18 photos
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Cassiopeia A: Cassiopeia A in Many Colors
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- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:28:57
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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A Young Pulsar Shows its Hand
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- 58,349 views
- Date uploaded: 2009-04-08
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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
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- 55,120 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:24
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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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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Westerlund 1 (A dense cluster of young stars about 16,000 light years from Earth.)
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- 9 comments
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- 52,634 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:52
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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X-ray Mosaic of Galactic Center: Chandra Takes In the Bright Lights, Big City of the Milky Way
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- 6 comments
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- 40,927 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:30:24
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, galacticcenter, mosaic, milkyway, blackhole, chandratelescope, galaxy, galaxie, astronomie, espace, space, univers, universe, astronomy, chandra, stars, centralmilkyway, outerspace, lights, border, frame, gaa, 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
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Cartwheel Galaxy: Astronomers Do Flips Over Cartwheel Galaxy
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- 1 comment
- 49 favorites
- 39,418 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:28:47
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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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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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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- 6 comments
- 92 favorites
- 38,842 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:36:03
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- 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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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
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- 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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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
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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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- 32,986 views
- Date taken: 2009-01-02 11:24:36
- Date uploaded: 2009-01-26
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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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- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:27:36
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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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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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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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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- 23,974 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:32:56
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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Portrait and statue of Hans Peter Jörgen Julius Thomsen (1826-1909), Chemist
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- Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:11:15
- Date uploaded: 2008-06-05
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