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Pictures of the Day December 1, 2018
Insight System - Insight B-II
The second planet orbiting Insight B. This world is a more extreme version of Venus that is choked in a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere 427 times thicker than Earths. Unlike Venus, the atmosphere is humid, water vapor comprises 6.45% of the planet’s atmosphere, further amplifying the greenhouse effect of the atmosphere.
Insight B-II is a super earth with approximately 5.28 Earth’s masses, and a radius of 1.39 Earth Radii. The planet is quite dense and has a surface gravity of 2.7 g. Such a high surface gravity flattens the ground and results in only small elevation changes across the entire surface of the planet. The planet is tidally locked to the sun and orbiting at a distance of 0.09 AU. Surface temperatures average 1,182 F. Most of the surface consists of broad plains covered in shallow sand dunes.
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Insight B-II
Approaching the atmosphere
Storms
Daytime sky
Twilight sky
Pictures of the Day - November 30, 2018
The inner-most planet of the Insight B System. (Insight B-I)
This scorched desert world orbits just 9,000,000 kilometers from it’s sun and is tidally locked to the star. The planet is 1.1 times Earth’s mass, but has a very large metallic core; therefore, is only 89% of Earth’s diameter.
The planet is covered in a thick sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide atmosphere with a surface pressure of 32 atmospheres. The surface has a temperature of 818 °F. A massive cyclone constantly rages on the day side with wind speeds of up to 1,000 mph in the upper atmosphere.
Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-42-6-76887-1116 B1.
High Resolution Pictures
Raging Storm
Crescent
Approaching the day
Blistering Heat
The twilight zone
Insight System - Post 1
First post of the Insight System.
The Insight system (named after the newest Mars lander) is a wide-spaced binary system consisting of a yellow G1V type star (Insight A) and a dimmer orange K5V type star (Insight B), that orbit each other in an elliptical orbit at an average distance of 192.3 AU. Both stars complete 1 orbit around each other every 2,432 years.
Insight A is 1.6 times brighter than our sun, and Insight B is only 1/6th the brightness of our sun.
Both stars have their own solar systems.
My first post if of the 6 planets orbiting the dimmer star Insight B.
First Planet Insight B-I (1.1 Earth masses)
Second Planet Insight B-II (5.3 Earth Masses)
Third Planet Insight B-III (11.7 Jupiter Masses)
Fourth Planet Insight B-IV (0.20 Jupiter Masses)
Fifth Planet Insight B-V (0.27 Earth masses)
Outer-most planet Insight B-VI (1.42 Jupiter Masses)
More pictures to come soon.
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.
Picture of the day 2 - November 28, 2018
Cratered surface of a small burnt dwarf planet. Fissures run through the surface from the core cooling and the crust shrinking.
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 27, 2018
Tranquil brown ice-giant.
Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-42-7-615383-4492 8
Picture of the day - November 27, 2018
Red and dusty desert world similar to Mars but with a much thicker atmosphere, glowing red under the light of a red sun.
Picture of the day 2 - November 26, 2018
Ringed blue-colored titan orbiting a pair of distant stars.
In honor of NASA’s successful landing of the InSight Lander, here are a couple of Space Engine pictures of Mars centered on the Elysium Planitia.
Had to take a second closer picture since Phobos got in the way of the first picture.
High Resolution Pictures
Picture 1
Picture 2
Pictures of the day - November 26, 2018
A system of 6 planet’s orbiting a rare dim carbon star that has swelled into a red giant. All of the planet’s have been roasted by the star. The star has a very low surface temperature; therefore, all of the planets have a red-tint due to the lack of blue colored light.
The outer-most planets form a double planet system which consist of a Mars-like world orbited by an ocean world. The ocean world once being a frozen ice-covered world melted the by expanded sun.
Space Engine System ID: RS 5581-42-4-1201-1122
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Inner-most world
Massive giant covering the sky
Roasted Ice-giant and its moons
Another burnt world
Outer-most Double Planets
Hurricane
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.
High Resolution Pictures
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
High Resolution Pictures
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 2 - November 22, 2019
Densely packed sky of an airless world within the M59 galaxy. The planet’s dark rings obscure some of the stars.
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.
High Resolution Pictures
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 20, 2018
Dark red nebula rises over a dim set of rings orbiting a gas giant.
Picture of the day 3 - November 19, 2018
Dim red sun faintly illuminates a giant planet and it’s ring in a dull red light.
Picture of the day 2 - November 19, 2018
Hot sun rising over arid wastelands. This planet orbits close enough to the sun to reach 230 F at midday. At sunrise the temperature is already 115 F.
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.
High Resolution Images
Bright Blue Sun
Inner Dwarf Planet from a moon
Outer moon.
Approaching eclipse
Double moons
Picture of the day 2 - November 17, 2018
Setting sun on an arid Mars-Like planet.
Stormy Giant
Picture of the Day - November 17, 2018
Large gas giant with a turbulent atmosphere and numerous cyclonic storm systems. The plant orbits a red dwarf giving the planet an orange tint.