Posts Tagged ‘Hoag’s Object’

Number Zero

Credit: NASA and The Hub­ble Her­itage Team (STScI/AURA)

We’re start­ing a new series here at Starry Crit­ters; num­bers and let­ters. Today’s image is brought to you by the num­ber zero.

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Eye in an Eye

Credit: NASA and The Hub­ble Her­itage Team (STScI/AURA)

Hot, blue stars form a halo around the yel­low cen­ter of a galaxy known as Hoag’s Object. From Earth, we view this odd galaxy face-on in this image from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope.

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The ancient peo­ples saw pic­tures in the sky. From those pat­terns in the heav­ens, ancient sto­ry­tellers cre­ated leg­ends about heroes, maid­ens, drag­ons, bears, cen­taurs, dogs and myth­i­cal crea­tures…
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