. RA 1:42; Dec 51:35 ( Perseus ) . Type: planetary . Distance: 3400 ly . aka The Cork Nebula, The Butterfly Nebula . M 76 is called the Little Dumbbell because of its resemblance to the bigger and brighter Dumbbell Nebula, M 27 . UO 140k gif . UO 245k gif . WIYN 87k gif . ( caption ) . UA 55k gif . ( caption ) . GJ 54k gif . ( caption ) . BB 5k jpg . (Bruce Balick) . SEDS 58k gif . SEDS 269k gif . Prev . Large . Top . Next . Bill Arnett . 1995 May 20

... The first VLT 8.2-m telescope (UT1) is now undergoing a "Commissioning Phase" during which all systems are thoroughly tested and further tuned. ... ESO Press Photo 21/98 . ... IC 4406 is a planetary nebula with an unusual, almost "rectangular" shape. ... Technical information : Combination of two 5-min B (blue) exposures (seeing 0.95 arcsec), two 5-min V (green-yellow) exposures (0.90 arcsec), and one 5-min and two 2-min R (red) exposures (0.70 to 0.90 arcsec) with the VLT Test Camera. ...

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 . ...

Intricately structured filaments of gas and dust compose the reflection nebula seen around the Pleiades star cluster. These multiwavelength images were presented to the American Astronomical Society meeting in San Antonio, TX on January 16, 1996. Click here for the press release text . ... The Schmidt data were processed further after this photo release; better versions are now available.] Get image: 512x512 (56k) / 1024x1024 (204k) . Pleiades Far-Infrared Heated Dust Emission . ...

. Album : asv-album :: Travels to distant places and countries :: 1998/06 Nauchny, Katsively (Crimea, Ukraine) :: Алупка. Воронцовский дворец . Up . << Prev . Beautiful swan. The water is crystal clear which fact the photo does not show . Powered by photo album generator from Marginal Hacks by David on Sun Jun 28 19:25:45 2015 .

... Gallery . ... Wide Field Survey Images . Miscellaneous Wide Field Images . ... Sidebar Left . Sidebar Top . No Sidebar . Sidebar Bottom . Sidebar Right . ... Title: Trifid Nebula . Description: NOTE: All images are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. File name: trifid.jpg . ... Trifid Nebula NOTE: All images are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. ...

... Hyakutake, Venus, Orion, and Pond . ... Can you find Comet Hyakutake in the above picture? In this gorgeous photo, the starry night sky of April 9th is pictured with its new comet visitor. ... NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula . ... Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula . ... While exploring the Helix's gaseous envelope with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers discovered indications of 1,000s of striking "cometary knots" like those shown above. ... The Compton Observatory Turns Five . ... April . ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... Ciel Espace, nouvelle formule, c'est . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil La Spiral Planetary Nebula retrouve ses vraies couleurs . ... 07/04/2016 - Plong†йe au centre de la Voie lact†йe . 01/04/2016 - Impact r†йcent sur la face cach†йe de la Lune . ... 22/03/2016 - LтАЩoptique du JWST est achev†йe . ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Magazine . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... The Golden Earring, planetary nebula NGC 2867, and barred spiral galaxy NGC 3109 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... The Horsehead Nebula in Orion . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... More than 100 circumstellar gas clumps with ionized rims have been detected by HST studies of the Orion Nebula H II region (O'Dell & Wong 1996). Seven additional objects appear as dark oval silhouettes seen against background nebula light (McCaughrean & O'Dell 1996); these are very likely to be protoplanetary disks seen in absorption. ... Eight fields were observed in H and I-band continuum in the nearby H II regions NGC 2024, NGC 2264, and S155. ...

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... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... Using the VISIR instrument on ESOБЂ™s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have imaged a complex and bright nebula around the supergiant star Betelgeuse in greater detail than ever before. This structure, which resembles flames emanating from the star, is formed as the behemoth sheds its material into space. ...

... Photos from the first Tara lecture of the current season "How the Ancient Irish Viewed the Skies". Terry Moseley, Irish Astronomical Association in a .. ... Check the upcoming lectures here . ... Photos courtesy of Clare Tuffy of Bru na Boinne (OPW), main organizer of this summer's series of lectures at Hill of Tara Visitors Centre . Thursday, 2 July 2009 15:05 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

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... From left to right, astronaut Claude Nicollier, author Jeff Bennett, astrophysicist Mario Livio, and astronomer James Kaler sign copies of recent books and photos. Photo Credit: Robert Naeye . ... Author William Sheehan (left) and new ASP Board member David H. Levy (red shirt) sign copies of their latest book. ... ASP Board member Jeanne Bishop and ASP Editorial Assistant Marilyn Delgado discuss the Annual Meeting at the registration desk. ... Photo Credit: Diane Richards . ...

... Astronomy and Astrophotography - amateur tips and ideas from personal experience. ... CNES : CLEMENTINE data Server - Access to 1.8 million lunar images . ... Astrofili on the Web - Dr. Fabio Marino's CCD images and links. Astronomical Images - Deep-sky astronomical photographs. ... Astronomy Page - collection of amateur astrophotographs, along with observatory and Hubble images. ... Igor's Astronomy Page - with thumbnail links to images from observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... The following gallery shows a few of my astronomical images, including pictures of the Moon and the planets taken with the 20 cm refractor of the Argelander-Institut f r Astronomie (AIfA) in Bonn. Planet Venus, observed with the AIfA 20 cm refractor . Planet Mars, observed with the AIfA 20 cm refractor . Planet Jupiter, observed with the AIfA 20 cm refractor . Planet Saturn, observed with the AIfA 20 cm refractor . ... Orion Nebula (M42) observed with the AIfA 20-cm telescope . ...

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