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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
  • 59 favorites
  • 52,634 views
  • Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:52
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, westerlund1, chandra, focusbokeh, space, outerspace, satellitephoto, stars, blue, pattern, telescope, bright, galaxy, light, dark, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, puppisa, chandra, space, cosmos, colorful, supernova, artificialcolor, telescope, supernovaexplosion, xray, starformation, cloud, galaxy, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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 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
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, n132d, chandra, magellaniccloud, vastgalaxy, cloudgalaxy, pink, stars, nightsky, telescope, science, supernova, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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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 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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• George A. Van Biesbroeck (1880-1974)

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  • 6 comments
  • 106 favorites
  • 25,720 views
  • Date taken: 2010-06-21 11:55:52
  • Date uploaded: 2010-06-25
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astronomy, astronomer, yerkesobservatory, telescope, georgeavanbiesbroeck, georgevanbiesbroeck, vanbiesbroeck, man, science, scientist, standing, mars, 1926, 1920s, twenties, steampunk, scienceseeker, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, epic
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• Portrait of Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882-1944), Astronomer

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  • 13 favorites
  • 22,930 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:08:45
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, astronomer, eddington, observatory, science, astronomy, man, telescope, arthur, stanley, acience, work, 1920s, vintagesuit, microscope, looking, lab, staring, oldportrait, antique, berndibner, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• GOODS Chandra Deep Field-North: The Secret Lives Of Galaxies Unveiled In Deep Survey

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  • 24 favorites
  • 22,462 views
  • Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:02
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, chandradeepfieldnorth, chandratelescope, chandra, xray, astronomy, stars, microbes, red, black, infinite, light, galaxie, dots, lights, galaxy, telescope, deepspace, spots, blackness, colorful, coloreddots, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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