Going Beyond the Moon to Deep Space (A Nebula PhotoBlog)

Of Course A Rainbow Sky!!!!

Hi Everybody!!  Welcome and please come in.  We will be starting at my magic moons and jumping off into deep space to go visit the Hubble Telescope in search of Nebula!! It is going to be a 'Spacey' night, so prepare to be spaced out! Thank You for choosing to come in the Blog mini-Nature Class and for coming back!!  We hit 9500 page reads this morning. (You can see the page count at the bottom if you follow that stuff).

These are my magic moons we are passing through. These are real images of the moon I shot 2 nights ago. The reality stops there. The remaining sky is created by me! I go to my online editing software place named Picnik and Snap, presto, like magic;  I transform the original image!! I want to encourage all of You to play around with your images in the different programs. It is fun and I like it. These moons have an effect added to them called Space Textures. Like the Challenger, these Space Textures are Going Away forever on April 19, 2012.  If you choose to try out some of these effects, you have about 2 weeks. Picnik is the name of the Program.

(Picnik is now gone)

Good bye to Picnik, Thanks for the Fun!!!!!!!

This last moon is the end of my fake space photos! 
From here we will step into REAL SPACE PHOTOS by Hubble and all my friends at Space.com. 

The images you will witness from here to the end of page are Real Places. These are Real Images.  Many, many people have invested their time to Map the Universe based on the Real Images from the fantastic telescope, Hubble. They look more like fantasy, than fantasy, but remember this is Real Space, documented.


I have put alot of information videos on this page. Remember if you can not see it all at once, you may come back at any time to view any page again. The Blog will always be 'Live".
Enjoy this tour of Deep Space. It is my favorite trip so far!!

These Are Real Space Photos:

Soul Nebula's Heart Caught on CameraCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE TeamNASA's WISE infrared space observatory mission team released this mosaic of the Soul Nebula (a.k.a. the Embryo Nebula, IC 1848, or W5) on April 2, 2010. The Soul Nebula is an open cluster of stars surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas over 150 light-years across and located about 6,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, near the Heart Nebula.     http://www.space.com/12605-50-deep-space-nebula-photos.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day

2012 April 3 

M46 & M47: Star Clusters Young and Old 
Image Credit & Copyright: Sergio Eguivar (Buenos Aires Skies

Explanation: Many stars form in clusters. Galactic or open star clusters are relatively young swarms of bright stars born together near the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Separated by about a degree on the sky, two nice examples are M46 (upper left) 5,400 light-years in the distance and M47 (lower right) only 1,600 light-years away toward the nautical constellation Puppis. Around 300 million years young M46 contains a few hundred stars in a region about 30 light-years across. Aged 80 million years, M47 is a smaller but looser cluster of about 50 stars spanning 10 light-years. But this portrait of stellar youth also contains an ancient interloper. The small, colorful patch of glowing gas in M46 is actually the planetary nebula NGC 2438 - the final phase in the life of a sun-like star billions of years old. NGC 2438 is estimated to be only 3,000 light-years distant and likely represents a foreground object, only by chance appearing along our line of sight to youthful M46.     http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120403.html

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Reference sites to check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble

Latest Saturn Photos From NASA's Cassini OrbiterCredit: NASA/JPL

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula

Nebula

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Nebulae" redirects here. For the supercomputer in China, see Nebulae (computer). For other uses, see Nebula (disambiguation).

A nebula (from Latin: "cloud";^[1] pl. nebulae or nebulæ, with ligature or nebulas) is an interstellar cloudof dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. Originally, nebula was a general name for any extended astronomical object, including galaxies beyond the Milky Way (some examples of the older usage survive; for example, the Andromeda Galaxy was referred to as the Andromeda Nebula before galaxies were discovered by Edwin Hubble). Nebulae are often star-forming regions, such as in the Eagle Nebula. This nebula is depicted in one of NASA's most famous images, the "Pillars of Creation". In these regions the formations of gas, dust, and other materials "clump" together to form larger masses, which attract further matter, and eventually will become massive enough to form stars. The remaining materials are then believed to form planets, and other planetary system objects
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The Rosette Nebula


The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers -- but it is the most famous. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros, some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this rose are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young stars. The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula, cataloged as NGC 2237, is about 50 light-years in diameter. The nebula can be seen firsthand with a small telescope toward the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros).
Image Credit & Copyright: Brian Davis
Explanation of the image from: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120214.html

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The Rosette Nebula 
Image Credit & Copyright: Brian Davis

Explanation: The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers -- but it is the most famous. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros, some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this rose are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young stars. The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula, cataloged as NGC 2237, is about 50 light-years in diameter. The nebula can be seen firsthand with a small telescope toward the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros).

