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This view, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a nearby spiral galaxy known as NGC 1433. At about 32 million light-years from Earth, it is a type of very active galaxy known as a Seyfert galaxy — a classification that accounts for 10% of all galaxies. They have very bright, luminous centres comparable to that of our galaxy, the Milky Way. ...
This is one of more than a hundred new planetary nebulae discovered in the IPHAS survey. The first release of the IPHAS planetary nebula catalogue was published earlier this month, see here: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.0109
Image Data: M. Gladders (University of Chicago), J. Rigby (NASA/GSFC), E. Wuyts (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching), K. Sharon (University of Michigan), M. Bayliss (Harvard University), H. Dahle (University of Oslo), and J. Hennawi (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg)
Science Credit:: M. Gladders, M. Florian (University of Chicago), S. Baum, C. O'Dea, K. Cooke (Rochester Institute of Technology), M. Bayliss (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), H. Dahle (University of Oslo, Norway), T. Davis (European Southern Observatory), J. Rigby (NASA/GSFC), K. Sharon (University of Michigan), E. Soto (Catholic University), and E. Wuyts (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching).
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
A Thirty Kiloparsec Chain of "Beads on a String" Star Formation Between Two
Merging Early Type Galaxies in the Core of a Strong-Lensing Galaxy Cluster - Grant R. Tremblay et al
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Location: Grandview Campground, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California. Total integration time: 9.5 hours.
Equipment: Televue NP127is at f4.1; Atik 383L+; Atlas EQ-G; Astrodon E series LRGB filters. Processing: Images Plus; Maxim DL; Registar; PS Elements.
Hi there
some pictures of the latest supermoon from Bari (Italy).
Hope you like it
Luigi Fiorentino
behind the pinnacle of the cathedral
At the top of our cathedral
Along the seaside
David Malin Awards 2014
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:56 am
by MargaritaMc
http://csirouniverseblog.com/2014/07/21 ... ards-2014/
Swirling dust and star-forming gas, solar explosions and dancing dishes. These are among the eight photographs and videos that have won top honours in this year’s David Malin Awards, Australia’s premier astrophotography competition. ...
