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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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Andromeda Galaxy (M31): The Heat Is On in Andromeda's Center
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- 7 comments
- 77 favorites
- 40,788 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, andromedagalaxym31, starburstgalaxy, chandratelescope, espacio, universo, estrellas, chandra, estrelas, stars, galaxiadeandromeda, dots, photosofspace, andromeda, universe, space, star, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory, a2fp, galaxia, univers, espai
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Dark Matter and Galaxies Part Ways in Collision between Hefty Galaxy Clusters
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- 4 comments
- 70 favorites
- 40,154 views
- Date taken: 2013-09-25 09:03:56
- Date uploaded: 2013-09-30
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Eta Carinae: New View of Doomed Star (A star between 100 and 150 more massive than the Sun, about 7,500 light years from Earth.)
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- 9 comments
- 33 favorites
- 40,013 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:46
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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W3 Main: A Productive Star Formation Factory
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- 55 favorites
- 39,716 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:46
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, w3main, chandra, pearlsinastarrysky, stars, solarsystem, wow, magical, pretty, intergalactic, deepspaceandclustersofgalaxies, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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NGC 4649: A New Way To Weigh Giant Black Hole (An elliptical galaxy about 51 million light years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.)
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- 2 comments
- 38 favorites
- 39,712 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:33:53
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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Cartwheel Galaxy: Astronomers Do Flips Over Cartwheel Galaxy
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- 49 favorites
- 39,418 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:28:47
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, cartwheelgalaxy, chandratelescope, compositeimage, chandra, multiwavelength, composite, outerspace, astrophotography, falsecolor, galactic, spacephotography, carywheelgalaxy, infared, visable, ultraviolet, xray, purple, green, blue, yellow, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory, a2fp
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Abell 1689: A Galaxy Cluster Makes Its Mark (A galaxy cluster at a distance of about 2.3 billion light years from Earth.)
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- 63 favorites
- 39,098 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:28:19
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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Puppis A: Chandra Reveals Cloud Disrupted By Supernova Shock
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- 7 favorites
- 39,088 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:34
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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A nearby galaxy cluster about 65 million light years from Earth.
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- 2 comments
- 28 favorites
- 38,986 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:50
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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Sombrero Galaxy: A Great Observatories View (A spiral galaxy, also known as M104, in the Virgo cluster about 28 million light years away.)
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- 3 comments
- 47 favorites
- 38,640 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:50
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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A supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy 160,000 light years from Earth.
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- 20 favorites
- 38,169 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:41
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, snr0540693, supernovaremains, supernova, astralphotography, chandraxrayobservatory, chandra, largemagellaniccloud, shockwave, xrays, xrayimageofmagllaniccloudofgalaxy, spaceuniversegalaxy, star, space, explosion, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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
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MACS J0025.4-1222: A Clash of Clusters Provides Another Clue to Dark Matter (A powerful collision of two galaxy clusters about 5.6 billion light years away.)
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- 42 favorites
- 37,486 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:32:36
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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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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Orion Nebula: Planetary Protection--X-ray Super Flares Aid Formation of "Solar Systems" (A rich cluster of young stars about 1,500 light years from Earth.)
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- 28 favorites
- 37,084 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:11
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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A supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 160,000 light years from Earth.
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- 47 favorites
- 36,130 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:33:08
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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A supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy about 160,000 light years from Earth.
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- 9 comments
- 68 favorites
- 35,772 views
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-17
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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
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The fifth planet from the Sun, as seen at a distance of about 400 million miles.
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- 10 comments
- 56 favorites
- 35,653 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:31:23
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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A young star cluster 6000 light years from Earth in the constellation Vela.
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- 24 favorites
- 35,173 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:45
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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The remains of a massive star that exploded, perhaps being witnessed by Chinese astronomers in 386 A.D.
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- 2 comments
- 23 favorites
- 34,823 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:56
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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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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Saturn (The 6th planet from the Sun, as seen at a distance of 890 million miles from Earth.)
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- 12 favorites
- 33,600 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:38
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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Arches, Quintuplet, and GC Star Clusters: Rough and Crowded Neighborhood at Galactic Center
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- 5 comments
- 48 favorites
- 33,381 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:30:18
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, arches, quintuplet, gcstarclusters, milkyway, chandratelescope, chandra, astrophotography, falsecolor, globularclusters, stars, clusters, space, photo, color, telescope, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A Black Hole in Medusa's Hair: A galaxy lies about 110 million light years away.
