Posts Tagged ‘Small Magellanic Cloud’

Baubles and Flowers

04 January 2012 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al & ESA/XMM-Newton; Opti­cal: AURA/NOAO/CTIO/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al

A glow­ing bauble high­lights a star-forming flower in this image from NASA’s Chan­dra X-ray Obser­va­tory.

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Bright Jellyfish

04 February 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/MIT/D.Dewey et al. & NASA/CXC/SAO/J.DePasquale); Opti­cal (NASA/STScI)

A bright jel­ly­fish floats free in a star­lit sea in this image from NASA’s Chan­dra X-ray Obser­va­tory.

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Cluster of Jewels

23 August 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: Euro­pean Space Agency & NASA

A clus­ter of jew­els, known as NGC 265, glows in the Small Mag­el­lanic Cloud.

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Starry Gems

01 April 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA/ ESA

A field of starry gems shine in this image from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope of NGC 290. This bril­liant open star clus­ter lies within the Small Mag­el­lanic Cloud.

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Praying Mantis in the Cloud

08 January 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

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

The dark sil­hou­ette of a man­tis stands out in this cloud of glow­ing gas. NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope reveals details inside the star-producing neb­ula N81 in the Small Mag­el­lanic Cloud.

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