Found Images: 2014 January

[Ann]

...and Hubble Heritage has a new image of M83.

http://heritage.stsci.edu/2014/04/caption.html wrote:
This image is being used to support a citizen science project titled STAR DATE: M83. The primary goal is to estimate ages for approximately 3,000 star clusters. Amateur scientists will use the presence or absence of the pink hydrogen emission, the sharpness of the individual stars, and the color of the clusters to estimate ages. Participants will measure the sizes of the star clusters and any associated emission nebulae. Finally, the citizen scientists will "explore" the image, identifying a variety of objects ranging from background galaxies to supernova remnants to foreground stars.

STAR DATE: M83 is a joint collaborative effort between the Space Telescope Science Institute and Zooniverse, creators of several citizen science projects including Galaxy Zoo, Planet Hunters, and the Andromeda Project (go to www.zooniverse.org to see the full list). The M83 project is scheduled to launch on Monday, January 13, 2014. People interested in exploring this remarkable image in more detail, and in directly participating in a science project, can visit http://www.projectstardate.org .

Ann

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Hooray!!! Adam Block has posted a new galaxy picture - of lovely galaxy NGC 2276 and its elliptical "friend" NGC 2300!!!

Ann

I like it when you say "Hooray!!!".
This is a wonderful contrasting galaxy pair and the galactic cirrus is a great bonus! Also NGC 2300 is a shell elliptical!

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NGC 2444-5
http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... Arp143.htm
Copyright: Makis Palaiologou, Stefan Binnewies and Josef Pöpsel

This peculiar interacting galaxy pair is also known as Arp 143.

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Polaris region
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neutronman/8158363755/
Copyright: John Davis

Near the north celestial pole is a large high latitude dust cloud complex (usually referred to as the Polaris Flare by professionals). This cloud reflects the combined light of the Milky Way!

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N70
http://www.astrodonimaging.com/gallery/ ... ?imgID=260
Copyright: Don Goldman

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Mmmmm, superbubbles! This actually contains a lot of OIII emission but the very few images only include Ha and show it to be red when in fact it has many brilliant colours!

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NGC 7510
http://www.astrophoton.com/NGC7510.htm
Copyright: Bernhard Hubl

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Horsehead Nebula (B33) widefield
http://www.astrophoto.com/WildHorsehead.htm
Copyright: Tony Hallas

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NGC 206
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1176.html
Copyright: T.A. Rector and A. Strom (University of Alaska Anchorage) and WIYN

This is a large starcloud in the Andromeda Galaxy.

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Andromeda Galaxy (M31) core
http://astro-kooperation.com/?attachment_id=1147
Copyright: Stefan Heutz, Wolfgang Ries and Michael Breite

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vdB47
http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/Vdb%2 ... us%29.html
Copyright: Antonio Sánchez

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NGC 1365
http://www.astrostudio.at/1_Deep%20Sky% ... 7a1eaaaa4d
Copyright: Gerald Rhemann

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Octans dust
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/ ... -KtF89sj/A
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

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Just as there are high latitude clouds near the north celestial pole, there are also equivalent clouds near the south celestial pole in the constellation of Octans. This image only shows a small part of a huge complex.

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NGC 55
http://www.astro-pics.com/55tvm.htm
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper

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NGC 2014 and NGC 2020
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1335/
Copyright: ESO

NGC 2014 is the cluster associated with an emission nebula and NGC 2020 is the Wolf Rayet nebula on the left.