The Waxing Crescent Moon (Super Moon) on 19 September 2015, as seen from the Southern Hemisphere, South Africa.
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Moon Illumination: 33.89%
–
Homepage | Photography Gallery | Facebook | Twitter | Brain Food
Tag Archives: Astronomy
Super Moon
The Full Moon (Super Moon) on 29 August 2015, as seen from the Southern Hemisphere, South Africa. Super Moon is when the Moon is at its closest point to Earth, due to the elliptical orbit that it follows.
–
Homepage | Photography Gallery | Facebook | Twitter | Brain Food
The Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253)
The oldest light that I’ve captured thus far, from a Galaxy far, far away (situated 11.42 million light years from Earth).
The Sculptor Galaxy, also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy (NGC 253), is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is a Starburst galaxy, which means that it is undergoing a period of intense star formation (well it was 11.42 million years ago, as the light took that long to reach us).
–
Homepage | Photography Gallery | Facebook | Twitter | Brain Food
The Milky Way and me
A silhouette of me looking at the Milky Way (Fish River Canyon, Namibia).
“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” – Sarah Williams.
Martin
The Milky Way
The Milky Way as seen from the Fish River Canyon in Namibia.
