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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, sombrerogalaxy, astralphotography, chandraxrayobservatory, m104, chandra, hubble, spitzer, xrays, visiblelight, infrared, spiralgalaxy, astronomy, space, blue, green, orange, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc3576, chandra, xea, gascloud, stars, nebula, nasa, xraytelescope, galaxy, space, gas, telescope, star, sky, explosion, bursts, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Exploding Stars and Stripes: A supernova remnant in the Milky Way about 13,000 light years from Earth.
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- 9 comments
- 78 favorites
- 37,676 views
- Date taken: 2011-10-13 11:35:46
- Date uploaded: 2011-10-24
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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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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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- 1 comment
- 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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, largemagellaniccloud, milkyway, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, deml71, whitedwarf, teardrop, chandra, astrophysics, supernova, astrophotography, falsecolor, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, rcw38, chandra, constellation, vela, starburst, space, universe, astrophotography, starcluster, falsecolor, xray, sky, blue, red, lights, light, green, aqua, colors, explosion, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, g11203, supernova, chandra, nasa, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, massivestar, 386ad, cloud, universe, space, stars, colorful, galaxy, nova, starcluster, cosmos, trippyspacephoto, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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RCW 108: Massive Young Stars Trigger Stellar Birth (A region of active star formation about 4,000 light years from Earth.)
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- 12 comments
- 95 favorites
- 34,466 views
- Date taken: 2009-01-02 11:23:19
- Date uploaded: 2009-01-26
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, rcw108, stellarbirth, starformation, astronomy, outerspace, orange, rcwcatalogue, rodgerscampbellandwhiteoak, halphaemissionregion, space, universe, astr, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Stellar Shrapnel Seen in Aftermath of Explosion - A supernova remnant located in the Large Magellenic Cloud.
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- 9 comments
- 83 favorites
- 34,040 views
- Date taken: 2010-07-30 13:00:44
- Date uploaded: 2010-08-02
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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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30 Doradus and The Growing Tarantula Within: A large region of star formation about 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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- 2 comments
- 71 favorites
- 33,435 views
- Date taken: 2011-06-29 16:42:03
- Date uploaded: 2012-04-11
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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
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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 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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A cluster of galaxies about a billion light years from Earth, located in the constellation Aquarius.
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- 1 comment
- 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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New Vista of Milky Way Center Unveiled: A 400 by 900 light-year mosaic of images located about 26,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.
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- 7 comments
- 64 favorites
- 32,454 views
- Date taken: 2009-11-19 17:02:00
- Date uploaded: 2009-11-24
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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, venus, chandra, lightonvenus, planetclosertosun, pixel, venusxrayimage, xrayspaceimage, venusianatmosphere, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Trigger-Happy Star Formation - Cepheus B: A cloud of molecular hydrogen in the Milky Way about 2,400 light years from Earth.
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- 11 comments
- 73 favorites
- 32,177 views
- Date taken: 2009-11-19 16:59:59
- Date uploaded: 2009-11-24
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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc6240, galaxy, space, red, light, butterfly, blurry, yellow, blue, abstract, softfocus, nebula, rainv, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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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Nearby Supernova Factory Ramps Up: A star-forming region about 7,500 light years from Earth.
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- 3 comments
- 54 favorites
- 31,273 views
- Date taken: 2011-10-13 11:35:47
- Date uploaded: 2011-10-24
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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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Peering Into The Heart of Darkness - The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
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- 5 comments
- 62 favorites
- 30,094 views
- Date taken: 2010-07-30 13:01:52
- Date uploaded: 2010-08-02
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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, theantennae, neutronstar, blackhole, chandratelescope, chandra, galaxies, collision, collidinggalaxies, cloud, superbubbles, galaxy, universe, xray, space, stars, cosmos, dust, creation, distant, nebulae, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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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Massive Black Hole Implicated in Stellar Destruction - An elliptical galaxy in the Fornax cluster that contains an ultraluminous X-ray source.
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- 5 comments
- 35 favorites
- 29,021 views
- Date taken: 2010-07-30 13:00:58
- Date uploaded: 2010-08-02
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M17: "X-ray Champagne Flow" Uncorked in Horseshoe Nebula (A young star cluster 5,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.)
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- 7 comments
- 32 favorites
- 28,871 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:31:55
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, m17, horseshoenebula, chandratelescope, red, redhotgas, lightsnightcolors, weird, puple, blue, design, 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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, sn1996cr, circinusgalaxyx2, galaxy, supernova, chandra, xray, smithsoniansupernovaexample, stars, supernovastarsuperexplosionof, new, life, gods, art, space, pretty, beautiful, outerspace, themilkyway, bright, star, galat, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Remnant of an Explosion With a Powerful Kick?
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- 2 comments
- 40 favorites
- 28,330 views
- Date taken: 2011-04-06 13:24:10
- Date uploaded: 2012-04-11
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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, m87, chandra, virgogalaxy, galaxycluster, falsecolor, supernova, starburst, orange, yello, space, outerspace, stars, red, glow, yellow, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, snrg54103, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, areciboradiotelescope, neuronstar, chandra, xrayobservatory, nasasciencemission, space, outerspacestars, blue, universe, galaxy, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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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- 0 comments
- 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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Chandra Images Torrent of Star Formation: A starburst galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth.
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- 5 comments
- 45 favorites
- 27,009 views
- Date taken: 2011-01-26 14:42:08
- Date uploaded: 2011-01-31
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, smithsonian, galaxy, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Drama In The Heart Of The Tarantula (30 Doradus is one of the largest massive star forming regions close to the Milky Way.)
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- 1 comment
- 23 favorites
- 26,805 views
- Date taken: 2009-01-02 11:23:50
- Date uploaded: 2009-01-26
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, tarantulanebula, 30doradus, chandraxrayobservatory, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory, stars, starformation, sterne, starnursery, galaxies
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A supernova remnant created from the death of a massive star about 2,000 years ago.
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- 0 comments
- 9 favorites
- 26,560 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:40
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, rcw103, chandra, bluedot, blaupunkt, stardeath, xraystardebrisneutron, universe, star, space, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory, supernova, remnant
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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc1132, chandra, space, galaxy, falsecolor, universr, stars, galaxies, aura, gaze, haze, glare, 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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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
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, b150958, chandratelescope, neutronstar, circinus, pulsar, chandra, outerspace, milkyway, space, vibrantcolors, nova, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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