Zoom in View of Virgo Clusters M 85 M 100 M 98 M 91 M 88 M 99 M 90 M 86 M 84 M 89 M 87 M 58 M 60 M 59 STARS <2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 6 >11 SYMBOLS Comet Globular Cluster Asteroid Planetary Nebula Galaxy Quasar Open Cluster Other Object Bright Nebula

... Comet Ikeya-Zhangs Busy Tail . ... Comet Ikeya-Zhang, officially known as C/2002 C1, can now be seen without aide from a dark location above the western horizon shortly after sunset. NGC 2244: A Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula . ... The 100 Meter Green Bank Radio Telescope . ... Dedicated as the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the device weighs over 30 times more than the Statue of Liberty, and yet can point anywhere in the sky more precisely than one thousandth of a degree. ...

... 2004 June 17 . Comet NEAT and the Beehive Cluster . ... But when a bright comet passed in front of a bright star cluster last month, binoculars and cameras were able to show off their marked differences in dramatic fashion. Pictured above, the bright comet, C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) shows many details of its coma and tail, while far in the distance the Beehive open cluster, M44 , shows many of its stars. ... About APOD | ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...

... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Globular cluster M28, open cluster M25, and planetary nebula NGC 6781 . August 20 27, 2015: Globular cluster M28 and open cluster M25 in Sagittarius offer small-telescope owners nice views, while large-telescope owners can seek out planetary nebula NGC 6781 in Aquila. ... Globular cluster M28 . ... Planetary nebula NGC 6781 . ...

GALAXIES cenA .tiff 40 Bright Radio Galaxy M31.tiff Nikon Andromeda Galaxy (note HII regions in spiral arms) ngc6744.tiff 40 NGC 6744 a face-on spiral clouds_20d.tiff H'blad The Magellanic Clouds our nearest neighbours Lmc_7.tiff Nikon The Large Magellanic Clouds Lmc_zoom.tiff Nikon Detail of previous image smc_7.tiff Nikon The Small Magellanic Clouds smc-zoom.tiff Nikon Detail of previous image 30dor_40_BVR.tiff 40 The 30 Dor ... B [OIII] Halpha trifid.tiff 40" The Trifid Nebula. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Comets and Asteroids . ... Image credit:ESO/J.Emerson/VISTA. ... However others are less pessimistic and it has even been claimed that the mysterious ?Wow! signal? received in 1977 originated from the direction M55.б  Sadly, this still unexplained pulse of radio energy originated from a location rather to the northwest of M55 so I doubt if the source was this cluster (if indeed the signal was genuinely of extraterrestrial origin). ... Mysterious Wow! ...

... Non-NGC Images . ... Globular cluster in Scorpius (M80)..... image ..... caption . ... Globular cluster in Scorpius (M4)..... image ..... caption . ... Globular cluster in Oph (M107)..... image ..... caption . ... Nebula..... image . ... Globular cluster in Hercules (M13)..... image ..... caption . ... Globular cluster in Ophiuchus (M12)..... image ..... caption . ... Infrared-bright galaxy in Ophiuchus..... image ..... caption . ... Globular cluster in Ophiuchus (M10)..... image ..... caption . ...

... May 22, 1996 . Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula . ... Explanation: Embedded in the center of the colorful and photogenic Rosette Nebula is a bright, young open cluster . The bright blue stars in this cluster, labelled NGC 2244, emit ultraviolet light that knocks electrons away from hydrogen atoms . ... The Rosette Nebula is thousands of light years distant, but light would take only about 100 years to cross it. ... Tomorrow's picture: The Violent Star Cluster 30 Doradus . ... About APOD | ...

Photon Scattering: Basic Principle of Photon Scattering . Audio Narration is available . No Scattering: Photon Source and Detector . ... For optical photons, scattering goes as wavelength to the -4 power. In the case of blue photons compared to red photons, this means that blue photons are about 10 times more likely to get scattered than red photons. ... Watch the blue photons scatter away from the detector . ... Interstellar dust make stars appear redder than they really are . ...

... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

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... 12 Oct 02 2006 1.9 Jan 26 2006 8 CB,CS,R=F. R=G, SMALL, TIGHT, BRIGHT NGC 1912 M38 17mmAT 2012 M.M . Open Cluster 8.0 II 2 r CL,B,VL,VRI,IF,STL$S Mar 16 2012 18 Mar 01 2011 12 Mar 08 2010 12 Dec 16 2009 12 Mar 20 2009 16 Mar 17 2007 1.9 17mmAT M.M . 2011 - MANUAL SETTING CIRCLES M.M . 2010 MANUAL SETTING CIRCLES 26mm 20mmUW MESSIER MARATHON - 2009 26mm ...

Our team has obtained HST WFPC2 images of this prototypical example of a planetary nebula in a globular cluster. K 648 was cataloged as a star by Kustner, but identified spectroscopically as a planetary nebula by Pease, both in the 1920's. General WFPC2 view of M15 and K 648 (located near top left edge) . ... The nucleus is shown to have an unusually high mass of 0.60 Msun, and we argue that it must have undergone mass augmentation in a binary that has undergone mass transfer or a merger. ...

... Conjunction Over Armagh . ... Comet and Pleiades . ... Pleiades . ... Antares Region . Helix and Cat's Eye Nebulae . Orion Nebula . Lagoon and Eagle Nebulae . Crab Nebula . ... Our Galaxy Core . Andromeda Galaxy . Wide-field and Zoomed-in Galaxies . Interacting Typhoons and Galaxies . Spiral Galaxy M106 . Sombrero Galaxy . Whirlpool Galaxy . Colliding Galaxies . ... й Miruna Popescu, Armagh Observatory ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Galaxy Clusters . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... This zoom video starts with a view of the central parts of the Milky Way. We zoom in towards the bright constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion) and we see a fuzzy spot close to the tail. This is the bright star cluster Messier 7 and is visible with the naked eye. ... 208.1€аMB . ...

N NGC N Созв. ... C-1 NGC 188 Cep OC Open cluster 00h 44.4m +85 20' 8.1 14 C-2 NGC 40 Cep PN Planetary nebula 00h 13.0m +72 32' 12.4 0.6 C-3 NGC 4236 Dra SG Spiral galaxy 12h 16.7m +69 28' 9.7 19 x 7 C-4 NGC 7023 Cep BN Bright nebula 21h 01.8m +68 12' -- 18 x 18 Refl. nebula C-5 IC 342 Cam SG Spiral galaxy 03h 46.8m +68 06' 9.2 18 x 17 C-6 NGC 6543 Dra PN Planetary nebula 17h 58.6m +66 38' 8.1 5.8 Cat's Eye Neb. ... C-103 NGC 2070 Dor BN Bright nebula 05h 38.7m -69 06' -- 40 x 25 Tarantula Neb. ...

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... We have made observations of the Perseus cluster with the Westerbork Telescope at 610 MHz. ... Several newly detected sources are identified with cluster galaxies. ... No evidence is found for the existence of the previously reported ~ 65'x25' cluster halo, 3C 84B. Key words: radio galaxies - clusters - tailed radio sources buoyancy The Perseus Cluster of galaxies is one of the most fascinating systems accessible to extragalactic astronomers. ...

... Galileo image of Ida asteroid 114k gif ; 41k jpg . ... Large false color image of asteroid 951 Gaspra 172k gif ; 33k jpg . ... Montage of 11 images taken by Galileo spacecraft of 951 Gaspra 75k gif 75k jpg . ... True Enhanced Color images 140k gif ; 18k jpg ; 596k tiff . ... HST images of 4 Vesta (rotation series) 25k jpg ; 216k gif ; caption . ... Comet Shoemaker-Levy imaged by Hubble/WFPC 145k gif . ... AAT image of Comet Halley (color) 40k gif . ... CCD image of comet Mueller 93a 96k gif . ...