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• SN 1006: The Hot Remains of a 1000 Year-Old Supernova (A supernova remnant about 7,000 light years from Earth.)

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  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:19
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, sn1006, supernova, astralphotography, chandra, red, star, stellar, gas, whitedwarf, xray, nasa, observatory, blur, 1006supernova, stardeath, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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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  • 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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• The supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy.

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  • 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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• Sirius A and B: A Double-Star System in the Constellation Canis Major

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  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:13
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, siriusab, astralphotography, chandraxrayobservatory, sirius, whitedwarf, binarystar, doublestarsystem, chandra, starpattern, light, windmilloflight, rays, binary, stars, radial, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• A star cluster about 9,000 light years from Earth in the Constellation Carina.

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  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:56
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, trumpler14, astralphotography, chandraxrayobservatory, stars, xray, purple, space, sparkle, dark, cosmos, art, blinds, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• Tycho's Supernova Remnant: Tycho's Remnant Provides Shocking Evidence for Cosmic Rays (The hot, expanding debris of a supernova observed in 1572.)

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  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:36:03
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  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, tychossupernovaremnant, astralphotography, chandraxrayobservatory, supernova, shockwave, cosmicrays, tycho, brahe, astronomy, hotgaseoussupernovadebris, supernovadebris, green, red, purple, space, outerspace, black, yellow, white, manycolors, explodingcolors, stars, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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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  • 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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  • 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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