Space images thread

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For those who like to look at the non-celestials up there
https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/home.cfm

So, does anyone know what Jupiter's moons are named for?

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The practice was to name newly discovered moons of Jupiter after lovers and favorites of the god Jupiter (Zeus) and, since 2004, also after their descendants.[32] All of Jupiter's satellites from XXXIV (Euporie) are named after daughters of Jupiter or Zeus.[32]

Does anyone remember the name of the probe sent to Jupiter to check out the satellites and Jupiter itself?

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Juno. Jupiter's Wife's name. They sent his wife, to check on him with his mistresses....

 

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RXC J0032.1+1808 - massive group of galaxies bound together by gravity

Sun

 

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Coronal Hole Facing Earth

Labeatis Fossae, Mars

 

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Spectacular spiral galaxy NGC 1032

A handful of other galaxies can be seen lurking in the background, scattered around the narrow stripe of NGC 1032. Many are oriented face-on or at tilted angles, showing off their glamorous spiral arms and bright star-studded cores.

 

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Galaxy cluster MACS j1149.5+223

Sun

M108

 

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A Pale Blue Dot, As Seen by a CubeSat

https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/multimedia/images/21859/first-image-from-marco-b

InSight on Its Way to Mars from Mt. Wilson

InSight Mission to Mars Launch

 

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New image of Jupiter

 

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Two interacting galaxies — NGC 5426 and NGC 5427 — together form an intriguing astronomical object named Arp 271.

Galaxy cluster SDSS J0333+0651

 

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Seyfert galaxy NGC 5643 (located 55 million ly from Earth)

Cluster of hundreds of galaxies located ~ 7.5 billion ly from Earth.

 

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New NatGeo Video

Latest ESO videos 4K

and some watchmojo stuff

 

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New videos:

IC 4870

Milky Way

 

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Alpha Centauri

Latest videos

 

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Martian snow

Galaxy cluster RXC J0232.2-4420

 

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There is no space. We live in a simulation.

 

[BraveSoul]

There is no space. We live in a simulation.

I knew it, is there a thread on it here? this game is sooooooo realistic lol

 

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This turbulent celestial palette of purple and yellow shows a bubble of gas named NGC 3199, blown by a star known as WR18 (Wolf-Rayet 18).

Stormy Jupiter

Abell 901,2

 

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Mars

 

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NGC 2440 nebula

Swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices within Jupiters northern hemisphere

 

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Martian landscape and Vesta

Globular cluster NGC 6139

 

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Nearby asteroids photobomb galaxy cluster Abell 370

Latest findings!

 

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RXC J2211.7-0350 (Massive galaxy cluster)

First clear image of a planet caught in the very act of formation around the dwarf star PDS 70. The planet stands clearly out, visible as a bright point to the right of the centre of the image, which is blacked out by the coronagraph mask used to block the blinding light of the central star.

 

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Like a July 4 fireworks display, a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial burst. The cluster is surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas and dust – the raw material for new star formation. The nebula, located 20kly away in the constellation Carina, contains a central cluster of huge, hot stars, called NGC 3603.

At 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, 2018, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft lifts off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Dragon is carrying more than 5,900 pounds of research, equipment, cargo and supplies that will support dozens of scientific investigations aboard the International Space Station.

This image of Jupiter's southern hemisphere was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on the outbound leg of a close flyby of the gas-giant planet.

This image of the Moon was taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from the International Space Station during his Horizons mission.