Citation for Maria Mitchell

http://www.famousscientists.org/maria-mitchell/
http://www.mariamitchell.org/about/about-maria-mitchell
http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/maria-mitchell-bio/

APOD 3.5

This is the M106 galaxy. If you look closely you can see the red dust lanes near the nucleus as well as the blue dust surrounding it.The interesting thing about this galaxy is that many believe that the M106's glowing gas is collapsing into the center of a black hole. Astronomers have classified this galaxy as a perfect example of the Seyfert class of galaxies. Also, the reason why this picture was able to be taken was because M106 glows in radio ways and X-rays.

APOD 3.4

Have you heard about NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover? Well, for starters, Curiosity was the robotic machine that took this picture. And yes you guessed it, the picture is located in Mars (hence Curiosity Mars Rover) If you were wondering how come these Martian rocks are layered then you would be intrigued to know that it was because of the evaporation and refilling of an ancient Martian Lake. The cross-bending was likely caused by waves sand located in the Pahrump Hills. Curiosity is currently digging a hole and taking samples of the Mount Sharp, which is 5.5 km high.

Star Formation Links

http://aro.as.arizona.edu/docs/what_you_do_with_submillim.htm
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/02/11/Astronomers-catch-early-formation-of-multiple-star-system/5351423687019/
http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/how-do-stars-form-and-evolve/
http://www.space.com/57-stars-formation-classification-and-constellations.html
http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2012/clumpcores/

Observation

Last Saturday as I was walking my dog I noticed the sky was bright and clear. I stood outside to praise its beauty and to see if I could identify a few constellations. I was surprised to see that I could classify the constellation Orion because I usually was difficulties connecting the stars. I was able to identify its star Rigel and Betelgeuse although Betelgeuse was not too bright from my perspective.

APOD 3.3

This image demonstrates the perfect beauty of our sky. As you can probably see, above the wire there are red sprites. This is because of the low-altitude and conventional lightning bolt. Despite its technical reason behind it, this image is beautiful with or without the red sprites.

APOD 3.2

And the Atlas V rocket is off! This rocket is carrying the U.S. Navy satellite. Looking at the sky, one can see how the rocket passes through the one of the brightest stars, Sirius. This image also captures two constellations called Orion and Taurus. Above Taurus one is able to see the compact Pleiades star cluster. Also, if one looks closely one will be able to see the greenish coma and long tail of comet Lovejoy.

APOD 3.1

In this image the constellation Taurus is perfectly well illustrated. The V-shaped Hyades star cluster is pointing towards the direction of comet Lovejoy. What is interesting about this image is that the comet with the greenish coma, up the right corner, looks like it has been shot from Orion's bow. I truly appreciate this picture make sure you look carefully at each star.