Monday, September 26, 2011

Weekly Impressive Space Pictures: 12 September 2011


The discovery of young star cluster NGC 2100, green clouds, the rings of Saturn, border zone between India and Pakistan and dust devil are among weekly impressive space pictures of the week 12 September 2011.
Gassy Star Cluster
The European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope (NTT) has unveiled the stunning and striking images of the young star cluster NGC 2100. The 15-million-year-old brilliant star cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud just near the satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Thanks to position near the colorful Tarantula nebula, NGC 2100 is surrounded by bright gas from the outer parts of the nebula. In NGC 2100, thousands of stars are only loosely bound by gravity.

The brilliant star cluster NGC 2100 is seen in a picture from European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope
The brilliant star cluster NGC 2100 is seen in a picture from European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope

Dangling Dione

A picture taken by members of NASA's Cassini spacecraft and released September 5 demonstrates the rings of Saturn.
A picture taken by members of NASA's Cassini spacecraft and released September 5 demonstrates the rings of Saturn

Martian Devil
A dust devil, which leaves a shadow in the Martian landscape, is seen from HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on September 7. The dust devils can reach the height of five to six miles (eight to ten kilometers) due to the summer heat close to the ground.

Martian Devil
Martian Devil

Aurora in Hiding
The picture shows off an auroras tint the clouds green covering the night sky of Breivikeidet, Norway on September 9. The stunning scene is created due to charged particles hurled off the sun a few days earlier.

The picture is taken by Thilo Bubek
The picture is taken by Thilo Bubek

Border Zone
The orange line snaking across the landscape marking the border zone between India and Pakistan is seen from the International Space Station on September 5. The bright cluster helps to define the Indian capital of New Delhi on the upper left in this frame and another nighttime light area nearest to the border is Pakistani city of Lahore.

Border Zone
Border Zone

Mars Ice Pits
A picture taken from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on September 7 shows off roughly ten-foot-thick (three-meter-thick) layer on the red planet's South Pole which are created by carbon dioxide ice on Mars and can remain the whole year.

Mars Ice Pits
Mars Ice Pits

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ESO: Zooming Into Star Cluster NGC 2100 [720p]

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