This document contains a student's astronomy final project consisting of 10 weeks of images from the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day website. For each week, the student chose two images and provided a 1-2 sentence description of why they were interested in each image. The images showed various nebulae, galaxies, planets, auroras, and other astronomical phenomena. The student's project tracked their exploration of space and celestial objects over a 10 week period through images from NASA's website.
This document contains a student's astronomy final project consisting of 10 weeks of images from the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day website. For each week, the student chose two images and provided a 1-2 sentence description of why they were interested in each image. The images showed various nebulae, galaxies, planets, auroras, and other astronomical phenomena. The student's project tracked their exploration of space and celestial objects over a 10 week period through images from NASA's website.
This document contains a student's astronomy final project consisting of 10 weeks of images from the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day website. For each week, the student chose two images and provided a 1-2 sentence description of why they were interested in each image. The images showed various nebulae, galaxies, planets, auroras, and other astronomical phenomena. The student's project tracked their exploration of space and celestial objects over a 10 week period through images from NASA's website.
This document contains a student's astronomy final project consisting of 10 weeks of images from the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day website. For each week, the student chose two images and provided a 1-2 sentence description of why they were interested in each image. The images showed various nebulae, galaxies, planets, auroras, and other astronomical phenomena. The student's project tracked their exploration of space and celestial objects over a 10 week period through images from NASA's website.
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Astronomy Final Project
APOD: apod.nasa.gov Kayla Turley Section: 5
Week 1: January 4th-10th:
This picture was posted on January 5th. I chose to
include this picture because this star forming region is about 2,700 light years distant and only shows 30 of the 2,700 light years. I love the colors in this photo along with all the blue and white stars you can see and that you can see how hot this region is based on all the visible
This picture was posted on January 7 th. This
region was first photographed in 1995 and looks very similar now as to then. There are stars forming in the huge structures. Sadly the structures are eventually going to be destroyed the same way they were made, by the strong winds of all the energetic stars in M16.
Week 2: January 11th-17th:
This picture was posted on January 13 th. I chose
to include this picture because its background was fascinating. The nebula was found on July 6 th of 2008 and is so new that it is not included in most astronomical catalogs. I really like the colors and variety that is included in this photo. It shows how diverse space really can be.
This picture was posted on January 15 th. Taken
on January 13th in Hungary this picture shows Mercury and Venus together along with a beautiful sunset. I chose to include this picture because you can see how bright the planets are even when the sun has not fully gone down. I also love the visual aids the photographer used.
Week 3: January 18th-24th:
This picture was posted on January 18 th. I chose
to include this picture because it shows the Milky Way in Infrared light. This picture shows a span of 115 by 300 light years. The infrared shows space in a different way then we are used to observing it in and gives us more information
This picture was posted on January 19 th. I chose to
post this picture because of how many colors it shows. This pictures is taken in different bands of infrared light, however the coolest part of this photo is that you can see it with out the aid of a telescope or binoculars, sadly it will be gone soon.
Week 4: January 25th-31st:
This picture was posted on January 27th. I really
enjoy this picture because of how different it is. This picture shows our galaxy's magnetic field, which was only recently documented. I like this picture because its a picture of the unknown and all the answers arent quite put together yet.
This picture was posted on January 31 st. I cannot
believe how clear the image is, you can practically see every grain of dust, I love that. All the yellow regions in this photo are places that are just starting to create stars. It is mind blowing to think this picture spans 100- light years
Week 5: February 1st-7th:
This picture was posted on February 4 th. The red
streaks on the left side over the aurora are high altitude lightning strikes that most probably caused a much larger lower strike. I chose to include this picture because I have never seen that color green light up the sky in the way that
This picture was posted on February 7 th.These
images were taken over a two hour period. This photo shows two peaks in the light which are caused by sudden releases of energy in the earths magnetosphere. I chose to include this photo because of how different and unusual it is.
Week 6: February 8th-14th:
This picture was posted on February 11th. This
spiral galaxy is made up of over 100 billion stars and is 56 million light years away. I chose to include this photo because of how similar this galaxy looks to ours. It makes me wonder how they ended up so similar yet so different in color.
This picture was posted on February 12 th. This
picture shows a span of 500,000 light years. The photo is a picture of two completely different galaxy's colliding. In the middle of these collisions there are many new stars forming. I chose to include this because of the dome
Week 7: February 15th-21st:
This picture was posted on January 16 th. This is a
picture of M106. M106 is 23.5 million light years away. I chose this picture because I thought it was cool how huge the galaxy is and how that interacts with how easily you can see it. I love how vivid and visible the red dust is all over the galaxy.
This picture of a sunspot was posted on January
17th. This particular spot only lasted a few days before the sun was visible through again. This light is emitted by hydrogen. I chose to include this photo because at a first glance most would not think this could be part of the sun.
Week 8: February 22nd-28th:
This picture was posted on February 22 nd. This
region is dusty which makes the stars hard to see clearly. The black streaks of dust going across the sky are called the Black River. I chose to include this picture because of how different it is. I love how the black contrasts with all the middle colors.
This picture was posted on February 25th. This
region is about 50 light years across and can be see with a small telescope. It is best known cloud of gas in the universe and is only a few million years old. I chose to include this picture because I love the fact that it is flower shaped dust.
Week 9: March 1st-7th:
This picture was posted on March 1st. Each of the
spots in this picture is a galaxy of its own. This region is the densest region found so far that includes so many different galaxys. It fascinated me that it takes a million years for light to go from one side to the other of this region.
This picture was posted on March 5thand shows
an impact basin on Mercury. The basin was caused by a large asteroid and is the largest basin created in our early solar system history. I chose to include this photo because of the different colors and how small it looks but isnt.
Week 10: March 8th-14th:
This picture was posted on March 10 th. A lot of
things had to perfectly fit together to get this shot. The night, water, and the beautiful aurora skies that come from our sun giving off the clouds of plasma. I chose to include this because the perfection behind this picture is a rare beauty.
This picture was posted on March 12th. 1,500
light years away this W shaped region is formed from young, hot, huge stars and a lot of dust. The region spans about 20 light years across. I chose to include this photo because of how beautiful the stars are, they way they shine almost looks
