spiralgalaxy

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A Spectacular Image to Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy: A face-on spiral galaxy about 22 million light years from Earth.

from Smithsonian Institution

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • Smithsonian Institution said:
    To learn more about Chandra X-ray Observatory images, visit: blog.photography.si.edu/2009/05/11/seeing-the-invisible/ blog.photography.si.edu/2009/06/01/seeing-the-invisible-p...
  • Andy said:
    Wonderful! THIS is how I like to see my tax dollars spent, not killing people, but furthering our understanding of life, the universe, and everything.
  • hiroy71 said:
    Meravigliosa.
  • fjschloesser said:
    ich Schwachkopf bekomm diese Vielfalt von Millionen Sonnen nicht unter meine Mütze. Da sage mir einer, das war schon immer so ! ? Ich bin glücklich, dass ich jedem Tag, den Gott geschaffen hat, unserem Schöpfer danken kann, dass es mich gibt und dass ich solche Wunder auch täglich am Wegesrand erleben kann, oder in unserer Wildnis in Belgien wie der STERN auf 2 Fotoseiten berichtete www.frajo.de.tl *fin*
  • Gil Jacobus said:
    Interessante é a forma irregular da espiral, considerando a velocidade homogênia do disco, suponho, claro...........o que temos que ainda descobrir nesta área.........saberemos daqui a 500 anos?

Sombrero Galaxy: A Great Observatories View (A spiral galaxy, also known as M104, in the Virgo cluster about 28 million light years away.)

from Smithsonian Institution

  • Helmuts Rudzītis said:
    amazing space, the older i get, the more i want to go outthere :D
  • 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!
  • Western_Rush said:
    Awesome! Beyond words!

Chandra Captures Galaxy Sparkling in X-rays

from Smithsonian Institution

  • Ty Allen said:
    Absolutely breathtaking
  • ar_the_man said:
    it looks like a Debian Linux to me..
  • Scott Baker said:
    The Cleveland Art Museum showed me my favorite photos, pictures of galaxies.
  • Scott Baker said:
    This seems to be my favorite flickr astronomy sky picture I found at Lake Elsinore California.