles, unusual rock spires in Nambung National Park in Western Australia. Made of ancient sea shells (limestone), how these human-sized picturesque spires formed remains unknown. In the background, just past the end of the central Pinnacle, is a bright crescent Moon. […]

#milkyway #ZodiacalLight #PinnaclesRockFormation

Last updated 4 years ago

Arsène Ω🔻🌐🏳️‍🌈 · @Arsene
333 followers · 9607 posts · Server mamot.fr

APOD: 2020 October 11 - Milky Way over the Pinnacles in Australia

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201011.ht

What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles, unusual rock spires in Nambung National Park in Western Australia. Made of ancient sea shells (limestone), how these human-sized picturesque spires formed remains unknown. In the background, just past the end of the central Pinnacle, is a bright crescent Moon. […]

#milkyway #ZodiacalLight #PinnaclesRockFormation

Last updated 4 years ago