Posted in Astronomy at 12:00 on 20 May 2025
Recently (12/5/25 and 13/5/25) Astronomy Picture of the Day published two reconstructions (one each on consecutive days from data collected by the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft) of how our home galaxy The Milky Way looks from the side and from above.
Side view:-
From above. Our sun is circled below within the galaxy’s Orion Arm:-
Posted in Art, Trips at 20:30 on 3 October 2024
Whatever I had imagined Lichfield Cathedral would contain I certainly wasn’t prepared for a huge model of planet Earth. Called Gaia, it’s an imposing artwork by Luke Jerram.
It brought home to me just how far up the planet from the South Pole the British Isles are. From most angles of the cathedral’s floor they couldn’t be seen:-
Gaia from the cathedral choir:-
Posted in Astronomy at 12:00 on 20 May 2018
Well that’s what this picture looks like to me.
It comes from the European Space Agency (ESA) via Astronomy Picture of the Day for 16/5/18 using data from the Gaia satellite and shows the rotation of the Greater Magellanic Cloud or Large Cloud of Magellan.