Nebula by StarlightCredit: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/CoelumSmall dust particles in this thin yet gigantic molecular cloud effectively scatter the starlight from surrounding giant blue stars in Orion, especially Rigel, causing the blue glow of reflection nebula IC 2118.







The Universe in Infrared: Flood of Galaxy Views to Hit Internet This YearCredit: G. J. Bendo/JBCA/NASAThe general public will be able to browse detailed infrared images of more than 200 galaxies from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope later this year when they are publicly released.









Two Nebulas Glow Together in Stunning Skywatcher PhotoCredit: Bob and Janice FeraTwo colorful nebulas shine side by side in this skywatching image. Astrophotography duo Bob and Janice Fera took this photo in January, 2012 from Eagle Ridge Observatory, Foresthill, Calif.

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New Milky Way Photo Captures 1 Billion StarsCredit: Mike Read (WFAU), UKIDSS/GPS and VVVA new photo shows one billion of the Milky Way's stars at once











Delivering the GoodsCredit: ESA/S. CorvajaOn Friday March 23, 2012, an Ariane 5 VA205 rocket carrying the third Automated Transfer Vehicle, named Edoardo Amaldi, lifted off from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. The ATV-3, as it is called, will ferry cargo to the International Space Station. The unmanned ATV-3 transports the heaviest load of cargo ever delivered to the station by a robotic spacecraft, the ESA reported.

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Robonaut 2 and Gloved Astronaut's HandsCredit: NASAThe International Space Station's first humanoid robot pays homage to Michaelangelo in a photo tribute to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.






Amazing Nebula Photo Looks Like a Giant Human HeadCredit: NASA/JPL-CaltechA spectacular photo from a NASA telescope has revealed a wispy blue nebula with an odd twist: It looks like a giant human head in deep space.

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Have great Dreams Tonight!!








....this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek




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Winter Wonderland at Kates Cabin Bird Sanctuary in Texas

Hi Everybody!
Come on in to the warmth and get out of the cold. We do not have too many freezes in my corner of Texas during winter. December was a mild winter month to close out the year. The first week of January brought banner days full of blue skies and sunshine. One of my red Maple trees began to bloom thinking it is Spring!
They say about Texas, if you do not like the weather, wait a minute and it will change. It changed last night and got very cold-brrrrrrrrrr. Temperatures plummeted to 25 degrees. I turned my sprinkler on last night around midnight, so I woke to Ice Gardens at Kates! Cloudy skies hid the sun for awhile, but the rise in temperature set the melting in process. I snapped a few pics and got hit in the head by a falling icicle!

A hard freeze needs to occur at least once in winter to benefit the yard. Fruit trees actually need a certain number of chilled hours or they will not produce fruit.  The freeze also lowers the number of pest insects like flies, fleas and mosquitoes.  The main thing for me is the snakes are in hibernation. This is the only time of year I work in the flower beds, never in the summer!  Enjoy the images of my little Ice Gardens as the ice is long gone. Stay Warm!

...this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek






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To See or not to See

Hi Everybody:
I want to share with you an experience I have here in the woods. To become an explorer in our modern days you need only to walk outside. It is not necessary to go to outer space via Hubble or even the depths of the ocean. There are amazing things right outside your door. I began photodocumenting the birds and trees in my area for my Grandchildren. In this process, I was exposed to many other live things besides the birds. The more I got photos of, the more I found to be documented and photographed. Five years now and I have not begun  to finish documenting just the species that are here! The more I see, the more there is to see. I believe that things are placed in front of me to be seen and photographed. I have seen so many amazing thins in Nature. I encourage you to take time for yourself and your earth and just go out exploring for yourself. The things I show you, no one else on earth sees. Only me here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_anole


Today's photostudy is of Mating Anoles (see above link for more info). I have seen these little green guys all my life. Yet I had never seen them mating. On this day, I walked out  on my back deck with the dogs and looked up the tree and noticed this pair. I went in to get the camera off the desk, then back out to shoot. They did not run away, in fact, they did not seem to notice me at all. So here for You today is something it took me 60 years to see!

....this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek. Looking forward to seeing what is around Your Place!!!!

And Now for Something Different: My New Digital Blended Art!

Hi Everybody!
I have changed the blog template back to regular blog template for easier viewing. Today I want to share some of the new work I have been doing: blending my digital Nature Photos with creative editing options in Online software to present a new look for digital images. Some people really like these and some absolutely do not! I like focusing attention on my subjects at the Bird Sanctuary!! I encourage everyone to try some new things. See what you think and let me know! I put a new follow button in blog.

I can promise you that you will not see anything like these out on web yet!!  What do you think??

.......this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.  See You Tomorrow!!!

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