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A Young Pulsar Shows its Hand from Smithsonian Institution uploaded April 2009
A supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy about 160,000 light years from Earth. from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
A cluster of galaxies one billion light years from Earth in the constellation Serpens. from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
Andromeda Galaxy (M31): The Heat Is On in Andromeda's Center from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
M17: "X-ray Champagne Flow" Uncorked in Horseshoe Nebula (A young star cluster 5,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.) from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
The Eagle Nebula (M16): Peering Into the Pillars of Creation (A nearby star-forming region about 7,000 light years from Earth.) from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
Kes 75: One Weird Star Starts Acting Like Another Kes 75 from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
The remains of a supernova first seen in 1604. from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
Kepler's Supernova Remnant: A Star's Death Comes to Life from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
The fifth planet from the Sun, as seen at a distance of about 400 million miles. from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
A cluster of galaxies in the constellation Hydra. from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
X-ray Mosaic of Galactic Center: Chandra Takes In the Bright Lights, Big City of the Milky Way from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
Arches, Quintuplet, and GC Star Clusters: Rough and Crowded Neighborhood at Galactic Center from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
SNR G54.1+0.3 (A supernova remnant about 16,000 light years from Earth.) from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
G292.0+1.8: Stellar Forensics with Striking Image from Chandra from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008

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A cluster of galaxies about a billion light years from Earth, located in the constellation Aquarius.

from Smithsonian Institution

Lukas Kummer said:
wow. a billion light years away... this means this event happened a billion years ago. truly mind boggling. i wonder if it has cooled off yet?

B1509-58: Chandra Examines A Quadrillion-volt Pulsar (A neutron star located about 19,000 light years away in the constellation Circinus.)

from Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution said:
A new version of this image can be seen here - www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/3424495044/

E0102-72.3: Supernova Portrait Gallery

from Smithsonian Institution

Jaap Cost Budde said:
a tribute for Q (james Bond films)
Marvelous Sleep said:
I've seen this one! It's very... violet.
duiceburger said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called NASA - Public Domain, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
crzyone9584 said:
This may be a portrait but it looks like a simple brush from Photoshop.
Smithsonian Institution said:
Hi crzyone9584, The Chandra Xray Observatory is a telescope which detects xray emissions. Different color values are assigned to the data Chandra collects, creating the images. You can learn more about it here - chandra.harvard.edu/about/ Best, Effie, Smithsonian Institution Archives