Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the biggest planet of the Solar System, its mass being more than twice as big as all the other planets combined. Along with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the four giant planets are known as the Jovial. Planet Jupiter has mostly in its component hydrogen and helium, but …
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Trail of Stars Between Elephant’s Trunk and Bubble Nebula
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is a mixture of interstellar gas and dust, in the ionized gas region of IC 1396 star cluster. Cepheus Constellation is situated in the northern hemisphere and contains various star clusters, glowing nebulae and dark dust clouds. All of them can be followed in detail in this the photo below. In the left we can see IC 1396, a …
Could There Be Life On Messier 13?
Messier 13 ( M13, NGC 6205) is a globular cluster of approximately 300,000 stars in the Hercules Constellation. It is also recalled as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster. Having a magnitude of 5.8 and a diameter of about 23 arc minutes, Messier 13 can be easily seen with small telescopes and even with …
Pink Waves Of The Lagoon Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula (also known as Messier 8, M8 or NGC 6523) is a very large interstellar cloud in the Sagittarius Constellation . It is considered to be an emission nebula, emitting light of various colors. The Lagoon Nebula’s color is pink in long time-exposed photos, although it appears grey looked directly through binoculars or a telescope. This is because …
Hidden Secrets in The Galactic Center of The Milky Way
The Galactic Center is the rotational center of our home galaxy. It is located in the direction of the Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, and Scorpius Constellations where the Milky Way shines the most. It has been theorized that the Galactic Center is also home for a supermassive black hole. Because interstellar dust conceal the Galactic Center, studies at visible, ultraviolet or soft X-ray wavelengths are impossible to conduct. …
Perseus A Galaxy Spreads Filaments
NGC 1275 (also known as Perseus A or Caldwell 24) is a type 1.5 Seyfert galaxy located in the direction of the Perseus Constellation. NGC 1275 corresponds to the radio galaxy Perseus A and is situated near the centre of the large Perseus Cluster of galaxies. It is morphologically a type-cD galaxy. NGC 1275 consists of two galaxies, the central cD Galaxy …
Spiral Galaxy Messier 81
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode’s Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. With an active galactic nucleus holding a 70 million solar mass supermassive black hole, Messier 81 is a popular galaxy to study in professional astronomy research. It’s close proximity to Earth, the large size and relatively low apparent magnitude (lower magnitude implies …
Hot Massive Star Hiding in Cat’s Eye Nebula
The Cat’s Eye Nebula, also known as NGC 6543 or Caldwell 6, is a planetary nebula located in Draco constellation and one of the most complex nebulae known. High-resolution observations with Hubble Space Telescope revealed outstanding structures such as knots, jets, bubbles and strong arc-like features; still, the mechanisms behind its complicated morphology are yet to …
Colliding Galaxies in Stephan’s Quintet
Stephan’s Quintet is located in Pegasus constellation, being a visual grouping of five gallaxies of which four form the first compact galaxy group ever discovered. It was dicovered by Édouard Stephan in 1877 at Marseilles Observatory, becoming the most studied of all compact galaxies groups. The brightest member of the grouping is NGC 7320 that is shown …
Star Clusters and Dust in Trifid Nebula
The Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20, M20 or NGC 6514 is an H II region located in Sagittarius constellation. The nebula is an unusual combination of an open star cluster, an emission nebula, reperesnted by the lower, red portion, the upper blue part – a reflection nebula, and a dark nebula in the middle, …