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Added on: Nov 21st, 2007
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NGC 6992: Filaments of the Veil Nebula

Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 12:25 in deep space, space fotos, daniel lopez, observatorio del teide, cygnus loop, veil nebula, constellation cygnus, ngc 6992

Credit & Copyright: Daniel Lopez (Observatorio del Teide) Explanation: Wisps like this are all that remain visible of a Milky Way star. About 7,500 years ago that star exploded in a supernova leaving the Veil Nebula, also known as the Cyg...
The Butterfly Nebula from Upgraded Hubble

Posted on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 10:30 in NASA, esa, deep space, space fotos, constellation scorpius, ngc 6302, butterfly nebula, hubble sm4 ero team

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team Explanation: The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth’s night sky are often named for flowers or insects, and NGC 6302 is no exception. With an estimated surface temperature of about 2...
The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust

Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 11:00 in deep space, university of arizona, m20, space fotos, trifid nebula, adam block, mount lemmon skycenter, constellation sagittarius

Credit & Copyright: Adam Block, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, U. Arizona Explanation: Unspeakable beauty and unimaginable bedlam can be found together in the Trifid Nebula. Also known as M20, this photogenic nebula is visible with good binoculars tow...
Stephan’s Quintet: A Galaxy Collision in Action

Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 07:32 in cfa, NASA, chandra x-ray observatory, deep space, space fotos, stephan's quintet, canada-france-hawaii telescope, coelum, e. o'sullivan, ngc 7317, ngc 7318a, ngc 7318b

Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/CfA/E.O’Sullivan); Optical (Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope/Coelum) Description: This beautiful image gives a new look at Stephan’s Quintet, a compact group of galaxies discovered about 130 years ago and located abo...
The Dark River to Antares

Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 07:18 in deep space, jason jennings, antares, space fotos, dark river, pipe nebula, rho ophiuchi. m4

Credit & Copyright: Jason Jennings Explanation: Connecting the Pipe Nebula to the colorful region near bright star Antares is a dark cloud dubbed the Dark River, flowing from the picture’s left edge. Murky looking, the Dark RiverR...
RCW 86: A Super-Efficient Particle Accelerator

Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 03:50 in NASA, chandra x-ray observatory, deep space, eso, space fotos, university of utrecht, e. helder, j. vink, rcw 86

Credit: Optical: ESO/E. Helder; X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Utrecht/J.Vink et al. Description: Using Chandra, growing supermassive black holes have been discovered in a sample of blobs, immense reservoirs of hydrogen gas located in the early Universe.T...