Caturday’s Astrophenia: 2014.11.29

Young open star cluster IC 1590, which is found within the star formation region NGC 281 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Another week gone by! I’m looking forward to seeing the launch of the new Orion rocket during the next, intended to take us beyond even the Moon, perhaps to Mars and even further out! It brings back the days from 1969 to the very early 1970s during the Apollo Moon landings I saw on television in an auditorium in school as a kid. We’ve not gone back since, but maybe someday we’ll dream again, and live those dreams among the stars!

I’m bringing back the Weekly Gnuz & Lynx Roundup next week while I try out some new ways of bookmarking via Evernote, and this Sunday shall see the monthly return of the Indra’s Pearls: the Vision of Felix Klein chapter reviews on the my site, the Impudent Algorithm.

Posting this week except for this Thursday was a bit slow, so I’ve a lot of catching up to do when scheduling entries. We’ll see. Stay well, stay brilliant as the stars, or in the Kai’Siri…

Talotaa frang.

Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas

Soaring over Titan

The Creature from the Red Lagoon

Io and Callisto Mutual Event

Galileo s Europa Remastered

Portrait of NGC 281

3D 67P

Images of the Week:

Weekly Astrognuz:

Orion on Track at T-Minus 1 Week to First Blastoff

Stars and Clouds: The Pleiades and California nebula, by Rogelio Bernal Andreo

NASA’s Van Allen Probes Spot Impenetrable Radiation Barrier in Space

Pavlof Volcano: Eruption seen by Landsat8

‘Meteoric Smoke:’ Comet Siding Spring Could Alter Mars Chemistry Permanently

Orion Teams on Track Heading into Holiday

Venus Express Spacecraft, Low on Fuel, Does Delicate Dance above Doom Below

Crew Module Cabin the Focus for Weekend | Orion

How Do Astronauts Celebrate Thanksgiving on the Space Station?

NASA Airship Could Watch the Stars Without the Need of a Rocket

The Milky Way Rising Over Mount Everest

Cats in Space…

…and Moar of Ze Cats for Ze Caturday!