The blog of a photography addict with an eye for the sky.Tumblr (3.0; @inrelation)http://inrelation.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9cjvllqLa1rnqouso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/44206561434http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/44206561434Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:27:46 -0500<p>I had one of the greatest nights in a long while.</p>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/43202560442http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/43202560442Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:29:25 -0500IloveBSUobservatory+staff<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/20ee3b855b07d41805db8d2320da4a29/tumblr_mi96xpEfUn1rnq3cto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://spaceplasma.tumblr.com/post/43138378895/today">spaceplasma</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/asteroidflyby.html"><strong>Today…</strong></a></p> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/43139771461http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/43139771461Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:47:26 -0500astronomyphysicsscienceasteroidsspace<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1d697f58a6c16f5dafb1c59f9f03f4eb/tumblr_mi6iftZctW1qbpwkro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/85b7de8b7fa8d148aced949791b7cc53/tumblr_mi6iftZctW1qbpwkro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b406ed30bab4d436d73a4d427aff6d51/tumblr_mi6iftZctW1qbpwkro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/97ad39255ea3207aacb786eaa6cc0322/tumblr_mi6iftZctW1qbpwkro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://infinity-imagined.tumblr.com/post/43029088315/infrared-mosaic-of-the-plane-of-the-milky-way">infinity-imagined</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://i4.minus.com/iglVzC3WzJR5W.jpg">Infrared mosaic of the plane of the Milky Way </a></p> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/43056317822http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/43056317822Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:24:38 -0500Astronomyphysicssciencephotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b7808dda16c8bf974889736791db8673/tumblr_mhyxv2J9H81qi68owo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://okayjesse.tumblr.com/post/42717281130/we-come-in-peace">okayjesse</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.erikolson.ca/Earth">We come in peace</a></p> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42878109904http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42878109904Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:45:32 -0500earthpainting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v9lz1b9f1qfayzro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://morgondagg.tumblr.com/post/22845215781/between-the-old-oaks-by-nicolas-le-boulanger">morgondagg</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“<a href="http://500px.com/photo/5029376">Between the old oaks</a>” by <a href="http://500px.com/nikanticordechasse">Nicolas Le Boulanger</a></p> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42619702299http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42619702299Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:05:33 -0500photographynature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/44b49c6a94cc4a602912b9108c87e29c/tumblr_mhxcnk3Mio1qibnz5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thenewenlightenmentage.tumblr.com/post/42615721775/halleys-comet-in-1986">thenewenlightenmentage</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/space-photo-of-the-day-2/?pid=6213"><strong>Halley’s Comet in 1986</strong></a></h2> </blockquote> <p>I can’t wait for this year’s comets to come around.</p>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42617413892http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42617413892Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:37:16 -0500astrophotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0898b3773e35f4bbfb57f84fdbdae8ac/tumblr_mhx237uNnB1qdnleko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://galaxyshmalaxy.tumblr.com/post/42598160797/arctic-nightsky-by-john-a-hemmingsen">galaxyshmalaxy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>arctic nightsky (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhemphoto/8413493379/in/photostream/">John A.Hemmingsen</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42615128989http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42615128989Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:09:18 -0500photographyAstronomy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8fd74b530969869e3d67b8da81d2f4d0/tumblr_mhoc1ce1ZD1r2h5u7o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f027f991b52eaea956b4936b2d38e05/tumblr_mhoc1ce1ZD1r2h5u7o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb463d7f471b8507c92be99b416d46e7/tumblr_mhoc1ce1ZD1r2h5u7o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42247366868http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42247366868Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:24:00 -0500scienceNeil deGrasse Tyson<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5e078d72ae9babeb1f5f318d0a4c0d5a/tumblr_mho9meL4se1r66v14o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://anndruyan.tumblr.com/post/42238371356/m31-taken-with-canon-60d-ef-300mm-f-2-8-exp">anndruyan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>M31 </strong></p> <p>Taken with Canon 60D, EF 300mm f/2.8, EXP 400, EXP 800, f/2.8, 335 x 2 min</p> <p>Mount: Tripod with barn door mount attached. Tracking at 4 rpm.</p> <p>Total time: 5h35m, two days total. </p> <p>Stacked in Registax and processed in GIMP</p> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42243249142http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42243249142Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:34:57 -0500Astronomym31astrophotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e14226f4383801016e624d3a52cce2b1/tumblr_mhltjyRvXX1qh931jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://astronomynerd.tumblr.com/post/42112953289/galaxy-collision-in-action-nasa-chandra" class="tumblr_blog">astronomynerd</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/3705124046/" title="Galaxy Collision in Action (NASA, Chandra, 7/09/09)">Galaxy Collision in Action (NASA, Chandra, 7/09/09)</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/">NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center</a> on Flickr.</p></blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42116678453http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42116678453Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:40:40 -0500astronomyphysicsgalaxyinteractionsciencephotography<p><a href="http://astronemma.tumblr.com/post/42115592175/that-moment-when-you-have-jupiter-lined-up-in-your" class="tumblr_blog">astronemma</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sagansense.tumblr.com/post/42083974545/that-moment-when-you-have-jupiter-lined-up-in-your">sagansense</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Woah. That beam of light is the collection of photons reaching me…</p> <p>FROM ANOTHER WORLD.</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/b062510c908ab47a013e3e983c70a976/tumblr_inline_mhky2mxJBS1qhyo98.gif"/><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/6f3c30e6e2e187203ada94ae2755b15c/tumblr_inline_mhky34yqKM1qhyo98.gif"/></p> <p>It’s such an indescribable realization….like….