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JUNO P22 - JUPITER The Wide Field Coverage for Juno (WFCJ) program is synchronized with perijove passes of the NASA Juno mission. "Perijove" is the close-approach atmospheric overflight of Juno during its highly eccentric 53-day orbit. The Juno spacecraft orbit is very eccentric, allowing...

NGC 2866 The Dust Disk Galaxy NGC 5866 (also called the Spindle Galaxy or Messier 102) is a relatively bright lenticular or spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco. One of the most outstanding features of NGC 5866 is the extended dust disk, which is seen almost exactly edge-on. This dust disk is h...

M64 Going into the gravity of the Blak Hole Eye Galaxy The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated. The Black Eye Galaxy, also known as Messier 64 (M64), is a famous spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices...

M64 Going into the gravity of the Blak Hole Eye Galaxy The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated. The Black Eye Galaxy, also known as Messier 64 (M64), is a famous spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices...

NGC 4535 Black hole with surrounding arms NGC 4535 is a barred galaxy and one of the largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, a massive cluster of as many as 2000 galaxies, about 50 million light-years away. Although the Virgo Cluster is not much larger in diameter than the Local Group — the galaxy c...

NGC 4535 Black hole with surrounding arms NGC 4535 is a barred galaxy and one of the largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, a massive cluster of as many as 2000 galaxies, about 50 million light-years away. Although the Virgo Cluster is not much larger in diameter than the Local Group — the galaxy c...

DISCOVERING THE BLACK HOLE OF THE SPIRAL GALAXY NGC 4622 After a few weeks working behind the desk, trying the best to hidden the noise, working to remove the mosaic lines, and scratching until to find out the black hole of this pretty odd Spiral Galaxy known as the Ringed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4622 . ...

Galactic cannibalism - Arp 272 Arp 272 is a pair of interacting galaxies consisting of the two spiral galaxies NGC 6050 (left) and IC 1179 (right). Data taken from MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes. URL of website, http://astrophotographysirius.com/ Copyright:Lluis Romero

Abell 665 - Abell's highest richness class of 5 Abell 665 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue in the constellation Ursa Major. It is also known as the only cluster in his 1989 catalog to receive Abell's highest richness class of 5. This means that it contains at least 300 galaxies in the mag...

Abell 383 - Gravitational lenses The giant galaxy cluster in the centre of this image contains so much dark matter mass that its gravity bends the light of more distant objects. This means that for very distant galaxies in the background, the cluster’s gravitational field acts as a sort of magnifyi...

NGC 3311 -- Brightest galaxy in a Cluster The dynamically hot stellar halo around NGC 3311: A small cluster-dominated central galaxy The central region of NGC 3311 is obscured by a dust cloud with an estimated diameter of 1,700 ly (0.53 kpc). It has an amorphous and complex structure and its small ...

Abell 1995 The Abell Catalog of Galaxy Clusters was published in 1957 by American Astronomer George Abell. Abell used plates from the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS) to identify 2,712 galaxy clusters. Of these clusters, 1,351 have been observed by the SDSS Data Release 5. Copyright: Lluis Rom...

Interacting Galaxies Arp 273
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Castle of Cardona with Fully Moon The Castle of Cardona is one of the most important medievales fortress in Catalonia and one of the most important in Spain! It is located on a hill overlooking the river valley of the Cardener and the town of Cardona! Photo planned one month before to know the exac...

NGC 5398 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus.

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NGC 891 Our Twin Sister Galaxy

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IC 434 Horsehead nebula - Barnad 33 (B33) he Horsehead Nebula is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, & is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. Copyright by: Lluís Romero

Full colours in vdB 142 The Elephant Trunk nebula in Cepheus

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IC 5146 Inside the Cocoon Nebula Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars. Cataloged as IC 5146, the beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide, located some 4,000 light years away toward the northern constellation Cygnus. Like other star forming regions, it stands out in...

Two in One - NGC 6820 Nebula and NGC 6823 Cluster in Vulpecula NGC 6820 is a small reflection nebula near the open cluster NGC 6823 in Vulpecula. The reflection nebula and cluster are embedded in a large faint emission nebula called Sh 2-86. The whole area of nebulosity is often referred to as NGC ...

M16 Pillars of Creation – Infrared Light - Another point of view Although NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken many breathtaking images of the universe, one snapshot stands out from the rest: the iconic view of the so-called "Pillars of Creation." The jaw-dropping photo, taken in 1995,...

M16 Pillars of Creation – Infrared Light - Another point of view Although NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken many breathtaking images of the universe, one snapshot stands out from the rest: the iconic view of the so-called "Pillars of Creation." The jaw-dropping photo, taken in 1995,...

Counting Galaxies in Hickson Compact Group 44 (Arp 316) – Interacting Galaxies Counting Galaxies in Hickson Compact Group 44 (Arp 316) – Interacting Galaxies Arp 316 is in the Galaxy Groups class. This group, including NGC 3185, is also known as Hickson 44. Hickson 44 (Arp 316), galaxy group in con...

Sh2-234 - IC417 - The Spider in colours IC 417 (also known as Sh2-234) is an emission nebula of almost 100 light-years across, located some 10,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Auriga (the Charioteer). It is often referred to as the Spider Nebula and in that case its prey is a...

Detail of NGC7331 NGC 7331 (also known as Caldwell 30) is a spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years (12 Mpc) away in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784.NGC 7331 is the brightest member of the NGC 7331 Group of galaxies. The galaxy is similar in size and stru...