Official Space is Awesome Thread

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On 7/1/2023 at 4:33 AM, Argonne69 said:

A long exposure exposes many of the nearly 1000 stars in the Pleiades cluster.

 

 

Image: A. Vilhena

 

 

And here I thought it was just the seven sisters.😉

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The comet Leonard over the Negev desert.

 

 

Image: A. Savenok

 

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The lunar sea Mare Crisium.

 

 

Image: A. Vanoni

 

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The Milky Way over the isle of St. Agnes, U.K.

 

 

Image: D. Horlock
 

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NGC 2070, The Tarantula Nebula, is 1000 light-years in diameter, and lies inside our satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud. It's ~180,000 light-years away. If the nebula was as close as the Orion Nebula, it would take up half the night sky.

 

 

Image: S. Body

 

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A Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on June 5.

 

 

Image: C&J Images
 

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Rho Ophiuchi, the closest star-forming region to Earth, in a NIRCam image. It lies 390 light-years away. There are ~50 stars in the region.

 

 

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pagan

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A portion of the Orion Nebula ~1,350 light-years from Earth. The gassy area contains a carbon-based molecule that researchers believe might be a core component of interstellar organic chemistry.

 

 

Image: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Zamani, PDRs4ALL ERS Team

 

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The Southern Ring Nebula, NGC 3132, is located 2,500 light years away. The diameter of the cloud of gas and dust in this planetary nebula is 1/2 light-year. 

 

 

 

Image: Science NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, O. De Marco, J. DePasquale
 

Edited July 19, 2023 by Argonne69

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NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg riding the Canadarm2 robotic arm during a spacewalk at the ISS.

 

 

Image: NASA

 

Edited July 21, 2023 by Argonne69

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Wolf Rayet bubble nebula RCW58. Wolf Rayet stars are hot, massive stars that are quickly losing their mass. The star is visible at the nebula’s center.

 

 

Image: M. Hanson, M. Selby
 

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The spiral galaxy NGC 3521, located ~26 million light-years from Earth.

 

 

Image: M. Hanson, M. Selby

 

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A solar flare.

 

 

Image: M. Claro

 

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The Small Magellanic Cloud at center, the globular cluster 47 Tucanae at top, and globular cluster NGC 362 at left.

 

 

Image: J. Lodge
 

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Another magnificant view of the Pillars of Creation. Spanning ~4 to 5 light-years, the Pillars are a small part of the Eagle Nebula, which covers 70 by 55 light-years. It is located 7000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens.

 

 

Image: Image: Science NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. DePasquale, A.M. Koekemoer, A. Pagan
 

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Contact was lost with Voyager 2 from human error.

 

Some controller probably said, “I wonder what Cntrl + Alt + Del does?”

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More great stuff as usual Argonne. Appreciate it.

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Herbig-Haro 46/47, and an apparent question mark in deep space (as shown by yellow indicators at bottom center). I say it's a thermal plume from Doctor Who's Tardis.

 

 

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA

 

 

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA

 

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The Moon dressing up as Saturn for Halloween.

 

 

Image: F. Sojuel

 

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The northern lights over Iceland.

 

 

Image: M. Frenguelli

 

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NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy located 48 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. 

 

 

Image: M. Selby

 

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The Veil Nebula lies 2,100 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. It was formed ~10,000 years ago when a massive star 20 times the mass of our Sun went supernova.

 

 

Image: J. You

 

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The sundial Arctic Henge in Iceland.

 

 

Image: D. Viñé Garcia

 

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After 27 years of service, Ariane 5 blasts off for the final time from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

 

 

Image: ESA
 

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The Northern Lights over Vestrahorn, a mountain in Iceland.

 

 

Image: L. Ranieri Tenti
 

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The massive galaxy cluster Abell 3322. Galaxy 2MASX J05101744-4519179 sits front and center.

 

 

Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA, H. Ebeling
 

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Lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 is ~44 million light-years away in the southern constellation Pavo (peacock).

 

 

Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully

 

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The Ring Nebula (NGC 6720) in near-infrared. It lies ~2,500 light years away.

 

 

Image: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Barlow, N. Cox, R. Wesson

 

In mid-infrared.

 

 

Image: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Barlow, N. Cox, R. Wesson

 

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Snow covered trees under the aurora in Russia. 'Looks like a scene from a Dr, Seuss movie.

 

 

Image: N. Rinaldi
 

Edited August 25, 2023 by Argonne69