</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/a7f38abc915303970438039571384f46/tumblr_inline_mhky3esgpb1qhyo98.gif"/></p> </blockquote> <p>There really is nothing quite like seeing the universe through a telescope with your own eyes… so much more satisfying than any images you can find in books or on the internet.  </p></blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42116629172http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/42116629172Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:40:09 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/734e4bd6a20924482c06a16f6eaeb8c3/tumblr_mhf2x6GEKp1s4xcw6o1_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9899c184c4aac1e67fa5ec092e2556e3/tumblr_mhf2x6GEKp1s4xcw6o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/75c44b528ddb1ed8cf531f5de570d6fb/tumblr_mhf2x6GEKp1s4xcw6o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4843f8966706cb29c0271008630ef86c/tumblr_mhf2x6GEKp1s4xcw6o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/76c069275779085420275f0b43edb696/tumblr_mhf2x6GEKp1s4xcw6o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3e75b75083554b7e55ff08f88f920db3/tumblr_mhf2x6GEKp1s4xcw6o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41980463844http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41980463844Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:12:36 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/827a84ddffbd5d4fd17b3843e7fe772a/tumblr_mhcs26wjRO1qdnleko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://galaxyshmalaxy.tumblr.com/post/41861899263/ic-434-barnard-33-and-ngc-2024-by-loowit">galaxyshmalaxy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>IC 434, Barnard 33, and NGC 2024 (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosenow_photography/8385486495/in/pool-astrometry/">Loowit Imaging - Steve Rosenow, Photographer</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41951899136http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41951899136Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:01:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/edb5bf518400ecb63b6d2819d15d1719/tumblr_mheba9zfQy1qbkzabo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f6a9432c2a3d3832b3fb94d5c1cc000/tumblr_mheba9zfQy1qbkzabo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b72971f433638495dd3e5ec21caea5c1/tumblr_mheba9zfQy1qbkzabo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e0d86a311bfa4e9308179d24354883e1/tumblr_mheba9zfQy1qbkzabo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://expose-the-light.tumblr.com/post/41789924103">expose-the-light</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2><strong>Hubble’s Latest Mind Blowing Cosmic Pictures</strong></h2> </blockquote> <p></p>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41938379787http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41938379787Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:00:32 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/990cc0c562a9b699f302be8ec725602c/tumblr_mhf2lsbdbH1rcl722o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://space-pics.tumblr.com/post/41833226774/w40-seen-for-first-time-600-new-stars-are">space-pics</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>W40 - *seen for first time* 600 new stars are crowded into these colourful filaments of dust that form a stellar nursery by Herschel space observatory</p> <h3><a href="http://space-pics.tumblr.com/"><a href="http://space-pics.tumblr.com/">http://space-pics.tumblr.com/</a></a></h3> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41896783421http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41896783421Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:01:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ed346fa52d1c023acbef62271dd12f3b/tumblr_mf3c810UWa1rhdmjqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41878176669http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41878176669Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:44:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b4f4dd7bc9586ff78412b79b0e99f6a3/tumblr_mhfmk0HaoH1qg9lvdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://abcstarstuff.tumblr.com/post/41856545138">abcstarstuff</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Andromeda’s Colorful Rings</strong></p> <p>The ring-like swirls of dust filling the Andromeda galaxy stand out colorfully in this new image from the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation.</p> <p>The glow seen here comes from the longer-wavelength, or far, end of the infrared spectrum, giving astronomers the chance to identify the very coldest dust in our galactic neighbor. These light wavelengths span from 250 to 500 microns, which are a quarter to half of a millimeter in size. Herschel’s ability to detect the light allows astronomers to see clouds of dust at temperatures of only a few tens of degrees above absolute zero. These clouds are dark and opaque at shorter wavelengths. The Herschel view also highlights spokes of dust between the concentric rings.</p> <p>The colors in this image have been enhanced to make them easier to see, but they do reflect real variations in the data. The very coldest clouds are brightest in the longest wavelengths, and colored red here, while the warmer ones take on a bluish tinge.</p> <p>These data, together with those from other observatories, reveal that other dust properties, beyond just temperature, are affecting the infrared color of the image. Clumping of dust grains, or growth of icy mantles on the grains towards the outskirts of the galaxy, appear to contribute to these subtle color variations.</p> <p>These observations were made by Herschel’s spectral and photometric imaging receiver (SPIRE) instrument. The data were processed as part of a project to improve methods for assembling mosaics from SPIRE observations. Light with a wavelength of 250 microns is rendered as blue, 350-micron is green, and 500-micron light is red. Color saturation has been enhanced to bring out the small differences at these wavelengths.</p> <p>Image credit: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/NHSC</p> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41872323799http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41872323799Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:01:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6cc41d465c8e2032abacbe0af9f64a12/tumblr_mhdl2nMDq51r996xpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://beethovensteaparty.tumblr.com/post/41829279156/incredible-photos-of-americas-space-shuttle">beethovensteaparty</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/dan-winters-last-launch">Incredible Photos of America’s Space Shuttle Program - My Modern Metropolis</a></p> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41869089748http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41869089748Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:58:53 -0500photographyNASAphysicssciencespaceshuttle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b56582a2425cc44a1ad82f68263d96e3/tumblr_mhcs2l3ROD1qdnleko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://galaxyshmalaxy.tumblr.com/post/41868188974/orion-nebula-and-running-man-by-ramviswanathan">galaxyshmalaxy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Orion Nebula and Running Man (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramv/8416027206/in/pool-astrometry/">ramviswanathan</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41869028547http://inrelation.tumblr.com/post/41869028547Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:57:36 -0500orionnebulaastronomyphysicsscience