News tagged with lagoon nebula
An angry bird in the sky
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope reveals the Lambda Centauri Nebula, a cloud of glowing hydrogen and newborn stars in the constellation of Centaurus ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Gemini images a psychedelic stellar nursery
(PhysOrg.com) -- An all-time favorite of skywatchers on both hemispheres, the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8, or M8) is among the most striking examples of a stellar nursery in our neighborhood of the Milky Way ...
May 06, 2011 |
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Image: Hubble's lagoon
Like brush strokes on a canvas, ridges of color seem to flow across the Lagoon Nebula, a canvas nearly 3 light-years wide.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Breaking waves in the stellar lagoon (w/ Video)
The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a dramatic view of gas and dust sculpted by intense radiation from hot young stars deep in the heart of the Lagoon ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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The trilogy is complete -- GigaGalaxy Zoom Phase 3
The newly released image extends across a field of view of more than one and a half square degree — an area eight times larger than that of the full Moon — and was obtained with the Wide Field Imager attached ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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