Triangulum - Blog Posts

Triángulo de Penrose.

My last post of planets in the Triangulum galaxy, a ringed world montage. And all these planets were found in one star system.

I have not decided which galaxy I am going to visit next, but I will left you know in the next day or so.

Space Engine System ID: RS 1229-118-6-214335-274

High Resolution Pictures

Ice Giant

Colorful Ice Giant

Cold Helium Gas Giant

Super-Earth

Ice World

Earth-like planet with life.

Dark Cloud

Picture of the Day - October 31, 2018

A dark Nebula hangs over the sky of an airless moon.

Note: There will be one last set of pics posted for the Triangulum Galaxy this evening before I visit another galaxy to begin exploring.

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Approaching Eclipse

Picture of the Day 2 - October 30, 2018

The approaching shadow of an eclipse across an alien desert.

River Valley

Picture of the day - October 30, 2018

Best shot yet of a river valley I have found, taken on an Earth-like world. The planet has a unique yellow-colored atmosphere.

Green World

Picture of the Day - October 29, 2018

Lush and green Earth-like planet with life and a large moon orbiting close by.

Orange Gem

Picture of the Day - October 28, 2018

Here we have another Titan-Like world with rings. Seas of liquid methane cover the surface, and a thick hazy nitrogen-methane atmosphere obscures most of the surface.

Evaporating Planets

Picture of the Day - October 27, 2018

These three planets (not comets) close to a white giant star losing their atmospheres. The giant star has expanded so fast that all of the inner planets are superheated to nearly 2,000 F.

Another Moon Shot

Picture of the day - October 26, 2018

A large moon against the backdrop of a stunningly colorful gas giant and it’s rings.

Pluto-Like Double World

Picture of the Day - October 25, 2018

Two frozen worlds very almost identical in their size ratio to one another as the Pluto-Charon double dwarf planet system.

Blue Abyss

Picture of the Day - October 24, 2018

Planet and it’s star viewed against the backdrop of a large nebula.

Busy & Hazy Sky

Picture of the Day 2 - October 23, 2018

Another beautiful aurora shot, looking towards a gas giant under a hazy atmosphere. The Andromeda galaxy is visible to the right of the picture as a hazy bright spot just below the aurora.

The Andromeda Galaxy will be the next galaxy I will be exploring in space engine beginning next month.

Northern Lights

Picture of the Day - October 23, 2018

Auroras shine brilliantly over a polar cyclonic vortex.

Twin Sunset

Picture of the Day 2 - October 22,2018

Two sun’s setting viewed from planetary orbit.

Lunar Silhouettes

Picture of the Day - October 22, 2018

Another gas-giant and its moons. Here the atmosphere of the gas giant and its inner moon glow against the dark background, illuminated by scattered light, viewed from just above the atmosphere of a second satellite.

Lunar Rings

Pictures of the Day - October 21, 2018

Normally, giant planets are the ones with rings, but in some situations a moon of a gas giant can have its own rings. Here we come across such a satellite.

Stormy Night

Picture of the Day - October 20, 2018

Cyclonic storm system dimly lit by a distant sun. Instead of being made of water, this storm and its clouds are made up of dust particles. The planet is a Mars-Like world with a thin carbon dioxide atmosphere and covered in red-colored iron oxide dust

Cold Blue World

Picture of the Day 2 - October 19, 2019

Large hazy blue world rising about an asteroid moon.

Lonely Moon

Picture of the Day - October 19, 2018

Small moon passing in front of a large Super-Earth type planet.

End of the Day

Picture of the Day - October 18, 2018.

Sunset on an alien moon.

Double Moons

Picture of the Day - October 17, 2018

A double transit of two moons across the face of a giant ringed planet.

Picture of the Day 2 - October 17,2018

Another wider angle shot

Earth-Like World

Picture of the Day 2 - October 16, 2018

Here I come across the most Earth-like planet to date. The planet is covered in green vegetation, blue oceans and ice caps at the poles. This planet is located near the galactic core; therefore, the sky is full of bright stars, even more so than globular clusters.

Starry Night

Picture of the Day - October 16, 2018

The sands of a desert world with the sky full of bright stars. This planet orbits a star located within a globular cluster; therefore, many bright stars punctuate the night sky. The bright star near the lower left is the planet’s sun, which is barely discernible from other stars in the sky,

Dry Desert World

2nd Picture of the Day - October 15, 2018

A Mars-Like desert world covered in dunes of iron oxide dust. A small satellite crosses the face of the planet.

Crowded Worlds

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.

Gas Giant Eclipse

Picture of the Day - October 13, 2018

The sky of a large moon orbiting a gas giant right before an eclipse.

Blue Titan

Picture of the day - October 12, 2018.

Blue-tinted Titan-Like world with liquid methane oceans and an extensive ring system.

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

Oculus System - Post 3 (Cratered Wasteland)

The system’s third planet is a nearly airless Mars-sized world, heavily cratered world. The planet orbits 1.19 AU from the sun, has a mass of just 8.6% that of Earth and roughly half of Earth’s diameter. A tenuous carbon dioxide atmosphere clings to the surface with a surface press of just 1/100,000th that of Earth. Surface temperatures can reach the boiling point of water during the day, and fall nearly -300 °F at night.

High Resolution Pics

Picture 1 - Mercury-like planet

Picture 2 - Two small satellites

Picture 3 - A view from a moon

Picture 4 - Setting Sun.

Picture 5 - Broken Crater

Picture 6 - From just 10 km above the surface.

Picture 7 - The Surface