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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
The image is roughly 650 light-years across and contains some rambunctious stars, from one of the fastest rotating stars to the speediest and most massive runaway star. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Hubble Peeks Inside a Stellar Cloud Bright stars, shining through what looks like a haze in the night sky, are part of a young stellar grouping in one of the largest known star formation regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The image was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. The stellar grouping, known to stargazers as NGC 2040 or LH 88, is a loose star cluster whose stars have a common origin and are drifting together through space. There are three different types of stellar associations defined by their stellar properties. NGC 2040 is an OB association, a grouping that usually contains 10–100 stars of type O and B--these are high-mass stars that have short but brilliant lives. It is thought that most of the stars in the Milky Way were born in OB associations. A version of this image was entered into the Hubble’s Hidden Treasures Image Processing Competition by contestant Eedresha Sturdivant. Hidden Treasures is an initiative to invite astronomy enthusiasts to search the Hubble archive for stunning images that have never been seen by the general public. The Milky Way's 100 Billion Planets This artist's illustration gives an impression of how common planets are around the stars in the Milky Way. The planets, their orbits and their host... The Universe, is amazing! |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6651 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
Beautiful pictures! Thank you very much for posting them! Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Beautiful pictures! Thank you very much for posting them! Welcome! Looks like some of the pic's are on auto update. Lynn |
Cyborg77rng Send message Joined: 4 Dec 09 Posts: 7 Credit: 2,396,314 RAC: 101 |
You sure have to wonder what is what appears to be a UFO physical body pictured just above the corona. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/proof-of-an-alien-cover-up-youtube-users-wild-theory-that-nasa-is-trying-to-stop-us-from-looking-at-the-sun/ Last week, UFO enthusiasts claimed they had — again — spotted an alien spacecraft flying near the sun. As these sightings are frequently written off with “simple explanations,†one rather interesting enthusiast is now accusing NASA of a cover up NASA posted a notice on the web page that hosts the latest images from SOHO saying no data would be available as it was undergoing “Emergency Sun Reacquisition.†|
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
I still wonder how coordinated the folks in our government and at NASA would have to be to cover something up as consistently as alien spacecraft. Our government can't even get their act together long enough to fix our damned economy, let alone stop fighting over such trivial issues such as gay marriage or federal spending. These UFO conspiracy theorists... I'm sorry, "enthusiasts" sure have far too much time on their hands, and have a little bit too much crazy in them to be trusted. |
DesO Send message Joined: 2 Feb 12 Posts: 144 Credit: 2,624,617 RAC: 0 |
A true thing of beauty,I awed !!!! thanks for posting it ! |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ Me and my shadow Mars rover Opportunity spots WALL-E in crater ramble |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Our Milky Way galaxy is doomed. Scientists using the Hubble telescope have determined it will be destroyed -- 4 billion years from now, when it collides with the Andromeda galaxy. This artist's conception shows how the sky might look as the galaxies are drawn together by each other's gravity. (Z. Levay, R. van der Marel, and A. Mellinger/ESA/NASA) |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Thats a nice picture Lynn:) Thanks:-) |
Julie Send message Joined: 15 May 12 Posts: 279 Credit: 126,042 RAC: 0 |
Todays Picture of the Day :) I am awed when i see closeups of the Sun. It looks like a smooth yellow ball from here but in reality, it is a raging inferno that looks incredible. Venus just adds to it too... I has a MiniCity :) http://en-ki-du.myminicity.com |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Julie Send message Joined: 15 May 12 Posts: 279 Credit: 126,042 RAC: 0 |
Waauw, nice picture Julie:) Thanks, Julie ^^ you guys posted the links, they are now my addiction. Like doing kibble quizzes :D I woulda looooved being the person who retrieved that image hot off the press though lol I has a MiniCity :) http://en-ki-du.myminicity.com |
Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0 |
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William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Global warming explained ?? 1000 times energy ?? |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Astronomers find 'starburst' site is a whopping 12.6 billion light-years away. Go Hubble! Lynn |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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smirren Send message Joined: 9 May 12 Posts: 3 Credit: 821,113 RAC: 0 |
Thanks for that beautiful picture. For me it's a desktop background |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
I'm glad there is a telescope like the Hubble, so many discoveries! I agree, but think in the near future Hubble, will retire. |
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