smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
115 photos tagged smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.
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The last upload was April 2012.
Remnant of an Explosion With a Powerful Kick? from Smithsonian Institution uploaded April 2012
All Eyes on Oldest Recorded Supernova from Smithsonian Institution uploaded April 2012
Giant Ring of Black Holes: A galaxy about 430 million light years from Earth. from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2011
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Chandra Images Torrent of Star Formation: A starburst galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth.
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Massive Black Hole Implicated in Stellar Destruction - An elliptical galaxy in the Fornax cluster that contains an ultraluminous X-ray source.
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Michelle Burger said:
Heart skipped. Exquisite.
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Politisaurio said:
Oww! Beautiful, breathtaking. And it makes me feel so, so, so little...
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Shawna Prince said:
Awe inspiring!!
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Smithsonian Institution said:
You can read a blog post about this photo here: blog.photography.si.edu/2010/08/11/destiny-of-a-galaxy/
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Opposite Downtown said:
It amazes me how they can leave these shots so dark.
Giant Ring of Black Holes: A galaxy about 430 million light years from Earth.
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godisinusall (GreyReb or Chris) said:
WOW ! This is very interesting portrait ! Excellent detail in this photo. Lots of colors ! Veery imformative caption ! Have a wonderful week !
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legend5555 said:
W((O))W !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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JeromeG111 said:
Awesome photo....thing is we have no idea if that is how they look now since they are over 430 million light years away. We are now seeing how that section of space looked during prehistoric times.
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adhil yadhil said:
rd
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melodic destruction said:
Amazing . . .