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NGC 7293: the Eye of God from CFHT

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Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope: Animation of three discovery images of Jupiter's irregular moon Euporie, or S/2001 J 10, taken by David Jewitt and Scott Sheppard (December 11, 2001)

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Lentamente, um aglomerado de estrelas vai surgindo do gás e da poeira da Nebulosa do Coração. . Slowly, a star cluster emerges from the gas and dust within the Heart Nebula. . Credit: CFHT . #space #espaço #cfht #maunakea #astronomy #astronomia #astrogram #stars #heart #nebulosa #nebula #coração #cluster aglomerado #pictureoftheday #instagood https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KSrrXpk0W/?igshid=14fy6tnpt8u4j

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This very deep image shows the COSMOS field imaged by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). Huge numbers of very faint galaxies are visible. A new study of this field, combining data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray space observatory has turned up a big surprise. Most of the huge black holes in the centres of active galaxies in the past 11 billion years were not turned on by mergers between galaxies, as had been previously thought.

Credit: CFHT/IAP/Terapix/CNRS/ESO

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CFHT’s Helix 

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Meridional wind on Venus was detected for the first time in both hemispheres

The first scientific evidence on Venus of a wind circulation between the equator and the poles, also named meridional wind, was gathered by an international team led by Pedro Machado, of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) and Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL). This result was published today in the scientific journal Icarus, a reference publication in the field of Solar System research.                                

Analysing the light from the sun reflected on the top of the clouds on Venus, Pedro Machado and his team identified, in both hemispheres, a wind component perpendicular to the equator, consistent with the characteristic atmospheric circulation of an Hadley cell and with an average velocity of 81 km/h.

Pedro Machado (IA e FCUL) says that "this detection is crucial to understand the transfer of energy between the equatorial region and the high latitudes, shedding light on a phenomenon that for decades has remained unexplained and which is the super-rotation of the Venus atmosphere."

Read more ~ Phys.org Image: The dome of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT).     Credit: CFHT and Jean-Charles Cuillandre    

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Conhecido como o Aglomerado do Leão, Abell 1367 está a uma distância de 330 milhões de anos-luz. . Known as the Leo Cluster, Abell 1367 is at a distance of 330 million light years. . Credit: CFHT/Coelum . #cfht #hawaii #maunakea #cluster #aglomerado #astronomia #astronomy #astrogram #galaxia #galaxy #space #espaço #Leo #leão #lion #picoftheday #instagood #sunday #domingo https://www.instagram.com/p/B32V4Z2J4Es/?igshid=1px6mwieg1giz

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M90 é uma galáxia espiral quase no centro de um aglomerado de galáxias elípticas na constelação de Virgo. . M90 is a spiral galaxy near the center of a cluster of eliptical galaxies in the constellation of Virgo. . Credit: CFHT/Coelum . #cfht #coelum #imageofthemonth #instagood #picoftheday #picofthenight #astronomy #astronomia #astrogram #virgo #galaxy #m90 #galaxia #cluster #aglomerado #eliptical #eliptica #spiral #espiral https://www.instagram.com/p/BxvtvHKpAnC/?igshid=1ahv6dk6qyvk8