Recent comments in /f/space

RSwordsman t1_j48vl5p wrote

Reply to comment by abslte23 in space themed room by abslte23

I'd find it really hard to believe if they don't have decals for that sort of thing. Hand painted would be awesome but not everyone is able to do that well hehe.

3

RSwordsman t1_j48uvkb wrote

Stick-on glow stars for the ceiling would be cool if available. Otherwise maybe a dark or medium blue for the walls with nebula/galaxy designs?

14

professorjaytee t1_j46ci1g wrote

I get so sick of the "always success" motivational bullshit you see all the time out there.

If you're not failing sometimes, you're not trying hard enough. You're not accomplishing enough. You're not risking enough. But when you do your best, although you WILL fail sometimes (and it does feel like shit), you will keep on going anyhow.

I live in Japan, where we have a saying, which translates:

"Knocked down seven times? Then GET UP eight!"

1

space-ModTeam t1_j45fq99 wrote

Hello u/tackleberry2219, your submission "What causes the different colors and cloud effect in nebulas?" has been removed from r/space because:

  • Such questions should be asked in the "All space questions" thread stickied at the top of the sub.

Please read the rules in the sidebar and check r/space for duplicate submissions before posting. If you have any questions about this removal please message the r/space moderators. Thank you.

1

darrellbear t1_j44ei30 wrote

Hydrogen emission is red. Oxygen is blue-green. These are true colors and make up the bulk of emission. Other elements do produce colors, neon is red too, for instance. Emission happens when gases are ionized and then recombine--excited electrons leave the atoms, then rejoin. Photons of characteristic color/energy are released upon recombination, hence the red of hydrogen and blue-green of oxygen. Hydrogen is common in "stellar nursery" nebulas, hence they're mostly reddish. Planetary nebulas often show a lot of green due to doubly ionized oxygen.

The so-called Hubble palette is actually false color, produced with narrowband filters--sulfur is shown as red, hydrogen as blue, oxygen as green.

5