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Picture of the day - December 11, 2018
Preview picture of the Insight A system. Rocky moon transits across the face of an ice giant.
Picture of the day - December 10, 2018
The cracked surface of Insight B-VI’s fourth moon.
New pics of the Insight A system coming soon.
Pictures of the day 2 - December 9, 2018
Insight B System - Moons of the sixth planet
Here we have a few views of the system’s sixth planet viewed from the surfaces of the three inner-most moons.
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View from the inner-most moon
View from the second moon
View from the third moon
Picture of the day - December 9, 2018
One of Insight B-VI’s smaller outer moons crossing the face of a large cyclone.
Picture of the day 2 - December 8, 2018.
The sun begins to set over a large lunar crater. Image from the surface of one of Insight B-VI’s smaller outer moons.
Pictures of the day - December 8, 2018
Insight B System - Sixth Planet’s (Insight B-VI) Major Moons
Three large terrestrial-sized moons orbit Insight B-VI, all of them being roughly halfway between the size of Mars and Venus. Lunar Stats Below.
Insight B-VI-M2 (Second Moon) Radius = 4,567.71 km (0.72 x Earth) Mass = 0.24 Earth Masses Atmosphere = 0.13 Atmospheres/ Ammonia, Sulfur Dioxide, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide
Insight B-VI-M3 (Third Moon) Radius = 5,672.06 km (0.89 x Earth) Mass = 0.31 Earth Masses Atmosphere = 0.23 Atmospheres/ Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Acetylene
Insight B-VI-M4 (Fourth moon) Radius = 5,786.11 km (0.91 x Earth) Mass = 0.40 Earth Masses Atmosphere = 0.01 Atmospheres/ Methane, Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen
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All Three Major Moons
Insight B-VI-M2 (Second Moon)
insight B-VI-M3 (Third Moon)
Insight B-VI-M4 (Fourth Moon)
Picture of the day - December 7, 2018
Insight B-VI viewed from the surface of its 4th moon.
Pictures of the day 2 - December 4, 2018
Insight B System - Sixth Planet (Insight B-VI)
Insight B-VI is the outer-most planet orbiting Insight B. The planet is a Jupiter-Sized gas giant with a mass of 1.42 Jupiter Masses, and a radius of 74,962 kilometers. A thick carbon-rich ring system surround the planet.
Insight B-VI orbits its sun at an average distance of 1.74 AU, completing an orbit once every 2.79 Earth Years. A day on the planet lasts only 8 hours and 7 minutes. It is a frigid giant, the atmosphere of which averages -258 F. Monstrous storms rage in the planet’s atmosphere, powered by internally released heat.
The planet is the only world in the system to by surrounded by a major lunar system. Three massive moons larger than Mars orbit the planet, along with 3 smaller rounded satellites, and 74 asteroid-like moons.
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Insight B-VI
South Pole
Giant Storm
Inner-most Major Moon.
Approaching Eclipse
Pictures of the day - December 5, 2018
I apologize for my lack pictures yesterday.
Insight B System - Fourth Planet - Insight B-V
The fifth planet orbiting Insight B is a terrestrial-like planet roughly one quarter the mass of earth (0.27 Earth Masses) and 80% of Earth’s radius (5,093.84 km). It is predominately rocky world with a significant water content in its mantle, surrounded by a thin Carbon Dioxide atmosphere.
The surface is cold with an average temperature of -159 F, and an atmospheric pressure of 0.11 atmospheres. A single small spherical satellite orbits the planet. One day lasts approximately 23 hours 38 mins. Insight B-V orbits its sun at an average distance of 0.97 AU, completing an orbit once every 1.163 Earth Years. The planet is notable for having a retrograde rotation, orbiting almost on its side with an axial tilt of 104°. Considering the planet orbits between two gas giants, the extreme tilt is to be expected.
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Insight B-V
Small Moon
Closeup
Day-time sky
Sunset
Picture of the day - December 3, 2018
Large moon with a hazy atmosphere passes between a gas giant and its rings.
Pictures of the day 2 - December 2, 2018
Insight System - Fourth Planet (Insight B-IV)
Insight B-IV is a Saturn-Like planet with an extensive tan-colored ring system. The planet is 53,870 kilometers in radius and has a mass of 62.7 Earth’s. This small gas giant orbits Insight B at an average distance of 0.56 AU and completes and orbit once every 184.9 Earth days. A day on the planet lasts 16 hours and 24 minutes.
Weather on the planet is quite active with numerous storm systems ranging across the planet constantly. The temperatures averages -94 F.
A total of 26 moons orbit Insight B-IV, but only one of those, the third satellite is a large rounded object. Its lone large moon has a radius of 1,132 kilometers, and a mass one quarter that of our moon.
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Insight B-IV
Active atmosphere
Lonely moon
Duality
Insight B-IV-M3 (only large moon)
Lunar Surface
Between the rings
Pictures of the day - December 2, 2018
Insight System - Third Planet orbiting Insight B (Insight B-III)
Insight B-III is the giant of the Insight System, being the most massive planet of both of the system’s stars. It is a massive gas giant the nears the boundary with a brown dwarf at 11.75 Jupiter masses. The planet has an active atmosphere from both solar heating and internally released heat and has an average atmospheric temperature of 147 F.
