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• Orion Nebula: Peering into the Orion Nebula

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  • 5 comments
  • 155 favorites
  • 62,993 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:18
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, orionnebula, chandra, nubes, gas, polvo, hubble, estrella, m42, diffusenebula, greatnebula, stars, beautiful, endless, spacestarsvastnesscolorbeautyamazinggodsolarsystemnebulaegalaxyclusy, space, cosmos, sky, galaxy, galxey, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• NGC 3079 (A spiral galaxy about 55 million light years from Earth.)

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  • 4 comments
  • 34 favorites
  • 56,486 views
  • Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:24
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc3079, chandra, blue, hubbletelescope, galaxy, space, stars, xray, spiral, solarsystem, infared, atmosphere, superwind, hubble, gas, horseshoe, beautiful, purple, red, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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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  • 6 comments
  • 36 favorites
  • 53,540 views
  • 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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• Wall Divides East and West Sides of Cosmic Metropolis: The largest region of star formation in the nearby galaxy M33.

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  • 21 comments
  • 144 favorites
  • 50,101 views
  • Date taken: 2009-05-26 15:39:28
  • Date uploaded: 2009-06-01
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astronomy, focusbokeh, typehereblue, space, stars, color, gas, bubbles, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• N49: Stellar Debris in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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  • 3 comments
  • 99 favorites
  • 48,275 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:33:16
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, n49, chandra, celestial, cloud, xray, gas, universe, hubble, stellar, supern, starsnightlightcolorssky, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• Colossal Hot Cloud Envelopes Colliding Galaxies

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  • 4 comments
  • 99 favorites
  • 45,000 views
  • Date taken: 2013-09-25 09:04:06
  • Date uploaded: 2013-09-30
  • Tags: ngc6240, chandra, hot, cloud, gas, galaxies, purple, violet
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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
  • Tags: abell520, chandra, galaxies, gas
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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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  • 0 comments
  • 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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• 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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• 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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