A view of the Carina-Sagittarius spiral arm of the Galaxy captured by the homeward bound crew of Artemis 2. The bright patch near the centre is the Carina nebula. On the lower right the Large Magellanic Cloud is visible. The LMC is a small galaxy that orbits around our own Milky Way Galaxy.

I'll be on the #BBCBreakfast sofa tomorrow morning at around 8:15 talking about all things #Artemis2.

Nice to see the crew squeeze in some Galactic #Astrophotography as they journey home.

#CarinaNebula #LMC #SpiralArms 🧪🔭🚀🌙👩‍🚀

Ongoing side project - spiral arms sim

30k particles, Barnes-Hut Algorithm, central BH with 1M☉, exponential disk, and some initial rotational speed, 2-dimensional gravitational field.

Is that a bar forming? Curious what other astro nerds think.

#spiralarms #galaxysimulation #Nbody