Picture Of The Day - February 6, 2019 - (Very Late Post)

Picture of the day 2 - November 26, 2018

Ringed blue-colored titan orbiting a pair of distant stars.

The Bubble Nebula by firemandan666

★☆★ SPACE ★☆★

Pictures of the day - November 28, 2018

Ringed Earth-sized moon with a thin foggy atmosphere.

High Resolution Pictures

Violet Rings

Closeup

Sky

Thin Atmosphere

Crater fog

Triangulum Log - Blue Veil System - Post 2 (Inner Giants)

The inner two planets of the system, a hot ice giant and warm gas giant.

The inner planet orbits 0.16 AU from the sun, has a mass 12 times that of Earth and an average atmospheric temperature of 813° F.

The second world is a Saturn-like gas giant with an impressive ring system. It orbits 0.64 AU from the sun, has a mass of 82 Earths, and a single large satellite orbiting it.

High Resolution Images

Image 1 - Inner-most Planet (Hot Ice Giant)

Image 2 - Two Suns in the sky

Image 3 - Stunning Rings

Image 4 - Giant in the sky

Image 5 - Lone Companion

Image 6 - Twin suns against the rings

Picture of the day - November 20, 2018

Dark red nebula rises over a dim set of rings orbiting a gas giant.

Pictures of the day - November 24, 2018

Venus-like world with two moons in orbit. I had to use the editor in Space Engine to get a true Venus-Like appearance for this world.

I am not a fan of how some of the planets appear in the game, luckily an editor is provided in order to make some of these worlds appear more realistic.

Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-42-1-2-487 2

High Resolution Pictures

Venus Analog

Two moons

Stormy planet

Closeup

O’Sirus System - Post 2 (Weird Life)

The System’s 6th planet, and first world I’ve come across in my journey that has life on the surface. This is one odd life-supporting world. It is a small world, roughly the size of Mars, but only half of Mars’ mass, with a low average density. The atmosphere is 99.8% carbon dioxide and 0.2% oxygen, with a thickness only 4% that of Earth’s atmosphere. The surface has an average temperature of 181 K or -133 °F.  And it has one large moon in orbit.

Unfortunately Space Engine only shows life as coloring on the planet’s surface; therefore, I have no idea what form or appearance it has. Based off of the temperatures and atmospheric composition, this the life likely has has a low metabolic rate that uses a liquid other than just water to metabolize, possibly an Eutectic Water-Ammonia solution. Carbon-based if feasible, but involves significantly different chemistry than we are familiar with. The purple coloring likely an adaptation to utilize the low sunlight levels and probably uses primarily red or near infrared light for photosynthesis.

High Resolution Pics

Picture 1 - Planet and Moon

Picture 2 -

Picture 3 - The Equator

Picture 4 - Northern Ice Cap

Picture 5 - Planet, Moon, Sun, Inner Planets and Andromeda

Picture 6 - The Surface

Picture 7 - Moon and Nebula Rising

Picture of the Day 2 - January 16, 2019

A planet and it's moon burn under the glare of 4 suns.

Space Engine System ID: RS 8550-3584-5-403-110 B1.1

Picture of the day 2 - January 10, 2019

Warm gas giant surrounded by a rainbow-colored ring system.

Space Engine System ID: RS 8550-1391-7-1315996-265 4 to visit the planet in space engine.