Objects in Space

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131Planetary nebulae / Hubble Space Telescope / Protoplanetary nebulae / Aquarius constellation / Helix Nebula / Planetary nebula / Nebula / European Southern Observatory / Orion Nebula / Astronomy / Space / NGC objects

HEIC0307: FOR RELEASE 18:00 (CEST) 09 May, 2003 Photo release: Eye-catching celestial helix 09-May-2003 In one of the largest and most detailed celestial images ever, astronomers today unveil the coil-shaped Helix Nebula

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Source URL: www.spacetelescope.org

Language: English - Date: 2004-04-01 11:50:19
132NGC objects / Standard candles / Space plasmas / Plasma physics / Crab Nebula / Solar System / Cosmic distance ladder / Sun / Star / Astronomy / Space / Light sources

Details from an exploding star These dramatic images of the Crab Nebula were taken in 2005 by the Hubble Space Telescope. The image on the left has a scale of 0.2 light years/millimeter. The enlargement below has a scale

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-01-13 15:40:26
133Angle / Angular diameter / Elementary geometry / Minute of arc / Light-year / Cosmic distance ladder / Star / Astronomy / Astrometry / Space

Chandra Explores Angular Size 26 Astronomers measure the sizes of objects in the sky in terms of their angular size. For instance, the moon

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-04-03 09:00:34
134NGC objects / Planetary nebulae / Angle / Angular diameter / Elementary geometry / Light-year / Hubble Space Telescope / Cosmic distance ladder / Solar System / Astronomy / Space / Astrometry

16 Eagle Nebula - Closeup The Hubble Space Telescope took the image of the Eagle Nebula (M16). This star-forming region is in the constellation Serpens, and located 6,500 light years from Earth. It is only about 6 milli

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-01-01 10:37:00
135Spiral galaxies / NGC objects / Ursa Major constellation / Messier objects / Local Group / Pinwheel Galaxy / M101 / Milky Way / Ursa Major / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Space

M101 WHO: The 101st object in astronomer Charles Messier’s catalog is commonly known as M101 or the Pinwheel Galaxy.

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Source URL: www.chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-07-27 10:37:40
136Space / Planetary nebulae / Edwin Hubble / European Space Agency / Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 / Planetary nebula / Wide Field and Planetary Camera / Stingray Nebula / Spacecraft / Hubble Space Telescope / Spaceflight

HEIC0308: EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:00 (CEST) 22 May, 2003 Photo release: The mysterious ‘Garden-sprinkler’ nebula 22-May-2003 There are many mysterious objects seen in the night sky which are not really well understood. F

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Source URL: www.spacetelescope.org

Language: English - Date: 2004-04-01 11:50:20
137Dorado constellation / Large Magellanic Cloud / NGC objects / Edwin Hubble / Star formation / Tarantula Nebula / Galaxy / Milky Way / Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre / Astronomy / Space / Hubble Space Telescope

HEIC0411: EMBARGOED UNTIL: 15:00 (CEST)/9:00 (EDT) 01 July, 2004 Photo release: Hubble studies generations of star formation in neighbouring galaxy 01-July 2004 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the iridescent

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Source URL: www.spacetelescope.org

Language: English - Date: 2004-06-29 10:43:49
138Hubble Space Telescope / Messier objects / Planetary nebulae / Orion arm / Orion Nebula / Nebula / Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 / Wide Field Camera 3 / Planetary nebula / Astronomy / NGC objects / Space

To appear in the Astronomical Journal Studies of NGC 6720 with Calibrated HST WFC3 Emission-Line Filter Images–III:Tangential Motions using AstroDrizzle Images 1 C. R. O’Dell Department of Physics and Astronomy, Van

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Source URL: www.spacetelescope.org

Language: English - Date: 2013-05-08 08:17:20
139Hubble Space Telescope / NGC objects / Calabash Nebula / Puppis constellation / Stellar evolution / Planetary nebula / Nebula / Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 / Orion Nebula / Space / Astronomy / Protoplanetary nebulae

Heic0111: EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10:00 (CEST) FRIDAY 24 AUGUST, 2001 News Release: Hubble Reveals Previously Unseen Shocks 24-August-2001 A new, detailed Hubble image of a planetary nebula in the making shows for the first tim

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Source URL: www.spacetelescope.org

Language: English - Date: 2004-04-01 11:50:14
140Angle / Angular diameter / Elementary geometry / Minute of arc / Light-year / Cosmic distance ladder / Star / Astronomy / Astrometry / Space

Chandra Explores Angular Size 26 Astronomers measure the sizes of objects in the sky in terms of their angular size. For instance, the moon

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Source URL: www.chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2011-10-05 09:52:23
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