29 photos
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Westerlund 2: A Stellar Sight
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- 10 comments
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- Date taken: 2008-10-08 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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Cassiopeia A: Cassiopeia A in Many Colors
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- 18 comments
- 229 favorites
- 65,920 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:28:57
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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Hot Gas in Galactic Center: Chandra Turns Up the Heat in the Milky Way Center (A 130 light year region of the center of the Milky Way: Located about 26,000 light years from Earth, the region contains a supermassive black hole, hot gas, and thousands of X-
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- 1 comment
- 45 favorites
- 59,289 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:08
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, hotgasingalacticcenter, chandra, stars, red, blue, xray, nasa, milkyway, astronomy, galaxy, space, solarsystem, star, universe, supernova, color, colorful, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A Young Pulsar Shows its Hand
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- 43 comments
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- 58,349 views
- Date uploaded: 2009-04-08
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astronomy, stars, pulsar, space, outerspace, chandratelescope, пульсар, чандра, космос, астрономия, звёзды, туманности, nebula, nasa, xrayastronomy, astrophysics, orange, blue, solarsystem, lights, yellow, green, black, galaxy, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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The remnant of a supernova located 6000 light years from Earth in the constellation Taurus.
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- 4 comments
- 80 favorites
- 55,120 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:24
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, crabnebulamoviestill, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, neutronstar, taurus, crabnebula, chandra, cosmicbell, blue, light, outerspace, constellation, supernova, falsecolor, astrophotography, pulsar, space, nebuls, nutr, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Mz 3, BD+30-3639, Hen 3-1475, and NGC 7027: Planetary Nebulas - Fast Winds from Dying Stars
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- 7 comments
- 99 favorites
- 53,787 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:32:59
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, antnebula, mz3, menzel3, chandra, space, satelliteimages, stars, outerspace, satellite, telescope, color, pattern, galaxy, blue, orange, cloud, nebula, astronomy, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A spiral galaxy about 25 million light years from Earth.
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- 3 comments
- 46 favorites
- 49,804 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:33:48
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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SNR 0103-72.6: Chandra Finds Rich Oxygen Supply inside Glowing Ring (A supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy about 190,000 light years from Earth.)
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- 34 favorites
- 45,559 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:32
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, snr0103726, supernovaremains, supernova, astralphotography, chandraxrayobservatory, chandra, oxygen, galaxy, 190, 000lightyearsfromearth, space, nebula, multicoloredlight, redrim, whitespecksoninside, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Fingers, Loops, and Bays in the Crab Nebula (A supernova remnant and pulsar located 6000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Taurus.)
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- 12 comments
- 101 favorites
- 44,694 views
- Date uploaded: 2009-01-26
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, crab, crabnebula, smithsonian, nebulosadocaranguejo, 6000anosluzdaterra, observatóriodechandra, supernova, blue, pulsar, glow, lit, liquid, light, neutronstar, nebula, space, neotronstar, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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The supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy.
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- 9 comments
- 72 favorites
- 44,008 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:55
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, sagittariusa, astralphotography, chandraxrayobservatory, sgra, blackhole, centerofourgalaxy, chandra, space, spiralgalaxy, supermassiveblackhole, chandraimage, galaxy, star, stars, sky, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Kepler's Supernova Remnant: A Star's Death Comes to Life
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- 5 comments
- 45 favorites
- 43,528 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:31:29
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, keplerssupernovaremnant, chandratelescope, chandra, gordianknot, supernova, space, stars, keplersupernova, chandraxray, galaxy, ejecta, nasa, starformationsupernovalightspa, nebula, star, cluster, universe, constellation, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A spiral galaxy 12 million light years from Earth in the constellation Hydra
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- 3 comments
- 25 favorites
- 40,839 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:32:20
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, m83, chandra, galaxy, stars, cloud, outerspace, space, blue, green, red, yellow, glow, lights, dark, spave, colorful, endless, nebula, deepspace, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory, a2fp, projecteunivers
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Rosette Nebula: Scientists Find X Rays from Stellar Winds That May Play Significant Role in Galactic Evolution (A star-forming region 5,000 light years away in the constellation Monoceros.)
