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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2009, 03:32:19 AM » |
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 The Perfect Storm, a small region in the Swan Nebula, 5,500 light years away,
described as 'a bubbly ocean of hydrogen and small amounts of oxygen, sulphur and other elements'.
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« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2009, 03:33:03 AM » |
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 Starry Night, so named because it reminded astronomers of the Van Gogh painting. It is a halo of light around a star in the Milky Way. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2009, 03:33:37 AM » |
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 The glowering eyes from 114 million light years away are the swirling cores of two merging galaxies called NGC 2207 and IC 2163 in the distant Canis Major constellation. |
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« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2009, 03:34:12 AM » |
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The Trifid Nebula. A 'stellar nursery', 9,000 light years from here, it is
where new stars are being born. |
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