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My collection of
links to photos of the best Hubble Space Telescope photos and other NASA
photos,
incredible landscapes, scenic wonders and wildlife animals,
AND Art Masters of the 10th through 20th Centuries from World Museums.
Spiral
Galaxy In Centaurus (small
version) Credit : FORS1, VLT, ESO Explanation: Centaurus, the Centaur,
is one of the most striking constellations in the southern sky. The lovely
Milky Way flows through this large constellation whose celestial wonders
also include the closest star to the sun, Alpha Centauri, the largest globular
star cluster in our galaxy, Omega Centauri, and the closest active galaxy,
Centaurus A. Embraced by tightly wound spiral arms of bright blue star
clusters, this gorgeous galaxy - cataloged as ESO 269-57 - also falls within
Centaurus' borders. Seen behind a veil of foreground stars which lie within
our own galaxy, this face-on spiral galaxy is about 150 million light-years
away and 200,000 light-years across. The brighter foreground stars are
marked by diffraction spikes caused by the telescope and yellow vertical
stripes due to saturated digital camera pixels in the above Very Large
Telescope image from the European Southern Observatory. Tantalizing wisps
of more distant, faint galaxies are visible in the background. Authors
& editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical
Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Early
Morning Fog, Beavers Bend State Park - The park is named after its
first European inhabitant, John Beavers, not because the animal makes it
home. This particular dawn, after shooting the bald cypress trees along
the river, the few people that were around were treated to an impromptu
musical interlude by a park employee who played the guitar and sang just
like Levon Helm of The Band. Great morning! OKLAHOMA - NATIVE WILDERNESS
by Michael Hardeman - PhotoTripUSA
The
Eskimo Nebula from the Newly Fixed Hubble Credit: Andrew Fruchter (STScI)
et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA Explanation: In 1787, astronomer William Herschel
discovered the Eskimo Nebula. From the ground, NGC 2392 resembles a person's
head surrounded by a parka hood. In 2000, just after being fixed, the Hubble
Space Telescope imaged the Eskimo Nebula. From space, the nebula displays
gas clouds so complex they are not fully understood. The Eskimo Nebula
is clearly a planetary nebula, and the gas seen above composed the outer
layers of a Sun-like star only 10,000 years ago. The inner filaments visible
above are being ejected by strong wind of particles from the central star.
The outer disk contains unusual light-year long orange filaments. The Eskimo
Nebula lies about 5000 light-years away and is visible with a small telescope
in the constellation of Gemini. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific
rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Treasure
Lake, Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge - It's difficult to
explore Oklahoma without several images from Wichita Mountains. It's one
of the oldest and lagest wildlife refuges in America. Composed of ancient
granite hills overlooking plains occupied by bison, it's the natural jewel
of Oklahoma. This view is from one of the dozens of man-made lakes in the
refuge, at the edge of the backcountry, Treasure Lake. OKLAHOMA - NATIVE
WILDERNESS by Michael Hardeman - PhotoTripUSA
Magnetar
In The Sky Picture Credit: Edward Wright (UCLA), COBE Project, Courtesy
MSFC, NASA Explanation: Indicated on this infrared image of the galactic
center region is the position of SGR 1900+14 - the strongest known magnet
in the galaxy. SGR 1900+14 is believed to be a city-sized, spinning, super-magnetic
neutron star, or Magnetar. How strong is a Magnetar's magnetic field? The
Earth's magnetic field which deflects compass needles is measured to be
about 1 Gauss, the strongest fields sustainable in Earth-based laboratories
are about 100,000 Gauss, yet the Magnetar's monster magnetic field is estimated
to be 1,000,000,000,000,000 Gauss. A magnet this strong, located at about
half the distance to the Moon would easily erase your credit cards and
suck pens out of your pocket. In 1998, from a distance of about 20,000
light-years, SGR 1900+14 generated a powerful flash of gamma-rays detected
by many spacecraft. That blast of high-energy radiation is now known to
have had a measurable effect on Earth's ionosphere. At the surface of the
Magnetar, its powerful magnetic field is thought to buckle and shift the
neutron star crust generating the intense gamma-ray flares. Authors &
editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical
Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Evening
Camp at Waugh Lake - Camp at Waugh Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness,
looking out over the lake towards the Sierra Crest near Mount Lyell. Gary
N. Crabbe, PhotoTripUSA
NGC
7635: The Bubble Nebula (Big
Version - this is too big for wallpaper. I'd save it, crop it, and
resize it with Lview, etc.) Credit: Donald Walter (SCSU) et al., WFPC2,
HST, NASA Explanation: What created this huge space bubble? A massive star
that is not only bright and blue, but also emitting a fast stellar wind
of ionized gas. The Bubble Nebula is actually the smallest of three bubbles
surrounding massive star BD+602522, and part of gigantic bubble network
S162 created with the help of other massive stars. As fast moving gas expands
off BD+602522, it pushes surrounding sparse gas into a shell. The energetic
starlight then ionizes the shell, causing it to glow. The above picture
taken with the Hubble Space Telescope and released last week shows many
details of the Bubble Nebula never seen before and many still not understood.
The nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is about six light-years across and
visible with a small telescope towards the constellation of Cassiopeia.
Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA)
NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA
at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Monterey
Beach Sunset- Michael Wheeler.
Mist
and Creek at Sunrise - THE EASTERN SIERRA, CALIFORNIA, by Gary Crabbe
- PhotoTripUSA.
A
Skygazer's Full Moon Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler Explanation:
This dramatically sharp picture of the full moon was recorded on 22 December,
1999 by astroimager Rob Gendler. Big, beautiful, bright, and evocative,
it was the last full moon of the Y1.9Ks, pleasing and inspiring even casual
skygazers. December's moon was special for another reason, as the full
phase occurred on the day of the winter solstice and within hours of lunar
perigee. The first full moon of the year 2000 will bring a special treat
as well, presenting denizens of planet Earth with a total lunar eclipse.
On Thursday evening, January 20, the moon will encounter the dark edge
of Earth's shadow at 10:01 PM Eastern Time with the total eclipse phase
beginning at 11:05 PM and lasting for 77 minutes. This lunar eclipse will
be visible from North and South America and Western Europe (total phase
begins at 4:05 AM GMT January 21). Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific
rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
The
Rosette Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur Credit: T. A. Rector,
B. Wolpa, M. Hanna (AURA/NOAO/NSF) Explanation: The Rosette Nebula is a
large emission nebula located 3000 light-years away. The great abundance
of hydrogen gas gives NGC 2237 its red color in most photographs. The wind
from the open cluster of stars known as NGC 2244 has cleared a hole in
the nebula's center. The above photograph, however, was taken in the light
emitted by three elements of the gas ionized by the energetic central stars.
Here green light originating from oxygen and blue light originating from
sulfur supplements the red from hydrogen. Filaments of dark dust lace run
through the nebula's gases. The origin of recently observed fast-moving
molecular knots in the Rosette Nebula remains under investigation. Authors
& editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical
Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
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