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NGC 6914
http://www.karelteuwen.be/photo_page.ph ... 6&album=15
Copyright: Karel Teuwen

Virgo Galaxy Cluster
http://www.starpointing.com/ccd/virgodeep.html
Copyright: Fabian Neyer

I think the way data gets from a satellite like Hubble down to terra firma is largely unknown and unappreciated by lay persons. Who even knows what the TDRSS is? This is from a Frontier Fields blog entry.

Hubble Observations: From the Sky to the Ground
http://frontierfields.org/2014/04/01/hu ... he-ground/

NGC 2170
http://www.astrostudio.at/1_Deep%20Sky% ... 02ab6ea236
Copyright: Gerald Rhemann

NGC 6726
http://www.pleiades.hu/en/
Copyright: Lorand Fenyes

Sh2-239
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1163.html
Copyright: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF) Interestingly, although this nebula is included in the Sharpless catalogue of HII regions, it is actually a reflection nebula.

Medusa Nebula (Abell 21)
http://www.astro-koop.de/?attachment_id=1246
Copyright: Stefan Heutz, Wolfgang Ries and Michael Breite

B35
http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/B35%2 ... 20Ori.html
Copyright: Antonio Sánchez

NGC 2997
http://www.chart32.de/index.php/component/k2/item/87
Copyright: CHART32

PFP 1
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/ ... -hHXZ7FQ/A
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

M3
http://kepler-observatorium.ru/index.ph ... 4&Itemid=5
Copyright: Andrey Kuznetsov

Lagoon Nebula (M8)
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1403/
Copyright: ESO/VPHAS+ team You can read more about the VPHAS+ survey here: http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.7024

NGC 2467
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/ngc2 ... 11K_RC.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch

NGC 1514
http://bf-astro.com/ngc1514/ngc1514.htm
Copyright: Bob Franke

Eclipsed red Moon targeted by a green laser
Copyrights: Dan Long
Suggested by Tom Murphy

Kepler 186f (artist impression)
Copyrights: Karen Wehrstein
Suggested by Steve Andrew

Couple of points:

1) My name is spelled WeHRstein.
2) I have a larger and lighter-toned version of this image... see it here.

Karen Wehrstein wrote:Couple of points:

1) My name is spelled WeHRstein.
2) I have a larger and lighter-toned version of this image... see it here.

You have to forgive Sandgirl for her spelling error! Whilst her spelling might not be 100% correct, at least she has a good heart.

NGC 1360
http://www.cosmicphotos.com/gallery/ima ... bum_id=254
Copyright: Jason Jennings

IC 4634
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1003a/
Copyright: ESA/Hubble and NASA

Hi, today 23th of april 13h33 T.U a big prominence on sun...
coronograph 225 mm F/14 + 5A h-alpha filter, skynyx 2.1 M.
best regards.
© philippe TOSI