into-theuniverse: Planetary nebula [PN] G75.5+1.7: Soap Bubble Nebula
n-a-s-a: Sharpless 115 Image Credit & Copyright: Bill Snyder (at Sierra Remote Observatories)
distant-traveller: Messiers and Mars A telescopic tour of the constellation Sagittarius offers the many bright clusters and nebulae of dimensioned space in a starscape surrounding the galactic center. This gorgeous color deep-sky photograph visits two such lovely sights, cataloged by the 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier as M8 and M20. M20 (upper left), the Trifid Nebula, presents a striking contrast in red/blue colors and dark dust lanes. Just below and to the right is the expansive, alluring red glow of M8, the Lagoon Nebula. Both nebulae are a few thousand light-years distant but at the far right, the dominant celestial beacon is a “local” source, the planet Mars. Just passing through Sagittarius and strongly overexposed in this picture, the Red Planet is a short 4 light-minutes away. Image credit: Michael Cole
into-theuniverse: polar ring galaxy NGC 660
n-a-s-a: Abell 71 (PK 084.9 04.4) in Cygnus Credit: Stefan Binnewies,Stefan Heutz, Josef Pöpsel
n-a-s-a: The Eagle and The Swan Image Credit & Copyright: Dieter Willasch (Astro-Cabinet)
into-theuniverse: Young stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud
into-theuniverse: Starburst galaxy J082354.96 (“Cinderella’s Slipper)
n-a-s-a: The VLT Snaps a Stellar Nursery Credit: ESO
into-theuniverse: Nebulae vdB 38 (blue) and Sh2-263 (red) - being made to glow by star SAO 112667
spacettf: Sh2-101 Tulip nebula in hubble palette by swag72 on Flickr.
into-theuniverse: Star-forming region NGC 3576
thatscienceguy: The Antennae Galaxies; (NGC 4038/4039) Also known as the Love Heart Galaxies, They are a pair of colliding galaxies. Their interaction has led to two bands being flung out into space, prompting the name Antennae galaxies, however the two nuclei have begun to merge forming the shape of a loveheart.
into-theuniverse: Egg Nebula
into-theuniverse: Abell 68 - another image of gravitational lensing: galaxy clusters acting as lenses by amplifying the light from further galaxies we would not otherwise be able to see.