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Carina Nebula
Located in the Southern Hemisphere, the Carina Nebula is the largest diffuse nebula in the sky.
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Sting Ray -
Carina Nebula
Cold hydrogen clouds look like thunderheads. The pillars are called "elephant trunks." They resist being heated and disseminated by intense ultraviolet radiation from the brightest stars in the Carina Nebula.
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Cosmic Mountains -
Mystic Mountains region of the
Carina Nebula
This 3-light-years-long formation is part of the Carina Nebula. The region, also known as the Mystic Mountains, is being shaped and compressed by intense stellar winds and powerful radiation from super hot infant stars nearby.
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Amoeba -
Crab Nebula
An explosion in 1054, caused by the collapse of a supernova which exhausted its supply of energy from nuclear fusion, resulted in the Crab Nebula.
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Baton Twirl -
Barred Spiral Galaxy
This is a barred spiral galaxy as opposed to a simple galaxy where the arms spiral all the way to the center. Instead, it has a "bar" of stars in its center containing a nucleus. The spirals connect at the ends of the bar.
NGC 6217
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Blue Fountain -
Part of the Cygnus Loop Supernova Remnant
The Cygnus Loop marks the edge of a bubble-like expanding blast wave caused by a colossal stellar explosion.
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Fireball -
Jet in Carina Nebula
The Jet in the Carina Nebula is shaped by fast streams of charged particles and scorching radiation which also cause new stars to be formed.
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Fireworks
This cluster of stars can be seen as you look toward the constellation Scutum. The photo contains 14 massive stars which are on the verge of exploding as supernovas.
Massive Star Clusters
in the Milky Way
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Floating Sombrero -
Sombrero Galaxy
The Sombrero Galaxy, discovered in 1867 by Pierre Méchain, is found at the southern edge of the Virgo cluster of galaxies.
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Owl Face -
Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula is so bright it appears as the third "star" in Orion's sword.
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Shrimp -
Antennae Galaxies
The Antennae Galaxies are two galaxies which collided to form one giant galaxy. The name comes from two long tails resembling insect antennae (not shown in this picture).
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Snail -
Spiral Galaxy
This spiral galaxy, found in the constellation Pisces, is called a "grand design galaxy," that is, one with prominent and well defined spiral arms.
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Spiral Staircase -
Whirlpool Galaxy
The Whirlpool Galaxy can be seen on a dark night with binoculars. Being in almost perfect face on to Earth, we can see its entire structure.
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Thunderclouds -
Carina Nebula
Located in the Southern Hemisphere, the Carina Nebula is the largest diffuse nebula in the sky.
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The Eye -
Helix Nebula
The Helix Nebula, located in the constellation Aquarius, is one of the closest of the bright planetary nebulae. It appears in the sky to be about half the size of the full moon.
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Whip -
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
This is a perfect model of a barred spiral galaxy, having a bar of stars in the center with spirals connected to the two ends.
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