the milky way from the south pacific island of mangaia
emission nebula IC 410, surrounding young galactic star cluster NGC 1893
Meet me where the galaxy meets our horizon.
Out of this whirl: The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and companion galaxy
spiral galaxy NGC 2403
(the bright star on the bottom left is actually a supernova. it was discovered in 2004 and is one of the brightest supernovae found in recent times.)
The Heart Nebula lies some 7500 light years away from Earth. The nebula is formed by plasma of ionized hydrogen and free electrons.
Six hundred and fifty light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, a dead star about the size of Earth, is refusing to fade away peacefully. In death, it is spewing out massive amounts of hot gas and intense ultraviolet radiation, creating a spectacular object called a “planetary nebula.” The composite picture is made up of visible data from Hubble and infrared data from Spitzer.
