"A Look to the Heavens" NGC 602
Aug 10, 2017 12:09:12 #
"A Look to the Heavens" NGC 602
“Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC 602 is featured in this stunning Hubble image of the region.
Fantastic ridges and swept back shapes strongly suggest that energetic radiation and shock waves from NGC 602's massive young stars have eroded the dusty material and triggered a progression of star formation moving away from the cluster's center. At the estimated distance of the Small Magellanic Cloud, the picture spans about 200 light-years, but a tantalizing assortment of background galaxies are also visible in the sharp Hubble view. The background galaxies are hundreds of millions of light-years or more beyond NGC 602.”
- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100403.html
I have been trying to view the Perseid meteor showers every night for the last week and I have been frustrated by cloud cover every night. Even when the cover is thin it reflects ground lights so that instead of a black sky I have a pale milky view everywhere. The lights of NYC, Mt. Kisco and Yorktown to the south, and Danbury to the east light up the night sky so there is no contrast, if even a wisp of cloud is present. Short of traveling to another state I may miss this years event because the forecasts are for more clouds.
Has anyone had success in viewing these meteors?
“Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC 602 is featured in this stunning Hubble image of the region.
Fantastic ridges and swept back shapes strongly suggest that energetic radiation and shock waves from NGC 602's massive young stars have eroded the dusty material and triggered a progression of star formation moving away from the cluster's center. At the estimated distance of the Small Magellanic Cloud, the picture spans about 200 light-years, but a tantalizing assortment of background galaxies are also visible in the sharp Hubble view. The background galaxies are hundreds of millions of light-years or more beyond NGC 602.”
- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100403.html
I have been trying to view the Perseid meteor showers every night for the last week and I have been frustrated by cloud cover every night. Even when the cover is thin it reflects ground lights so that instead of a black sky I have a pale milky view everywhere. The lights of NYC, Mt. Kisco and Yorktown to the south, and Danbury to the east light up the night sky so there is no contrast, if even a wisp of cloud is present. Short of traveling to another state I may miss this years event because the forecasts are for more clouds.
Has anyone had success in viewing these meteors?
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