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Zooming in on Merging Spiral Galaxies | Gemini North Telescope

Zooming in on Merging Spiral Galaxies | Gemini North Telescope

Zoom in reveals a pair of interacting spiral galaxies—NGC 4568 and NGC 4567—as they begin to clash and merge. These galaxies are entangled by their mutual gravitational field and will eventually combine to form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years. Also visible in the image is the glowing remains of a supernova that was detected in 2020.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Music: Zero-project - Through the Looking Glass

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: July 30, 2022

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Merging Galaxy Pair NGC 4568 & NGC 4567 | Gemini North Telescope

Merging Galaxy Pair NGC 4568 & NGC 4567 | Gemini North Telescope

This image from the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i reveals a pair of interacting spiral galaxies—NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top)—as they begin to clash and merge. The galaxies will eventually form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF's NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Release Date: August 9, 2022

Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1: Wide-field View | ESO

Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1: Wide-field View | ESO

This image shows the sky around the location of ESO 378-1. This planetary nebula shows up clearly as a blue disc at the center of the picture. This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: August 5, 2015

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Panning across Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1 | ESO

Panning across Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1 | ESO

This extraordinary bubble, glowing like the ghost of a star in the haunting darkness of space, may appear supernatural and mysterious, but it is a familiar astronomical object—a planetary nebula, the remnants of a dying star. This video pan sequence gives a close-up view of what is the best image of the little-known object ESO 378-1 yet obtained and was captured by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in northern Chile.

Distance: 3,500 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 25 seconds

Release Date: August 5, 2015

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Zooming in on Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1 | ESO

Zooming in on Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1 | ESO

This video sequence starts from a wide field of the Milky Way and closes in on a rather empty patch of sky in the huge constellation of Hydra. A strange blue disc becomes visible—the planetary nebula ESO 378-1. The final very detailed view comes from ESO’s Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.

Distance: 3,500 light years

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger

Music: Johan B. Monell

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: August 5, 2015

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Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1 | European Southern Observatory

This extraordinary bubble, glowing like the ghost of a star in the haunting darkness of space, may appear supernatural and mysterious, but it is a familiar astronomical object—a planetary nebula, the remnants of a dying star. This is the best view of the little-known object ESO 378-1 yet obtained and was captured by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in northern Chile.

Distance: 3,500 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: August 5, 2015

#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Nebula #PlanetaryNebula #ESO3781 #Hydra #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education

The Toby Jug Nebula: Wide-field View | ESO

The Toby Jug Nebula: Wide-field View | ESO

This wide-field image shows the patch of sky around the Toby Jug Nebula (IC 2220). This view was created from photographs forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The spikes and blue circles around the stars in this picture are artifacts of the telescope and the photographic process.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: October 9, 2013

#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Stars #Star #HD65750 #Nebula #ReflectionNebula #TobyJugNebula #IC2220 #Carina #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education

Panning across The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO

Panning across The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO

Located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Carina (The Ship's Keel), the Toby Jug Nebula, more formally known as IC 2220, is an example of a reflection nebula. It is a cloud of gas and dust illuminated from within by the central star, designated HD 65750. This pan video gives a closer look at this rare object.

Distance: 1,200 light-years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: October 15, 2013

Zooming into The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO

Zooming into The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO

This video sequence starts with a view of the spectacular Milky Way. As we zoom in, we can see the constellation of Carina (The Keel) and then the curious shape of the Toby Jug Nebula as captured in an image from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile.

Distance: 1,200 light-years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Nick Risinger

Music: movetwo

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: October 15, 2013

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover: New August 2022 Images | JPL

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover: New August 2022 Images | JPL

MSL - sol 3556 - Mastcam

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - sol 3553 - Mastcam

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - sol 3549 - Mastcam

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - sol 3555 - Mastcam

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life.

Launch: Nov. 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit: mars.nasa.gov

Image Release Dates: August 3-9, 2022

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Sun Illuminates Earth's Limb above Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

Sun Illuminates Earth's Limb above Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

The sun illuminates Earth's limb as the International Space station soared 271 miles above the Pacific Ocean south of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on the station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

STEM is an acronym for the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: July 31, 2022

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The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO's Very Large Telescope

The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO's Very Large Telescope

Located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Carina (The Ship’s Keel), the Toby Jug Nebula, more formally known as IC 2220, is an example of a reflection nebula. It is a cloud of gas and dust illuminated from within by the central star, designated HD 65750.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: October 9, 2013

Part of The Coalsack Nebula (Fulldome View) | ESO

Part of The Coalsack Nebula (Fulldome View) | ESO

This is a fulldome video for planetariums showing part of the Coalsack Nebula.

Distance: 600 light years

Note: The full dome video display format is designed for projection systems in planetariums.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/T. Matsopoulos

Duration: 19 seconds

Release Date: October 14, 2015

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Gems of The Earth's Southern Sky

Gems of The Earth's Southern Sky

Part of the southern Milky Way, around the constellations of Centaurus, Crux and Carina. In the center of the image, the majestic Southern Cross (Crux) constellation, symbol of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), takes the central stage with dark Coalsack Nebula close by. On the left, brightest stars of Centaurus can be seen with their typical colors. The brighter one is Alpha Centauri, one of the closest stars to our Sun. Right part of the view belngs to prominent Carina Nebula, one of the most significant of its type in the whole sky. To achieve so many details, the photographer used a Vixen Polarie mount.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/P. Horálek

Release Date: September 17, 2019

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The Coalsack Nebula: Wide-field View | ESO

The Coalsack Nebula: Wide-field View | ESO

This rich landscape is part of the small constellation of Crux (The Southern Cross). The very bright star is Alpha Crucis, also known as Acrux, one of the four stars that make up the famous cross shape. Most of the upper left part of this image is filled with dark dusty clouds that form part of the huge dark nebula called the Coalsack.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: October 14, 2015

#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Stars #Star #AlphaCrucis #Acrux #Nebula #CoalsackNebula #TGUH1867 #Crux #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education

A Close Look at Part of The Coalsack Nebula | ESO

A Close Look at Part of The Coalsack Nebula | ESO

This video takes a close-up look at a new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope. It shows part of the huge cloud of dust and gas known as the Coalsack Nebula, close to the Southern Cross in the southern Milky Way. The dust in this nebula absorbs and scatters the light from background stars, making many of them appear fainter and redder.

Distance: 600 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Music: Johan Monell

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: October 14, 2015

#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Stars #Nebula #CoalsackNebula #TGUH1867 #Crux #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

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