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- 8 comments
- 32 favorites
- 33,270 views
- Date taken: 2009-05-26 15:38:21
- Date uploaded: 2009-06-01
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc4194, galaxy, hubble, chandra, astronomy, 2009, milkyway, stars, blackhole, space, blue, red, black, reddwarf, solarsystem, outerspace, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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
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A cluster of galaxies about a billion light years from Earth, located in the constellation Aquarius.
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- 4 favorites
- 32,813 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:28:34
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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The remains of a supernova first seen in 1604.
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- 10 comments
- 44 favorites
- 32,599 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:31:34
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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A Pinwheel in Many Colors
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- 1 comment
- 31 favorites
- 32,537 views
- Date taken: 2013-09-25 09:04:00
- Date uploaded: 2013-09-30
- Tags: m101, pinwheel, galaxy, chandra, spitzer, hubble, galex, astronomy
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Venus in a New Light (The second planet closest to the Sun in our solar system.)
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- 15 favorites
- 32,367 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:36:15
- 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
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Searching for the Best Black Hole Recipe
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- 1 comment
- 19 favorites
- 31,425 views
- Date taken: 2013-09-25 09:04:09
- Date uploaded: 2013-09-30
- Tags: ngc922, chandra, hubble, galaxies, collision, astronomy, blackholes
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X-Rays Discovered from Young Supernova Remnant
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- 12 favorites
- 30,170 views
- Date taken: 2013-09-25 09:04:02
- Date uploaded: 2013-09-30
- Tags: m83, chandra, supernova, astronomy, explosion, spiral, galaxy
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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
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The Antennae: A pair of colliding galaxies about 60 million light years from Earth.
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- 1 comment
- 11 favorites
- 29,390 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:32:50
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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E0102-72.3: Supernova Portrait Gallery
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- 5 comments
- 18 favorites
- 29,263 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:37
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, e0102723, e010272, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, smallmagellaniccloud, milkyway, tucana, chandra, bluecircle, cloud, supernova, magellanic, solar, stars, naturalwonder, space, halo, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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SN 1996cr in Circinus: Powerful Nearby Supernova Caught by Web (A supernova in Circinus galaxy about 12 million light years away.)
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- 10 comments
- 42 favorites
- 28,478 views
- Date taken: 2009-01-02 11:24:13
- Date uploaded: 2009-01-26
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A cluster of galaxies one billion light years from Earth in the constellation Serpens.
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- 3 comments
- 11 favorites
- 27,796 views
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-17
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, abell2029, galaxycluster, serpens, chandratelescope, chandra, purple, galaxies, hotgas, red, stars, space, black, redandblack, star, cloudy, moon, sun, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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M87: Giant Galaxy's Violent Past Comes into Focus (A giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo galaxy cluster about 50 million light years from Earth.)
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- 13 favorites
- 27,709 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:32:28
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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SNR G54.1+0.3 (A supernova remnant about 16,000 light years from Earth.)
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- 1 comment
- 6 favorites
- 27,678 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:18
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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Abell 2125: Chandra Catches Early Phase of Cosmic Assembly (A massive galaxy cluster about 3 billion light years from Earth.)
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- 24 favorites
- 27,569 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:28:31
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, abell2125, galaxycluster, chandratelescope, chandra, astarfillednight, cjristmasstars, aprettycolorlughtsho, solar, bright, cosmic, stars, gallaxy, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory, a2fp, univers
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A rapidly rotating neutron star in the Vela supernova remnant.
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- 1 comment
- 13 favorites
- 27,363 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:36:09
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, velapulsar, chandra, star, neutronstar, supernova, space, red, black, universe, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A supernova remnant created from the death of a massive star about 2,000 years ago.
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- 9 favorites
- 26,560 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:40
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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NGC 1132: A Mysterious Elliptical Galaxy (An elliptical galaxy at a distance of about 300 million light years.)
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- 1 comment
- 33 favorites
- 25,551 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:33:22
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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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
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A cluster of galaxies in the constellation Hydra.
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- 1 comment
- 12 favorites
- 24,952 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:31:17
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, hydraa, chandratelescope, galaxycluster, chandra, constellation, hydraagalaxycluster, xray, galaxy, space, purple, wonder, mystery, hyr, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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B1509-58: Chandra Examines A Quadrillion-volt Pulsar (A neutron star located about 19,000 light years away in the constellation Circinus.)
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- 1 comment
- 7 favorites
- 23,974 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:32:56
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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A quasar about 10 billion light years from Earth located in the constellation Crater.
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- 7 favorites
- 23,416 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:29
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, pks1127145, chandra, quasar, comet, asteroid, space, stars, hubblespacetelescope, spaceimage, digitalimage, falsecolor, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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