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Two side-by-side galaxies fill the image. The left galaxy is a bright spiral galaxy bursting with blue star clusters, crossed by dark brown dust lanes. The right galaxy is a lenticular galaxy. It bright yellow-ish white center that gradually becomes more transparent, emitting a hazy glow. Distant stars and galaxies dot the background.

Hubble image of Arp 140, also known as NGC 274 and NGC 275.

A barred spiral galaxy and a lenticular galaxy from an interacting pair. Lenticular galaxies have large central bulges and flattened disks like spirals, but no spiral arms.

Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Foley, G. Kober
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The dolphin nebula is a teal blue bubble nebula. It has a beak-like section off to one side, resembling a semi-profile view of a dolphin. The majority of the bubble is teal but there are redish-white accents throughout.

I also managed to find some time to process the Dolphin (SH2-308) today. I'm super happy with the detail I was able to get in the Oiii (blue/teal). I'm really shocked at how little HA (red) came through. I think I'd have to go really deep on it to pull the HA out.

#astrophotography #photography

A slightly faded photo of a fluffy black and white kitten staring at the camera with wide, round eyes.

This month is Uni’s birthday month, so I’m reposting this! Baby Uni

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⋆ˑ Once she noticed Waspinator, a bright smile appeared on the bot's features. She was glad to see a familiar face.

❝ Waspinator! Hey. ❞

Uni says hi to everyone :3

A grainy, black and white image of a face-on spiral galaxy. The faint galaxy has two loose spiral arms that emerge from the ring and wind counterclockwise around the galaxy. The arms are crossed by dark dust lanes and appears blotchy with bright star clusters. At the top left edge of the galaxy is a barely noticeable smaller elliptical galaxy, seen as a bright dot surrounded by an oval-shaped haze. A few white dots, which are stars, are seen on the black background.

Image of Arp 200, also known as NGC 1134, from Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (1966).

In the original catalog it was in the category: Amorphous galaxies - Material ejected from nuclei. It is likely interacting with a small companion.
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Webb’s detailed view of Stephan’s Quintet allows astronomers to map starburst regions across interac Webb’s detailed view of Stephan’s Quintet allows astronomers to map starburst regions across interacting galaxies. Read now →

Webb’s detailed view of Stephan’s Quintet allows astronomers to map starburst regions across interacting galaxies. Read now → https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/astronomy-news/celebrating-one-year-of-james-webb-telescope-image-of-stephans-quintet

#Galaxies #SpaceExploration #Space #Universe

Spectacular: N79, a nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud

The region forms stars twice as efficiently as the famous Tarantula Nebula. Captured in mid-infrared, Webb’s view uncovers glowing gas, dust, and hidden newborn stars.

(Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, O. Nayak, M. Meixner)

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🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (LHA-120-N-159-MIRI-12.2-repeat). RGB Filters: 2100, 1500, 770
PI: Sabbi, Elena, program 05114. CRVAL: 84.956494, -69.776539
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

Two black-and-white tuxedo cats sitting close together. One is sitting upright and looking alert, while the other is resting lower inside a box

Yoru: “I’ll protect my little kitten”

Happy #Obscursday! Whether she’s running guns for arms dealers or perforating Autobots with her heavy-duty battle rifle, HEAVYWAIT is never far away from her favorite toys!

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No chicken? No deal!

A three panel image. On the left is the NuStar image, in the center is the Hubble image, and in the middle is an image where the two are overlaid. In the left panel is a blurry, abstract image with blobs of white, pink, blue and yellow colors. The brightest area is a white blob to the lower right. In the center panel two merging galaxies form an abstract shape, which looks a little like an upside down rubber duck. Within the "head" and "body" of the duck are crossed brown swirls, which are dust and gas. The outside of the duck is outlined with hazy yellow swirls, which are streams of stars. Near the "neck" of the duck, at the point where the two merging galaxies touch, and slightly to the right is a bright white blob, surrounded by pink blobs. This is X-ray light from NuStar, which shows emission from an active supermassive black hole in the right galaxy. In the right panel is two merging galaxies form an abstract shape, which looks a little like an upside down rubber duck. WIthin the "head" and "body" of the dusk are blue-white dots, which are star clusters, and brown swirls, which are dust and gas. The outside of the duck is outlined with hazy yellow swirls, which are older stars.

Hubble and NuStar image of Arp 299, also known as NGC 3690.

In the NuSTAR image (left panel), a supermassive black hole accretes gas and glows in X-rays. The black hole is in the right galaxy of a pair (see Hubble image, right panel).

Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, GSFC
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Tabitha on Tongue Out Tuesday!
#cats #catsofbluesky #TongueOutTuesday

These images were taken on July 06, 2012 and received on Earth July 08, 2012. The camera was pointing toward TITAN at approximately 1,766,899 miles (2,843,549 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the CL1, UV3, CB3, and MT1 filters. Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / composite by Val Klavans

Color composite of Titan from the end of Rev168 - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/ctWPt1

The brightest x-ray object in this scene is an unknown object at the upper left. The next brightest thing seems to be a distant active galaxy nucleus (AGN) coincidentally positioned just above the nebula. In third place comes NGC 604 itself. It's hard to compete with an AGN, but these young stars are doing an admirable job. X-rays are generated when things get super hot, and that's what's happening within the cavernous interior bubble of the nebula. There's a better explanation and additional imagery at Chandra's website here: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/n604/ This image was possible thanks to data from the following Chandra proposal: The Giant Extragalactic Star-Forming Region NGC 604 In addition, all HST proposals listed under this image were also used: flic.kr/p/S5kLbG Chandra data: Violet / Magenta overlay: ACIS .30-7.00 keV PHAT data: Red: WFC3/IR F160W Yellow-Green: ACS/WFC F814W Cyan: ACS/WFC F475W Blue: WFC3/UVIS F336W WFPC2/WFC data: F673N, F658N, and F656N combined together into a pinkish "screen" layer North is NOT up. It is 90° clockwise from up.

Grand Stellar Nursery NGC 604 From HST & Chandra - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/QsxTMH

A very round tuxedo cat sitting loafed on a wooden scratcher

Uni sometimes turns into a weird shape…

NGC 4388 is located about 60 million ly away in the constellation #Virgo. An ionised gas cloud can be seen, possibly due to a massive black hole at the center of the #galaxy.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Veilleux, J. Wang, J. Greene

Link for more info: esahubble.org/images/potw2...

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