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Jupiter’s Ghost
Bruce Balick and Jason Alexander (University of Washington), Arsen Hajian (U.S. Naval Observatory), Yervant Terzian (Cornell University ), , Mario Perinotto (University of Florence), Patrizio Patriarchi (Arcetri Observatory) and NASA/ESA
For unknown, curious reasons, early observers of NGC 3242 thought it resembled the planet Jupiter, giving it the name the Ghost of Jupiter. Others called it the Eye Nebula. Explore this image of the planetary nebula. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows great detail of the central ring and the shooting red gas of bipolar flow.
Southern Pinwheel
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
M83, or the Southern Pinwheel, is undergoing star formation on a much faster scale than our own Milky Way Galaxy. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured amazing detail of the curving spiral arms and bright galactic core of this nearby spiral galaxy. The core is the bright whitish area to the right of the image. Follow the spiraling arc of stars. Hundreds of thousands of young star clusters are forming along the spiral arm. Ancient globular clusters are also seen in the image.
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