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 Active Galaxy NGC 1275 
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NGC 7841: The Smoke Nebula in Frustriaus 
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NGC 1999: South of Orion
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Comet Lovejoy before Galaxy M63
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Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams 
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Spiral Galaxies in Collision
 Billions of years from now, only one of these two galaxies will remain.
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fuckyeahgalaxies · 11 years
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The Circinus Galaxy
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The Inner Part of an Active Galactic Nucleus (artist’s impression)
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Antennae Galaxies composite of ALMA and Hubble observations
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LL Ori and the Orion Nebula 
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Spiral Galaxy and Friends
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The Arms of M106 
 Typical in grand spiral galaxies, dark dust lanes, youthful blue star clusters, and pinkish star forming regions trace spiral arms that converge on the bright nucleus of older yellowish stars. But this detailed composite reveals hints of two anomalous arms that don't align with the more familiar tracers. Seen here in red hues, sweeping filaments of glowing hydrogen gas seem to rise from the central region of M106, evidence of energetic jets of material blasting into the galaxy's disk. The jets are likely powered by matter falling into a massive central black hole.
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Mercury on the Horizon
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The Great Meteor Procession of 1913 
 One hundred years ago today the Great Meteor Procession of 1913 occurred, a sky event described by some as "magnificent" and "entrancing" and which left people feeling "spellbound" and "privileged". Because one had to be in a right location, outside, and under clear skies, only about 1,000 people noted seeing the procession. Lucky sky gazers -- particularly those near Toronto, Canada -- had their eyes drawn to an amazing train of bright meteors streaming across the sky, in groups, over the course of a few minutes.(...)
Pictured above is a digital scan of a halftone hand-tinted image by the artist Gustav Hahn who was fortunate enough to witness the event first hand. Although nothing quite like the Great Meteor Procession of 1913 has been reported since, numerous bright fireballs -- themselves pretty spectacular -- have since been recorded, some even on video.
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Reflected Aurora Over Alaska 
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Infrared Orion's Nebula
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Saturn's Hexagon and Rings 
Unlike individual clouds appearing like a hexagon on Earth, the Saturn cloud pattern appears to have six well defined sides of nearly equal length. Four Earths could fit inside the hexagon.
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