Posts Tagged ‘Orion’

Cool Cosmic Shades

07 September 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

With sparkling stars for gems, Messier 78 glows like a pair of cool cos­mic shades in this image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Tele­scope.

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Glowing R-shaped Keyhole

03 August 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

NASA and The Hub­ble Her­itage Team (STScI)

A glow­ing R-shaped key­hole beck­ons in this star-forming region of the galaxy toward the con­stel­la­tion Orion. NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope shows the foggy light of the reflec­tion neb­ula NGC 1999.

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Star Storm

29 March 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 1 Comment

Credit: C.R. O’Dell (Rice Uni­ver­sity), and ESA/Hub­ble & NASA

A storm of star­birth brews inside the Orion Neb­ula in this image from the NASA/ESA Hub­ble Space Telescope.

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Glowing Globs in a Starry Sea

03 March 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: ESA/Hub­ble & NASA

Glow­ing globs of star stuff float in a starry sea in this image from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope.

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Stellar Slug

14 February 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: ESA/Hub­ble & NASA

A stel­lar slug-shape rises out of the vast stel­lar nurs­ery of NGC 2174 in this image from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope.

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