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APOD: 2012 October 19 - Merging NGC 2623
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Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Really two galaxies that are becoming one. Seen to be in the final stages of a titanic galaxy merger. The pair lies some 300 million light-years distant toward the constellation Cancer. The violent encounter between two galaxies that may have been similar to the Milky Way. Background galaxies scattered through the field of view.
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APOD: 2012 October 22 - A Space Shuttle on the Streets of Los Angeles
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Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. A Space Shuttle on the Streets of Los Angeles. Keeper of the Wind ( Eleni Hassabis. Was that the space shuttle that just went by? Garnering attention that could make even a movie star blush, thousands of people watched in awe as a quintessential icon of the space age was towed through the streets of Los Angeles.
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Perséide suédoise à l'aurore noctulescente - L'image d'astronomie du jour - APOD
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Coucher de Lune, planète Terre. La surface tachée de Bételgeuse. Les falaises de Churyumov Gerasimenko. NGC 3370 : une vue plus fine. La Nébuleuse E dans l'Aigle. Perséide suédoise à l'aurore noctulescente. Jeudi 11 août 2016. Dans le nord de la Suède, le ciel nocturne. Planent dans le ciel, juste au-dessus de l'horizon. Se trouvant en réalité à la frontière de l'atmosphère et de l'espace. Afficher l'image en plus grand. Afficher encore plus grand. Auteurs et éditeurs : Robert Nemiroff. L étoile proxima ...
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APOD: 2013 May 28 - The Large Cloud of Magellan
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Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The Large Cloud of Magellan. L Fontana, G. Ghioldi and E. Sordini. The 16th century Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan. And his crew had plenty of time to study the southern sky during the first circumnavigation. Of planet Earth. As a result, two fuzzy cloud-like objects easily visible to southern hemisphere skygazers.
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APOD: 2015 May 21 - NGC 6240: Merging Galaxies
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Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. NGC 6240: Merging Galaxies. A Evans (U. Virginia / NRAO / Stony Brook U.). NGC 6240 offers a rare, nearby glimpse of a cosmic catastrophe in its final throes. The titanic galaxy-galaxy. A mere 400 million light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. Large galaxy will remain. This dramatic image. Dark and dusty night.
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APOD: 2011 September 4 - In the Shadow of Saturn
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Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. In the Shadow of Saturn. In the shadow of Saturn, unexpected wonders appear. The robotic Cassini spacecraft. Drifted in giant planet's shadow. For about 12 hours in 2006 and looked back toward the eclipsed Sun. Cassini saw a view. Unlike any other. First, the night side of Saturn. Sunlight, in this exaggerated color image.
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APOD: 2012 August 28 - Colorful Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi
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Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Colorful Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi. Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi. The colors result from a mixture of objects and processes. Fine dust illuminated from the front by starlight produces blue reflection nebulae. Gaseous clouds whose atoms are excited by ultraviolet starlight produce reddish emission nebulae.
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APOD: 2009 September 7 - Jupiter Over the Mediterranean
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Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Jupiter Over the Mediterranean. This vacation included a sight to remember. Pictured above, a picturesque starscape capped a serene seascape as seen from Turkey this past August. In the above digitally stitched panorama, the Gelidonya Lighthouse. Shines in the foreground. Before a calm Mediterranean Sea. On the left, Jupiter.
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APOD: 2011 April 26 - Hydrogen in the LMC
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Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Hydrogen in the LMC. Marco Lorenzi ( Star Echoes. A satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is an alluring sight. In dark southern skies and the constellation Dorado. A mere 180,000 light-years distant, the LMC is seen in amazing detail in this very deep 4 frame mosaic. Are known as H II.
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