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@nasapodsky.bsky.social

9 months ago

Stunning image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), a grand design spiral galaxy approximately 23 million light-years away in Ursa Major. The image showcases M101's vibrant spiral arms, interspersed with blue young stars, pink star-forming regions, and dark dust lanes. Its companion galaxy, NGC 5474, is visible in the lower right. Foreground stars from our own Milky Way are also captured in the image.

Astronomy Picture from 04/05/2018

The View Toward M101

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180504.html

#M101 #PinwheelGalaxy #SpiralGalaxy #UrsaMajor #NGC5474 #Astrophotography #Space #Cosmos #Galaxy #Astronomy #DeepSpace #MilkyWay #MessierCatalog

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Opal

@opalthepinemarten.bsky.social

9 months ago

Messier 8 The Lagoon Nebula (bottom center), Messier 20 The Trifid Nebula (center right) and Messier 21 Webb's Cross (top center).
2046 lights, 10 and 20 second exposures stacked and processed in Siril.
#messiercatalog #astrophotography #astronomy #nebula #stars #photography #furryastronomy

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VibeWire News

@vibewire.bsky.social

10 months ago

Pretty in Pink The spiral galaxy known as Messier 81 (M81) has a rosy tint in this June 1, 2007, composite image that incorporates data from NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, and NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer. Discovered by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1774, M81 is one of the brightest galaxies in the night sky. […] The post Pretty in Pink first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

#GALEXGalaxyEvolutionExplorer #HubbleSpaceTelescope #MessierCatalog

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Apodsky

@nasapodsky.bsky.social

10 months ago

A stunning image of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), a pair of interacting galaxies located in the constellation Canes Venatici. The larger galaxy, NGC 5194, exhibits a well-defined spiral structure with prominent arms and dust lanes, interacting with its smaller companion, NGC 5195. Faint tidal debris is visible around the smaller galaxy. This celestial duo is approximately 31 million light-years away.

Astronomy Picture from 02/05/2015

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150502.html

#Messier51 #WhirlpoolGalaxy #NGC5194 #NGC5195 #SpiralGalaxy #InteractingGalaxies #DeepSpace #Astrophotography #Space #Cosmos #Astronomy #CanesVenatici #GalaxyPair #MessierCatalog

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Apodsky

@nasapodsky.bsky.social

10 months ago

Stunning telescopic image of the Crab Nebula (M1), a supernova remnant 6,500 light-years away in Taurus. The image reveals intricate filaments of ionized oxygen and hydrogen in blue and red hues, with the Crab Pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star, near the center. This cosmic dynamo, the remains of a massive star's explosion witnessed in 1054 AD, spans 12 light-years.

Astronomy Picture from 21/11/2014

M1: The Crab Nebula

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141121.html

#CrabNebula #M1 #SupernovaRemnant #NeutronStar #Pulsar #Space #Astronomy #Cosmos #Astrophysics #DeepSpace #Nebula #StarDeath #Taurus #MessierCatalog

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Opal

@opalthepinemarten.bsky.social

10 months ago

Messier 8 The Lagoon Nebula
First photo I've taken that I've run through Siril and WOW! #astronomy #astrophotography #fyp #Messiercatalog

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Opal

@opalthepinemarten.bsky.social

1 year ago

Messier 35, The Shoe-Buckle Cluster. A relatively close open star clusters located approximately 2970 light-years away.

Messier 1 (SN1054), The Crab Nebula. A bright cloud of dust in the constellation Taurus illuminated by a millisecond pulsar known as PSRB0531+21 or Baade's star .

Messier 45, The Pleiades, otherwise known as the seven sisters is a bright star clusters located in the constellation of Taurus and is visible to the naked eye.

This nights haul!
M45 (The pleiades), M1 (the Crab Nebula) and M35 (the Shoe-Buckle Cluster)! All captured on my seestar S50 with no post processing under bortle class 5 skies. #astrophotography #astronomy #messiercatalog #furryastrophotographer

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Apodsky

@nasapodsky.bsky.social

1 year ago

Stunning image of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), a pair of interacting galaxies, showing its spiral arms and dust lanes beautifully. The larger galaxy, NGC 5194, dominates the scene, while its companion, NGC 5195, appears smaller. Located 31 million light-years away in the Canes Venatici constellation.

Astronomy Picture from 02/05/2015

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150502.html

#Messier51 #WhirlpoolGalaxy #NGC5194 #NGC5195 #InteractingGalaxies #SpiralGalaxy #DeepSpace #Astrophotography #Space #Cosmos #Astronomy #CanesVenatici #GalaxyPair #MessierCatalog

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Apodsky

@nasapodsky.bsky.social

1 year ago

A breathtaking multiwavelength image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), a grand spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. This composite, from Chandra X-ray Observatory (purple), Galaxy Evolution Explorer (blue), Hubble Space Telescope (yellow), and Spitzer Space Telescope (red), reveals X-ray emissions from exploded stars and the galaxy's intricate spiral arms teeming with stars and dust. M101 spans 170,000 light-years and is located 25 million light-years away.

Astronomy Picture from 06/11/2019

21st Century M101

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191106.html

#M101 #PinwheelGalaxy #SpiralGalaxy #UrsaMajor #Astronomy #Space #NASA #Galaxy #Cosmology #Astrophysics #ChandraXray #Hubble #Spitzer #GalaxyEvolutionExplorer #MessierCatalog