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- 2 comments
- 44 favorites
- 38,129 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:33
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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NGC 3576: Massive Stars Revealed by Chandra
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- 5 comments
- 46 favorites
- 38,023 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:33:42
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc3576, chandra, xea, gascloud, stars, nebula, nasa, xraytelescope, galaxy, space, gas, telescope, star, sky, explosion, bursts, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A New View of the Tarantula Nebula
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- 60 favorites
- 37,299 views
- Date taken: 2013-09-25 09:03:54
- Date uploaded: 2013-09-30
- Tags: tarantulanebula, 30doradus, nebula, chandra, hubble, spitzer, magellanic, gas, astronomy
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Centaurus A: Jet Power and Black Hole Assortment Revealed in New Chandra Image
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- 3 comments
- 35 favorites
- 35,699 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:14
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, centaurusa, cena, blackhole, chandratelescope, longexposure, chandra, longexposures, space, astronomy, celestial, cloud, colors, matter, stars, nebula, galaxy, star, constellation, red, colorful, dustinsky, sky, whitelin, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory, a2fp
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A Beautiful End to a Star's Life
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- 4 comments
- 55 favorites
- 34,103 views
- Date taken: 2013-09-25 09:04:04
- Date uploaded: 2013-09-30
- Tags: ngc2392, chandra, astronomy, hubble, planetary, nebula, explosion, eskimo, clownface, herschel, caldwell39
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Cassiopeia A: Chandra Discovers Relativistic Pinball Machine
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- 3 comments
- 59 favorites
- 33,212 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:28:52
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, casa, cassiopeiaa, astronomy, chandratelescope, supernovaremnant, chandra, xray, ball, lightining, colerful, nebula, stardust, backhole, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A Pinwheel in X-rays (A large spiral galaxy about 25 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major.)
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- 3 comments
- 27 favorites
- 32,986 views
- Date taken: 2009-01-02 11:24:36
- Date uploaded: 2009-01-26
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, m101, spiralgalaxy, galassiaspirale, galaxy, purple, blue, stars, constellation, color, space, outerspace, satellite, telescope, pattern, ursamajor, pinwheel, xray, photo, longestexposure, nebula, heavens, nova, purplestar, galactic, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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NGC 6240 (An extremely luminous galaxy about 400 million light years from Earth.)
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- 1 comment
- 11 favorites
- 32,058 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:28
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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Perseus Cluster: Chandra Proves Black Hole Influence is Far Reaching (The central region of a rich galaxy cluster about 250 million light years from Earth.)
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- 9 comments
- 24 favorites
- 31,461 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:24
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, perseuscluster, chandra, astronomy, space, stars, galaxy, blackhole, xraytelescope, flare, cluster, galexy, art, green, photo, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Cosmic Heavyweights in Free-For-All: One of the most complex galaxy clusters, located about 5.4 billion light years from Earth.
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- 7 comments
- 71 favorites
- 30,837 views
- Date taken: 2009-05-26 15:39:59
- Date uploaded: 2009-06-01
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, beautifulgalaxies, starburst, universe, galaxy, space, nebula, stars, cloud, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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An active star-forming region 160,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado.
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- 1 comment
- 8 favorites
- 29,743 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:27:36
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, thetarantulanebula30doradus, largemagellaniccloud, milkyway, dorado, starformingregion, galaxycluster, chandra, nebula, sky, lmc, star, purple, orange, gasclouds, starformations, blue, red, space, black, outerspace, galaxy, documenting, yellow, colorful, abstract, stars, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Kes 75: One Weird Star Starts Acting Like Another Kes 75
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- 2 comments
- 14 favorites
- 25,386 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:31:42
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, kes75, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, chandra, star, gascloud, galaxy, gas, space, nebula, astronomy, stellar, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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DEM L316: Supernova Remnants Deconstructed (Two supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.)
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- 1 comment
- 7 favorites
- 21,944 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:07
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, deml316, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, largemagellaniccloud, milkyway, chandra, colorphotograph, colorful, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Mz 3, BD+30-3639, Hen 3-1475, and NGC 7027: Planetary Nebulas - Fast Winds from Dying Stars
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- 2 comments
- 14 favorites
- 21,292 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:06
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, antnebula, mz3, menzel3, bubble, chandra, space, astronomy, nebula, astrophotography, falsecolor, ngc7027, supernov, xray, gas, celsius, solar, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A cluster of galaxies about 2 billion light years from Earth in the constellation Serpens.
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- 5 favorites
- 19,097 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:28:28
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, abell2104, redgalaxies, blackhole, chandratelescope, serpens, chandra, galaxia, telescopio, hoyonegro, star, stars, starburst, glow, universe, nebula, space, blue, a2104, redgalaxy, blackholes, interstellargas, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A large galaxy in the center of a cluster of galaxies located in the constellation Bostes.
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- 6 favorites
- 17,163 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, 3c295, bostes, chandratelescope, chandra, red, space, astrophotography, falsecolor, galaxy, nasa, xrayobservatoryart, xraytel, stars, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A supernova remnant about 20,000 light years from Earth
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- 1 comment
- 5 favorites
- 15,560 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:30:01
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, g21509, compositeimage, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, chandra, 000lightyears, space, stars, telescopeimage, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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