The Milky Way

Name’s Elizabeth, I hail from the U.S. and I have a strong interest in Astronomy and all things extraterrestrial. It blows my mind how big the universe is and I constantly think about the things that could be in it. Here you'll see nebulas, constellations, deep space objects, pretty much anything space related. Please enjoy the view! :) *I really would appreciate it if you didn’t take the credits out when you reblog. Thanks!

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Little Ghost Nebula 

via APOD/NASA; credit: Hubble Heritage Team, NASA 

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Veil HaOiiirgb by Risteard O'Suibhne on Flickr.

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Propeller Nebula (Simeis 57) in HSTrgb by Jose Carballada Via Flickr: www.astrobin.com/368569 The peculiar nebula Simeis 57. Simeis 57 (also known as HS 191 and C 191) is a high surface-brightness nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The distance nor the source of excitation of Simeis 57 are known.

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Among Sagittarius and Scorpius by Lamberto Sassoli 

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Lunar Eclipse 2018 by Martin Heigan 

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The Lonely Neutron Star in Supernova Remnant E0102-72.3 by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Flickr.

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Multispectral Sun

Credit: NASA/SDO/GSFC

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Interstellar Dome by Muhammad Elarbi 

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M31, M32 and NGC206 by Cristiano Secci 

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SH2-157 Lobster Claw Nebula by eBear Foto 

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@ T h e T r a v e l l e r s ( Redit ) by VegaStarCLiardPhotography Via Flickr: ©VegaStarCLiardP h o t o g r a p h y vegastarcarpentierphotography.wordpress.com

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“Most galaxies don’t have any rings – why does this galaxy have two? To begin, the bright band near NGC 1512’s center is a nuclear ring, a ring that surrounds the galaxy center and glows brightly with recently formed stars. Most stars and accompanying gas and dust, however, orbit the galactic center in a ring much further out – here seen near the image edge. This ring is called, counter-intuitively, the inner ring. If you look closely, you will see this the inner ring connects ends of a diffuse central bar that runs horizontally across the galaxy. These ring structures are thought to be caused by NGC 1512’s own asymmetries in a drawn-out process called secular evolution. The gravity of these galaxy asymmetries, including the bar of stars, cause gas and dust to fall from the inner ring to the nuclear ring, enhancing this ring’s rate of star formation. Some spiral galaxies also have a third ring – an outer ring that circles the galaxy even further out.” 

via APOD/NASA; Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope

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A Surprisingly Bright Superbubble (NASA, Chandra, 08/30/12) by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center 

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This photo of water geysers spouting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus was taken by NASA’s Cassini orbiter in October 2007

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA

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Rho Ophiuchi

by: Alex Obrad

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The Horsehead Nebula Artprize 2013 entry at GRAM by Terry Hancock 

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Small Magellanic Cloud with FSQ-106ED and F3 Reducer 0.6x August 2018 Dark Version by hirocun on Flickr.