10 Beautiful Picture Of Space Captured By NASA 2024

March 15, 2024

The Tarantula Nebula is the most vigorous star forming region known in the local Universe.

Tarantula Zone

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· Magnitude: 6.5 · Apparent magnitude (V): 6.5 · Declination: +60° 24′ 36″ · Distance: 7,500 ly

Soul Nebula

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As the stellar wind pushes material away from the star, it can excite and interact with surrounding material, creating beautiful, ethereal structures

Planetary Nebulae

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· Coordinates: RA 5h 35m 17s | Dec -5° 23′ 28″ · Distance to Earth: 1,344 light years · Radius: 12 light years · Discoverer: Christiaan Huygens · Magnitude: 4

Orion Nebula

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In 1969 Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon. There were six crewed landings between 1969 and 1972, and numerous uncrewed landings.

Odysseus on the Moon

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Disk galaxies seen at high angles to the line of sight, the so-called edge-on galaxies, are the only extragalactic

Edge on Disk Galaxy

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Discovered in 1783 by mathematician and astronomer Caroline Herschel, the dusty island universe lies a mere 10 million light-years away.

Dusty Island Universe

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· Coordinates: RA 6h 41m 15s | Dec +9° 21′ 0″ · Radius: 4 light years · Apparent dimensions (V): 3 arcmins · Constellation: Monoceros

Cone Nebula

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This night featured a combination of usual and unusual glows. Perhaps the most usual glow was from the Moon, a potentially familiar object.

Plankton Moon

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