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Using Chandra, XMM-Newton, and the Parkes radio telescope, researchers have found evidence for what may be the fastest moving pulsar ever seen. The large field of view contains XMM-Newton data (purple) that contains supernova remnant, which as been combined infrared and optical data (colored red, green and blue that appears as white). The Chandra image in bright green shown in the inset ("X-ray close-up") reveals a comet-shaped X-ray source well outside the boundary of the supernova remnant. Astronomers think object is a pulsar that may be moving at about 6 million miles per hour, which would make it one of the fastest ever detected if confirmed. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UC Berkeley/J. Tomsick et al and ESA/XMM-Newton; Optical: DSS, 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
Re: Found Images: 2012 July
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:40 am
by SsDd
This montage shows the best views of Jupiter's four large and diverse "Galilean" satellites as seen by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on the New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of Jupiter in late February 2007. The four moons are, from left to right: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. The images have been scaled to represent the true relative sizes of the four moons and are arranged in their order from Jupiter.
CREDIT: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Re: Found Images: 2012 July
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:55 am
by owlice
SsDd wrote:The aptly named Heron Galaxy appears to be spearing a fish in this night sky photo
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Astrophotographer Bill Snyder captured this image of the Heron Galaxy from Sierra Remote Observatory -- Heavens Mirror Observatory in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains on June 27, 2012.
CREDIT: Bill Snyder Astrophotography
The full moon in this image is the first after the solstice on June 20 this year. This photo was taken by photographer VegaStar Carpentier of Paris, France, on July 3, 2012.
CREDIT and COPYRIGHT: VegaStar Carpentier
Re: Found Images: 2012 July
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:38 pm
by SsDd
A particularly strong jet stream churns through Saturn's northern hemisphere in this false-color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
