Science Source Feb 2010

Jupiter, with red spot.

A solar prominence and chromosphere visible during a total solar eclipse. The prominence, a cloud of ionized gas projecting above the surface of the s...

Solar eclipse sequence shot at 7 minute intervals. The sequence shows the disc of the Moon gradually moving over the disc of the Sun, and then moving...

Partial eclipse of the sun, May 1967.

Entire limb of the sun photographed in violet light, on December 9, 1929.

Solar Corona photographed during the total eclipse at Green River, Wyoming. June 8th, 1918. A corona (from the Latin root meaning crown), is a type of...

Pinwheel Galaxy (M101, NGC 5457) at 8th magnitude. This is a large, bright, spiral galaxy some 20 million light years away in the constellation of Urs...

Enlarged view of an exceptionally large sunspot group, as seen by Hale Observatory, May 17, 1951.

First highly active sunspots of new cycle located at high latitudes, as seen by Hale Observatory, February 20, 1956.

Trifid nebula (M20). The nebula is a stellar nursery. The pink region glows as radiation from the hot young stars born within it ionizes the hydrogen...

Total solar eclipse. Lake Rudolf in Lolengalani, Kenya. June 30, 1973.

Comet Ikeya-Seki, named after Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki who discovered the comet independently. A comet is a body of ice and dust, which moves arou...

Orion and Taurus rising in the predawn hours above trees.

Zodiacal light and Venus; shot from central Oregon.

Orion from the southern hemisphere, in New Zealand.

Gibbous moon during day. Enlarged 2.5x from 300mm lens

Canis Major and Orion over the Anza-Borrego Desert, CA.

Cassiopeia over Anza-Borrego Desert, CA.

Cygnus, Aquila, and Delphinus over cardon cactii; California.

Orion and Auriga; Anza-Borrego Desert, CA.

The Moon and Venus cast reflections into Lake Murray, San Diego.

Winter constellation Orion rising over Slot Canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert, California

Jupiter, (top left), Saturn, (below), and Pleiades; Anza-Borrego Desert, CA.

Annular solar eclipse projected onto a board. Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada

Jupiter and Venus, with Mercury in the lower right between the two poles.

Venus and waxing crescent moon.

Big Dipper rising over an old homestead in Oregon, USA.

Canis Major and Minor at Badwater, Death Valley, California.

Orion and Taurus star trails, looking west from Zabrisky Point, Death Valley

Orion and Taurus over Badwater, Death Valley; Illuminated by the 3rd quarter Moon.

Canis Major, including Sirius, over Death Valley. Illuminated by the 3rd quarter Moon.

Big Dipper against starfield. Sapello, New Mexico

Saguro Cactus with blooms and fruit against backdrop of star trails. Polaris, the north star is at center. Late spring, Arizona

A Saguaro cactus with blooms and fruit, under the night sky, with Polaris in the center.

Star trails looking south, from Tanzania. The red sky is caused by a high dust cloud from the Indian Ocean.

Gamma-Cygnus region. Composite of 2-7 minutes exposure. Telescope: Meade 12", Schmidt camera.

Moon occulting Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus. #1a of series.

Jupiter and last quarter moon.

Moon occulting Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus. #2a of series.

Moon occulting Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus. #3a of series.

Moon occulting Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus. #4a of series.

Artwork showing a supernova as viewed from the moon.

Artwork showing the asteroid Ida against a background of stars and Comet Hale-Bopp.

Asteroid impact.

Fantasy image of asteroid moving towards Earth.

Nickel-iron meteorite (Medium Octahedrite) found at Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve. The reserve contains 12 craters, and is located in the No...

Nickel-iron meteorite (Medium Octahedrite) found at Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve. The reserve contains 12 craters, and is located in the No...

Meteor Crater, Arizona. It is also called the Barringer Crater, after the mining engineer who first suggested that it was formed by a meteor impact. I...

A Celestron Refractor Telescope, with 60mm aperture, 700mm focal length, and a focal ratio of f/12. Used for astronomical purposes.

Milky way rising over water in the woods among the Laguna mountains, CA.