Sparkling Whirlpool Galaxy (NASA, Chandra, 06/03/14)
Nearly a million seconds of observing time with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way glittering with hundreds of X-ray points of light. The galaxy is officially named Messier 51 (M51) or NGC 5194, but often goes by its nickname of the "Whirlpool Galaxy." Like the Milky Way, the Whirlpool is a spiral galaxy with spectacular arms of stars and dust. M51 is located about 30 million light years from Earth, and its face-on orientation to Earth…
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Sparkling Whirlpool Galaxy (NASA, Chandra, 06/03/14)
Nearly a million seconds of observing time with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way glittering with hundreds of X-ray points of light. The galaxy is officially named Messier 51 (M51) or NGC 5194, but often goes by its nickname of the "Whirlpool Galaxy." Like the Milky Way, the Whirlpool is a spiral galaxy with spectacular arms of stars and dust. M51 is located about 30 million light years from Earth, and its face-on orientation to Earth…
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I made an RGB image of M out of the Hubble Legacy Archive data
I made an RGB image of M out of the Hubble Legacy Archive data - space, image, hubble, legacy, archive, data. Photorator photo.
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1955 ORION NEBULA LITHOGRAPH - original vintage print - celestial astronomy cosmology art - with and
*** this is a listing for ONE print that has another image on the reverse side of andromeda - as shown in the last photo***TITLE : THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION& THE GREAT NEBULA IN ANDROMEDA on the reverse sideDATE : 1955TECHNIQUE : lithographMEASUREMENT : approx. 6.5 x 8.25"CONDITION : these are all original vintage prints - as such there may varying signs of aging... so please look at the photos carefully- the first photo shows the entire print -AUTHENTICITY : all prints are guaranteed to…
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Jupiter's Magnificent Swirling Clouds
July 2020
A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter's dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA's Juno spacecraft.
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APOD: 2009 September 19 - NGC 3621: Far Beyond the Local Group
NGC 3621, some 22 million light-years away. Found in the multi-headed southern constellation Hydra, the winding spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are loaded with luminous young star clusters and dark dust lanes. Still, for earthbound astronomers NGC 3621 is not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy. Some of its brighter stars have been used as standard candles to establish important estimates of extragalactic distances and the scale of the Universe.
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“#Space: the unrivaled whirlpool #galaxy (M51) and its companion NGC 5195 via #StellarIndulgence”
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The Starry Messenger (@kevin_ferrioli)
The latest Tweets from The Starry Messenger (@kevin_ferrioli). Night Sky Photography UK. United Kingdom
JRB: "The heavens declare the glory of God..." (Ps.19:1a) - THE MAJESTIC MESSIER-104 (M-104) SOMBRERO GALAXY Photo By: NASA #hubble Space Telescope Less
r/NASA is for anything related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the latest news, events, current and future missions, and more.
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