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A celestial witch's broom?—A new view of the pencil nebula
The oddly shaped Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736) is pictured in this image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Credit: ESO
Stars, and stars, and stars: pretty pictures from the European…
A sky area near the Chamaeleon I complex of bright nebulae and hot stars in the constellation of the same name, close to the southern celestial pole.This picture was taken a few days before the inauguration of the Paranal observatory and its "hand-over" to the astronomers on April 1, 1999.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Pictured above is one of the better images yet recorded of a waterspout, a type of tornado that occurs over water. Waterspouts are spinning columns of rising moist air that typically form over warm water. Waterspouts can be as dangerous as tornadoes and can feature wind speeds over 200 kilometers per hour. Some waterspouts form away from thunderstorms and even during relatively fair weather.
NSSDCA Photo Gallery: Stars and Exotic Objects
This is a photo of nebula M1-67, surrounding the star WR 124, an example of a Wolf-Rayet star in the constellation Sagitta. A Wolf-Rayet star is a highly massive, old, extremely hot star, and are also very luminous, as much as millions of times brighter than our Sun. They're quite rare; only about 500 are known in our galaxy. WR stars slowly blow themselves apart as they lose mass at an incredible rate of speed due to high stellar winds.
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Jupiter and its moon Io. The red dot is a volcano on the moon's surface and the blue cloud is the volcano's emissions
A Clear Lake, boat, calm, crystal clear, green, hills, peaceful, reflection, scenery, scenic, trees, water 85437
✯ The crystal-clear waters of Flathead Lake, Montana