Astronomyandgalaxies - GalaxyBrain

Feel small now? Yup, we said the same thing! This is the comparison

Flight Commander John Young reviewing checklists aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-1

Here's a rare mind blowing moment in the astronomy world. Clearest images ever taken of Equatorial Ridge on Saturn's moon 'Iapetus'.

Planetary Nebula NGC 2440

Planetary nebula NGC 2440 is a relic of a star once like our Sun that has cast off its outer layers of gas, forming a colorful cocoon around the star's remaining core.

Approaching the Agena target vehicle, earth horizon in background, Gemini VIII.

Christmas Tree star cluster

Jupiter and Mars, footage captured by me through my Dobsonian with a DSLR. Tracking done by hand.

The celestial object of the day is Phobos!

It's Mars's largest moon with 21 km (13 mi), it orbits Mars at only 6,000 km (3,700 mi) and it gets closer by 1.8 meters every year, at that rate is expected to collide with Mars or form a planetary ring in about 30-50 million years!

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