Gas Giant - Blog Posts
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Picture of the Day - October 15, 2018
Alien moon and its parent gas giant, looking towards the sun. This system is located within one of the densely packed globular clusters orbiting Triangulum’s center.
Lunar Shadow
Picture of the Day - October 14, 2018
Small satellite casting its shadow across a gas giant.
Oculus System - Post 4 (Beautiful Outer Giant)
Here we come across the outer-most planet, a large gas-giant with a violet tint. This giant world has more than 5 times the mass of Jupiter and orbits the sun at an average distance of 7.15 AU. The planet has a beautiful ring system, and is surrounded by a system of 10 spherical satellites.
High Resolution Pics
Picture 1 - Outer-most gas giant - Light Enhanced
Picture 2 - Closeup
Picture 3 - Rising Giant
Picture 4 - Another moon shoot
Picture 5 - Rings over the sly
Picture 6 - Ring Closeup
Vernier System - Post 2 (Third Planet and its moons)
Here we come across the system’s third planet, a Jupiter-Sized gas giant 1.18 Jupiter Masses orbiting the two suns at an average distance of 2.33 AU. Four massive moon’s all with atmospheres orbit’s the giant. The planet has a very faint ring system in orbit.
High Resolution Pic of the 3rd Planet
Note, the large red nebula in the background NGC 604, one of the largest know nebulas. The Vernier System is located 4,600 light years from the nebula. From here NGC 604 covers over 16 arc degrees of the sky (36 Full-moons), and shines with an average magnitude of -1.91.
The first moon is barren with a surface covered in craters and gray-colored regolith. It is 3.4 lunar masses, with a radius of 2,603.31 km. A thin sulfur dioxide atmosphere clings to the surface. The atmosphere has a very low surface pressure of 0.0001 atmosphere’s. The moon still appears to be volcanically active.
High Resolution Pic of the 1st moon
The second moon has 4 lunar masses with a radius of 2,956.36 kilometers. It’s surface is more geologically diverse with larger quantities of iron oxide. It is more Mars-like than Lunar-like. A sulfur dioxide atmosphere also covers the surface, but is thicker with a surface pressure of 0.017 atmospheres, or roughly just under 3 times thicker than the atmosphere of Mars.
High Resolution Pic of the 2nd moon
The third satellite is by far the largest, and is an Earth-sized moon with a mass of 0.56 Earth’s and a radius 93% that of Earth. It has a thick carbon dioxide-ammonia atmosphere, with a surface pressure 3.48 times that of Earth. Weather is very active on the surface, and the temperature averaging 230 K (-45 °F) supports liquid sulfur dioxide. Sulfur dioxide rain is also common on the surface. The satellite also appears to have a magnetic field.
High Resolution Pic of the 3rd moon
The fourth moon is a second largest with a mass of 0.07 times that of Earth and a radius of 3,274.23 kilometers. It also has a thin sulfur dioxide atmosphere, and sulfur dioxide ice-caps. The atmosphere is 0.017 atmosphere’s thick.
High Resolution Pic of the 4th moon
The System Tag for this system in Spaceengine is RS 1229-169-6-235375-219.
Artists Collage of a Gas Giant planet viewed from a Earth-like planet. Scientists estimate there are billions of planets like ours in the Milky Way Galaxy alone.
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Triangulum Log - Blue Veil System - Post 3 (Lunar Skies)
Many of the system’s gas giants have large satellites with significant atmosphere’s. Here are some of the best views of the skies of these moons.
High Resolution Pics
Image 1 - The Great Eye in the sky
Image 2 - Double Sunset
Image 3 - Lunar Desert
Image 4 - Tranquility
Image 5 - Cold Distant Giant
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
Triangulum Log - Post 5 - Vista System (Planet 3)
Our journey of the Vista System now takes us to the third and largest planet in the system. This gas giant has 1.14 times the mass of Jupiter and a mean radius of 73,934 kilometers. It is much warmer than Jupiter at -41° F versus Jupiter’s -163° F, and as a result has extremely active weather patterns and a stormy atmosphere. Cloud decks are composed primarily of water-ice crystals.
The planet orbits 0.88 astronomical units from the sun, has an extensive ring system composed of silicate-rich materials, and a single large satellite. The planet’s satellite has a radius of 1,360.71 kilometers and a mass roughly 70% that of our moon. It has an average density of 4.82 g/cm³, indicating a large metal-rich core region.
Links to High Resolution Pics
Image 1 - A Giant and her rings.
Image 2 - Beautiful faint ring system.
Image 3 - Stormy Skies
Image 4 - Ring Shepard.
Image 5 - Andromeda Photobombs the rings. (High Exposure Shot)
Image 6 -Battered moon.
Image 7 - David and Goliath
Image 8 - High and Seek
Image 9 - Parting Ways