More Astronomy Photos
In which the author spends a few moments catching up on several months’ worth of photos at the ever-captivating Astronomy Picture of the Day. Some of my faves:
Nebulae
- MWC 922: The Red Square Nebula
- NGC 6302: Big, Bright, Bug Nebula
- Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula
- The Snowflake Cluster versus the Cone Nebula
- The Cat’s Eye Nebula from Hubble
- The Horsehead Nebula
- Dust Sculptures in the Rosette Nebula
- Infrared Trifid
- The Lagoon Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
- Hot Stars in the Rosette Nebula
- NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula
- The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust
- Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula
- The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi
- Coronet in the Southern Crown
Galaxies
- Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 in Ultraviolet from Galex
- Messier 65
- Messier 96
- Bright Galaxy NGC 2903
- NGC 4449: Close-Up of a Small Galaxy
- NGC 6384: Beyond the Stars
- Infrared Andromeda
- Spiral Galaxy M83: The Southern Pinwheel
- The Center of Centaurus A
- M64: The Black Eye Galaxy
- Star Factory Messier 17
Planets and Satellites
- Gliese 581 and the Habitable Zone — Ooh, a Class M planet?
- Europa Rising
- Venus Near the Moon
- Jupiter, Vesta, and the Milky Way
- The Moon’s Saturn
- Lunar Orbiter Views Crater Copernicus
- Steep Cliffs on Mars
- At the Edge of Victoria Crater
- Apollo 11: East Crater Panorama
- Unusual Cratering on Saturn’s Dione
- Could Hydrogen Peroxide Life Survive on Mars?
- The Great Basin on Saturn’s Tethys
- Iapetus in Black and White
- 4,000 Kilometers Above Saturn’s Iapetus
Earth
Other
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