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... The Large Magellanic Cloud in Infrared . ... Where does dust collect in galaxies? To help find out, a team of researchers took the most detailed image ever of gas clouds and dust in the neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) galaxy. Pluto in True Color . ... Dusty Spiral M66 . ... A Backward Sunspot and the New Solar Cycle . ... The large pink structure looming to the upper right is part of N76, a large star forming region in our neighboring Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) galaxy. ...

... 2009 December 28 . Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217 . Credit: NASA , ESA , and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team . Explanation: Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. ... Prominently barred spiral galaxy NGC 6217, pictured above , was captured in spectacular detail in this recently released image taken by the newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys on the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope . ... Note: An APOD editor will review great space images on 2010 Jan. 14 in Houghton, Michigan. ...

Discover the cosmos! ... December 6, 1999 . M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT . ... Explanation: M83 is one of the closest and brightest spiral galaxies on the sky. Visible with binoculars in the constellation of Hydra , majestic spiral arms have prompted its nickname as the Southern Pinwheel. Although discovered 250 years ago, only in this century was it appreciated that M83 was not a gas cloud but a barred spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way Galaxy . ... About APOD > . ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on November 19, 2010 | ... We are getting used to the discoveries of bizarre exoplanets but newly-discovered world HIP 13044 b not only survived the [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments Spacebrains is our new and incredibly addictive astronomy quiz app for iPads/Pods/Phones. ... Posted on October 29, 2010 | ... Newer Entries . Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

... The radio view of the Seyfert galaxy PKS 2004-447 . ... The Fermi gamma-ray satellite has identified over 1500 gamma-ray sources with other galaxies. The majority are classified as flat-spectrum radio quasars, or BL Lacerate objects: just a handful have been identified with narrow-line Seyfert galaxies. ... These characteristics are extremely rare among gamma-ray loud AGN. Reference: "The Gamma-Ray Emitting Radio-Loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy PKS 2004-447 II. ... today * ATNF | ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . News . Observing . ... Magazine . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Open cluster NGC 2818, spiral galaxy NGC 2964, and spiral galaxy NGC 2976 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... November 2011 . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

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