Space images thread

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Some old stuff

 

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Galaxy cluster RCS2 J2327 contains the mass of 2 quadrillion Suns

 

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Dwarf galaxy Kiso 5639

 

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Lots of cool stuff this week

 

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Globular cluster NGC 3201

M17 (Omega Nebula)

Cartwheel Galaxy lies ~ 500 million ly away in the constellation of Sculptor

 

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1RXS J0603.3+4214 aka Toothbrush galaxy cluster

Betelgeuse is located relatively close at 500 light-years from the Earth, and it has expanded to 1400 times as big as the Sun, which is about the same size as Jupiter’s orbit in the Solar System.

 

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Rho Oph dark interstellar cloud infrared image + polarization spectrum

starburst galaxy M82 with its large-scale magnetic field along the polar direction of the disk

How far away is Polaris?
434 ly

 

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Betelgeuse is located relatively close at 500 light-years from the Earth, and it has expanded to 1400 times as big as the Sun, which is about the same size as Jupiter’s orbit in the Solar System.

Some people have speculated that Betelgeuse is about to collapse and go nova or may have allready gone Nova
if it has we might be uncomfortably close to such a Stella event

 

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Some people have speculated that Betelgeuse is about to collapse and go nova or may have allready gone Nova
if it has we might be uncomfortably close to such a Stella event

Scientists estimated that if supernova occurs < 50 light-years away from us then it's 100% "game over".

Betelgeuse is 500 ly and it will shower us with its gamma and X rays, hopefully ozone layer will protect Earth.

We will definitely 'feel something' but 500 ly distance is kinda okayish to soften the blow.

 

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Spiral galaxy M106. It is located 24 million ly from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici

 

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This image of the dramatic star formation region 30 Doradus, also known as the Tarantula Nebula, was created from a mosaic of images taken using the HAWK-I instrument working with the Adaptive optics Facility of ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. The stars are significantly sharper than the same image without adaptive optics being used, and fainter stars can be seen.

Astronomers using ALMA have uncovered chemical “fingerprints” of methanol, dimethyl ether, and methyl formate in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

 

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This image of distant interacting galaxies, known collectively as Arp 142, bears an uncanny resemblance to a penguin guarding an egg.

 

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Galaxy NGC 7252

Lonely barred spiral galaxy NGC 1559 lies 50 million ly away.

 

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HINODE Captures Record Breaking Solar Magnetic Field

Saturn's icy moon Rhea passes in front of Titan as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft

 

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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a spiral galaxy known as NGC 7331. It's located ~ 45 million ly away in the constellation of Pegasus.
Its central bulge displays a quirky and unusual rotation pattern, spinning in the opposite direction to the galactic disk itself.

New image of Jupiter

 

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Latest videos by Hubble!

 

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New!

 

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New image of Jupiter

http://www.ispacea.com/2018/02/nasas-1-billion-jupiter-probe-just-sent.html

 

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New Juno's images of Jupiter

Latest BigThink astronomy video:

 

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Nestled in the young Ophiuchus star-forming region, 410 ly from the Sun, a fascinating protoplanetary disc named AS 209 is slowly being carved into shape.

Dwarf irregular galaxy IC 4710