Large Magellanic Cloud - Blog Posts
SNR 0519-69.0
When a massive star exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way, it left behind an expanding shell of debris called SNR 0519-69.0. Here, multimillion degree gas is seen in X-rays from Chandra (blue). The outer edge of the explosion (red) and stars in the field of view are seen in visible light from Hubble.
Credit: NASA / Hubble & Chandra
The stars of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Hubble Unveils Monster Stars
The image shows the central region of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The young and dense star cluster R136 can be seen at the lower right of the image. This cluster contains hundreds of young, blue stars, among them the most massive stars detected in the universe so far. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope were able to conduct a detailed imaging and spectroscopic study of the central and most dense region of this cluster. Here they found nine stars with masses greater than 100 times the mass of the sun. The cluster is located 170,000 light-years away from Earth.
Image credit: NASA Hubble
These will be the last pics from the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy. I will have my next galaxy picked out soon.
High Resolution Pictures
Pale green titan-like world
Three suns
Cratered world with a thin atmosphere
White sun
Binary sunset
Two airless worlds
Picture of the day - November 20, 2018
Dark red nebula rises over a dim set of rings orbiting a gas giant.
Picture of the day 3 - November 19, 2018
Dim red sun faintly illuminates a giant planet and it’s ring in a dull red light.
Picture of the day 2 - November 19, 2018
Hot sun rising over arid wastelands. This planet orbits close enough to the sun to reach 230 F at midday. At sunrise the temperature is already 115 F.
Picture of the day - November 19, 2018
The sun begins to set behind a large moon of a gas giant that has a thick atmosphere. Another large satellite is visible in the background.
Picture of the day - November 18, 2019
Surface of a dim an dusty moon.
R136a1 System
A visit to a more familiar system in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy. The program depicts a large gas orbiting the star at a distance of 738.59 AU along with several large moons.
R136a1 is believed to be the most massive known star with a mass 315 times that of our sun. The star shines with a luminosity of 8.7 million suns. The gas giant even at its extreme orbital distance of 738.59 AU, still receives more solar radiation than Earth.
High Resolution Images
Bright Blue Sun
Inner Dwarf Planet from a moon
Outer moon.
Approaching eclipse
Double moons
Picture of the day 2 - November 17, 2018
Setting sun on an arid Mars-Like planet.
Stormy Giant
Picture of the Day - November 17, 2018
Large gas giant with a turbulent atmosphere and numerous cyclonic storm systems. The plant orbits a red dwarf giving the planet an orange tint.
Picture of the day 2 - November 16, 2018.
Tidally locked desert-like world with green vegetation growing between the hellishly hot day-side desert, and the endless ice of the night side.
Picture of the day - November 16, 2018
An Earth-Moon analog.
Picture of the day 2 - November 15, 2018
Shepard moon orbiting within a ring gap of a giant planet.
Picture of the day - November 15, 2018
Large gas giant orbiting a pair of binary suns within a large nebula.
Picture of the day 2 - November 14, 2018
An earth-like moon orbiting a gas giant. This moon has purple-colored vegetation and extremely large ice caps.
Space Engine System ID: RSC 8475-0-4-2269-22 A4
Picture of the day - November 14, 2018
Twin suns begin rising over an airless Mercury-Like planet.
Picture of the Day 2 - November 13, 2018
A ringed desert world located in the core of the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy. There are nearly 116 stars within just 1 light year of this planet.
Pictures of the day - November 13, 2018
Tempus System - First Round of Pictures
I’ve decided to showcase another system, and here are the pics of a system in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy I am calling the Tempus System
Space Engine System ID: RS-8475-7-6-4-195
High Resolution Pictures
Mars-Like World
Crescent
Scorched Surface
Cold battered desert moon
Orbital Closeup
Dim suns
Distant giant
Another ring shot
Inner Clouds
Picture of the day - November 12, 2018
Inner planets orbiting close to the sun are losing their atmosphere’s at a rapid rate generating a large gas cloud in this system. The gas is thick enough to glow from the illumination of the sun, shrouding the star from the view of the outer planets.
It is likely that other solar systems with hot gas and ice giants have an appearance similar when viewed from orbiting distant planets. The small cloud visible to the left is the Small Magellanic Cloud Galaxy.
A collection of alien skies from another system I have come across in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy
Space Engine System ID: RS 8475-7-7-32-196
High Resolution Pictures
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Picture of the day - November 11, 2018
Inner planet loosing its atmosphere viewed from the surface of an asteroid moon.
Ember in the Sky
Picture of the Day 3 - November 10, 2018
Moon orbiting a young gas giant still glowing with heat from it’s formation with a distant blue sun beginning to set.
Cold Green World
Picture of the day 2 - November 10, 2018
A cold ice-giant and one it’s moons passing in front of the disk of the Milky Way.
Pictures of the Day - November 10, 2018
Three different desert worlds orbiting a bright red dwarf with surface shots. The star is roughly 10% the brightness of the sun, about as bright as you can get for a red dwarf. A common misconception is that red dwarfs are actually red in color. This is true only for the smaller dim ones, but most have a more orange to red-orange tint to them.
Unfortunately, I already left the system long before I could log the system ID.
High Resolution Pics
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Picture of the Day 2 - November 9, 2018
Narrow sea cuts through the forests of a life supporting world with red-colored vegetation.
Picture of the Day - November 9, 2018
Crescent gas giant over an asteroid moon.
Colorful Desert World
Picture of the day 2 - November 8, 2019
A rather vibrant desert-type planet with active weather.
Red Giant
Picture of the Day - November 8, 2019
A scorched plant and its moon orbiting a bloated Red Giant. Both of these worlds orbit the star at twice the distance Neptune orbits from the sun, yet have surface temperatures of more than 1,200 °F.