The planet orbits the sun at an average distance of 0.21 AU, and completes an orbit once every 41.33 days. The planet is not quite tidally locked with a rotational rate of 41.67 days vs its orbital period of 41.33 days. As a result, a solar day on the planet lasts 14.00 Earth years.
No major satellites orbit the planet; however, 30 asteroid-like irregular satellites orbit the planet.
Note the star visible in the last picture is the Insight System’s primary star Insight A. Viewed from the gas giant, the star shines with an average magnitude of -17.29, bright enough that it illuminates the dark side of objects to approximately the same level of lighting as the average living room.
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Insight B-III
Polar View
Crescent View
Equatorial Cloud Bands
Nearby asteroid moon
Distant asteroid moon
Picture of the day 2 - December 1, 2018.
Saturn-Like gas giant and two moons.
Picture of the day - November 29, 2018
Its been a while since I showcased an entire star system on here, so the next several sets of pictures will be all the planets in this one system that I am going to name the “Insight System” after the newest Mars lander. Many more picture to come.
Above is a preview pic of the system. This is a binary system, so the planet’s night sides are all faintly illuminated.
Pictures of the day - November 28, 2018
Ringed Earth-sized moon with a thin foggy atmosphere.
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Violet Rings
Closeup
Sky
Thin Atmosphere
Crater fog
Picture of the day 2 - November 25, 2018
More moons. A small and large moon orbiting a ringed gas-giant. The bright star transited by the rings is a nearby bright giant, but not part of this planet’s star system.
Pictures of the day - November 25, 2018
Battered Ice moon. The surface shows extensive modification from tectonic processes and cryovolcanism. The moon has a thin methane and carbon monoxide atmosphere, the methane of which is broken down into complex hydrocarbons which rain down on the surface giving the moon its multicolored appearance.
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Chaotic Surface
Canyon Sunrise
Pictures of the day 2 - November 24, 2019
I have to admit, this planet is probably to closest reminder to me of Christmas. This purple-colored Earth with violet seas and a deep purple atmosphere is quite unique. Whats even more fascinating about the planet is its brilliant green sunsets and sunrises.
Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-42-1-2-487 6 (Unedited)
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Purple Earth
Lone Moon
Kind of Christmassy
Weird Atmosphere
Green Sunset
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
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Venus Analog
Two moons
Stormy planet
Closeup
Picture of the day 2 - November 23, 2018
Two moons transit in front of a large Titan-Like world with methane oceans.
Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-14-7-1797564-12533 6
Pictures of the day - November 23, 2018
Blue gas-giant with a beautiful set of rings. The planet orbits 70.44 AU from a pair of binary stars, of which are 1.5 and 9.3 times brighter than our sun. This planet has a rather bland atmosphere, resembling a bluer version of Uranus, and a group of large moons orbiting it.
Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-14-5-28086-451 A
Picture of the day - November 22, 2018
Crescent of a moon against the silhouette of a green gas giant.
Picture of the day - November 21, 2018
Small asteroid moon orbiting a gas giant.
First pictures from the M59 galaxy. Here I come across a 7 planet system orbiting an orange giant. All the planets in this system are experiencing the effects of the expanding sun, and orbit relatively close to the sun. The outer-most ice giant orbits just 3.62 AU from the sun.
Space Engine System ID: RS-5581-21-3-270-585
I just unfortunately found out that Tumblr does not allow posts with links in them to show up on searches. This is very problematic for me since I like posting 4K resolution pics on here. Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep Tumblr from reducing image sizes so I do not have to add links to my posts?
High Resolution Pics
Partially molten moon
Galaxy NGC 4429 photo bombs this moon shot.
Molten world
Rising giant
Burnt desert
Solar Atmosphere
These will be the last pics from the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy. I will have my next galaxy picked out soon.
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Pale green titan-like world
Three suns
Cratered world with a thin atmosphere
White sun
Binary sunset
Two airless worlds
Picture of the day - November 19, 2018
The sun begins to set behind a large moon of a gas giant that has a thick atmosphere. Another large satellite is visible in the background.
Picture of the day - November 18, 2019
Surface of a dim an dusty moon.
R136a1 System
A visit to a more familiar system in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy. The program depicts a large gas orbiting the star at a distance of 738.59 AU along with several large moons.
R136a1 is believed to be the most massive known star with a mass 315 times that of our sun. The star shines with a luminosity of 8.7 million suns. The gas giant even at its extreme orbital distance of 738.59 AU, still receives more solar radiation than Earth.
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Bright Blue Sun
Inner Dwarf Planet from a moon
Outer moon.
Approaching eclipse
Double moons
Evening of the Cosmos. Widescreen Wallpapers 1440 x 900.
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Picture of the day - November 16, 2018
An Earth-Moon analog.