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🔭 Messier 81

Image Credit & Copyright: Lorand Fenyes

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One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth's sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: big, beautiful Messier 81. Also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's galaxy for its 18th century discoverer, this grand spiral can be found toward the northern constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear. The sharp, detailed telescopic view reveals M81's bright yellow nucleus, blue spiral arms, pinkish starforming regions, and sweeping cosmic dust lanes. But some dust lanes actually run through the galactic disk (left of center), contrary to other prominent spiral features. The errant dust lanes may be the lingering result of a close encounter between M81 and the nearby galaxy M82 lurking outside of this frame. Scrutiny of variable stars in M81 has yielded a well-determined distance for an external galaxy -- 11.8 million light-years.
March 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🔭 HH 30: A Star System with Planets Now Forming

Image Credit: James Webb Space Telescope, ESA, NASA & CSA, R. Tazaki et al.

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A dark field has a single, colorful, blurry structure in its center. Red-colored jets extend out from the center toward the top and bottom of the frame. A dark disk covers the center. Blue outflows appear on both sides of the horizontal disk. To the lower left, a larger blue outflow extends. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
February 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Observing classic spectra #tbt
February 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM