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Out of the Void Poster by Bebops
Friday, August 15, 2014
Zazzle Rickshaw Sleeve from iiphotoart: Zebra Tales
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Star Cluster Pismis 24, core of NGC 6357 Stretched Canvas Prints
tagged with: galaxies, outer space, stretch frame, star cluster, pismis 24, sculpting ultaviolet ionisation, super massive stars, nebula ngc 6357, sclustpsms, hrbstslr wallart
Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series The star cluster Pismis 24 lies in the core of the large emission nebula NGC 6357 that extends one degree on the sky in the direction of the Scorpius constellation. Part of the nebula is ionised by the youngest (bluest) heavy stars in Pismis 24. The intense ultraviolet radiation from the blazing stars heats the gas surrounding the cluster and creates a bubble in NGC 6357. The presence of these surrounding gas clouds makes probing into the region even harder. One of the top candidates for the title of "Milky Way stellar heavyweight champion" was, until now, Pismis 24-1, a bright young star that lies in the core of the small open star cluster Pismis 24 (the bright stars in the Hubble image) about 8,000 light-years away from Earth. Pismis 24-1 was thought to have an incredibly large mass of 200 to 300 solar masses. New NASA/ESA Hubble measurements of the star, have, however, resolved Pismis 24-1 into two separate stars, and, in doing so, have "halved" its mass to around 100 solar masses.
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image code: sclustpsms
Image credit: NASA/ESA Hubble
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Zazzle Poster from Bebops: Heron at Sunset
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Zazzle Poster from Bebops: African Penguins 2015 Calendar
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Thank You - Cigar Galaxy, Messier 8 Greeting Cards
tagged with: stars, thank you, saying thanks, grateful, chandra, cigar galaxy, hrbstslr agmet, hubble space pictures, cosmological astronomy, outer space exploration, messier 82, active galaxies
Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series Composite of images of the active galaxy Messier 82 from the three Great Observatories: Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope. X-ray data recorded by Chandra appears here in blue, infrared light recorded by Spitzer appears in red. Hubble's observation of hydrogen emission appears in orange. Hubble's bluest observation appears in yellow-green.
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image code: agmet
Image credit: Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Spitzer Space Telescope
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Monday, August 11, 2014
Zazzle Dozen Brownies from Bluestar48: North Star Polo Club
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
Happy Birthday - A Starburst Galaxy Card
tagged with: happy birthday, many happy returns, messier 82, cigar galaxy, active galaxies, starburst galaxy, galaxy stars, outer space exploration, hrbstslr sbglxymet, hubble galaxy pictures, nasa esa
Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series This mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (aka Cigar Galaxy) is a really sharp wide-angle view. M82 is a galaxy remarkable for its webs of shredded clouds and flame-like plumes of glowing hydrogen blasting out from its central regions where young stars are being born, 10 times faster than they are inside in our Milky Way Galaxy.
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image code: sbglxymet
Image credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF).
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Sculpted Region of the Orion Nebula Canvas Prints
tagged with: stretch frame, galaxies and stars, orion nebula detail, sculpted gas clouds, sgcion, stellar winds, sculpting trapezium stars, messier 42, messier 43, hrbstslr wallart
Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A region within the Orion Nebula showing the sculpting effect that stars can have on any surrounding gas clouds. This glowing region reveals arcs and bubbles formed when stellar winds - streams of charged particles ejected by the nearby Trapezium stars - collide with material.
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Image credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
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Friday, August 8, 2014
Zazzle Wall Clock from iiphotoart: Blue Heron
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