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The Dumbbell Nebula
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The Dumbbell Nebula, also known as M27, (the 27th object on Messier's list) is a planetary nebula, the type of nebula our Sun will produce when nuclear fusion stops in its core.
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NGC 3718 & NGC 3729
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A striking pair of spiral galaxies in the constellation of Ursa Major – NGC 3718 (above, right) and NGC 3729 (below centre) – is 52 million light-years distant.
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Chondrite
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Rocks from Space Picture of the Day:
A large fresh (unclassified) chondrite weighing 1098 grams. A beautiful specimen with lots of black fusion crust and regmaglypts.
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Pictures of viruses Read more A virus (from the Latin virus meaning toxin or poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus]Rea...
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Spiral galaxies
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This montage of galaxies M61, NGC 4449, NGC 4725, NGC 5068, NGC 5247, and NGC 5775/5774 (from top left to bottom right[img]http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0506/galaxysample_b...
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Messier 110
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The dwarf elliptical galaxy M110 (aka NGC 205) is a member of the local group of galaxies, and a satellite of the Andromeda spiral galaxy .
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Milky Way's disk
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Most bright stars in our Milky Way Galaxy reside in a disk. Expand Since our Sun also resides in this disk, t...
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NGC6888
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Credit Don Goldman NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across, blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. Near the centre of this widefield view of interstellar gas clouds and rich star fields of the constellation Cygnus, NGC 6...
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The veil nebula
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Expand (351kb, 1024 x 768) The veil nebula (Cygnus Loop) Position(2000): RA: 20h 45m 38.0s, Dec: +30° 42′ 30″
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M106
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Close to Ursa Major (the Great Bear) and surrounded by the stars of Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs), this celestial nebula was discovered in 1781 by the French astronomer Pierre Mechain.
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M22
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The globular cluster M22, contains over 100,000 stars. These stars formed together and are gravitationally bound. Stars orbit the centre of the cluster, and the cluster orbits the centre of our Galaxy.
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Trifid Nebula
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The beautiful Trifid Nebula (M20[url=http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0505/m20_jacobsen_full.jpg]Ex...
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Burt's Ring of Stones
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The Ring of Stones, also known as the Circle of Stones, is a stone arrangement which may have been constructed by some of the 68 marooned passengers and crew from the Dutch ship the Vergulde Draeck, wrecked about 100 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia in 1656. The Ring of Stones was reported...
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Asteroid Itokawa
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NGC4565
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The spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile. It lies in the constellation Coma Berenices.
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