Perhaps a little understated compared to other #astrophotography in the #constellation Centaurus, but I liked this one!
This is NGC 4696 as imaged by the #hubble space telescope
You can learn all about the #constellation #Centaurus in our latest #podcast here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
#AstroDon #Astronomy #hubble #ESA #NASA #astro #Centaurus #science
[#SonEtLumière cosmologique 
] Grâce au sondage #HUDF effectué par le télescope spatial #Hubble en 2003-2004, notre ciel profond est apparu constellé de milliers de #galaxies lointaines et peu lumineuses. L'une des images obtenues a été sonifiée, de sorte que la fréquence de l'onde sonore associée à chaque galaxie témoigne de son #redshift, ou décalage vers le rouge : https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250302.html
Parviendrez-vous à découvrir la galaxie la plus éloignée de l'image - celle dont la fréquence sonore associée est la plus basse ?
Is it abstract art or is it #astrophotography?
WHY NOT BOTH?!
This is a #Hubble image of the center of Centaurus A (aka NGC 5128).
You can learn more about the #constellation #Centuarus on our most recent #podcast here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
APOD from 2025-03-11
NGC 1672: Barred Spiral #Galaxy from #Hubble
Hubble captured barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, revealing dust lanes, blue star clusters, red hydrogen nebulas, a stellar bar, and an active nucleus with a supermassive black hole. Located 60 million light-years away in Dorado, it's studied for its bar's role in star formation.
HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250311.html#space #astronomy #telescope
Centaurus keeps on givin' -- this is NGC 5307, a planetary nebula, 8,000 LY in the #constellation #Centaurus
To learn more about the fascinating #astronomy of the constellation Centaurus, check out our #podcast: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
Another stunner of Jordan's Gold Star winner from our #astronomy episode on the #Constellation #Centaurus -- Omega Centauri
Listen to the #podcast: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
#Astrophotography #Space #AstroDon #Stars #Science #Hubble #ESA #NASA
This is Centaurus A aka NGC 5128 -- it didn't win Jordan's Gold Star, but 
Centaurus A is 11 million LY away and contains the closest AGN to Earth
Learn more about the incredible #astronomy of the #constellation #Centaurus here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
Starburst Galaxy Messier 94
Beautiful island universe Messier 94 lies a mere 15 million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the hunting dogs, Canes Venatici. A popular target for earth-based astronomers, the face-on spiral galaxy is about 30,000 light-years across, with spiral arms sweeping through the outskirts of its broad disk.
After writing a book about a #KuiperBelt object called #Pluto more than 15 years ago, I just had to write about a set of three (or maybe two?) Kuiper Belt objects that have stirred up quite a bit of curiosity. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/03/04/hubble-spots-potential-threesome-on-solar-systems-edge/ #Hubble #Space
#Hubble Captures a Jaw-Dropping Spiral #Galaxy Teeming With #Star Formation
https://scitechdaily.com/hubble-captures-a-jaw-dropping-spiral-galaxy-teeming-with-star-formation/
This is the “Backward Galaxy” — one of Jordan’s runners up for Gold Star in this week’s episode on the #astronomy of the #constellation #Centaurus
Listen here to find out more about this galaxy & more: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
APOD from 2025-03-02
The #Hubble Ultra Deep Field in Light and Sound
Explore the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field in a new way: hover over the image to hear sonified distances. Each #galaxy's redshift is represented by a tone—the further away, the lower the pitch. The average galaxy, 10.6 billion light-years away, plays an F#. Can you find the most distant one?
Video at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250302.html#space #astronomy #telescope
The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the Sun that exploded about 10,000 years ago, the Veil Nebula is situated about 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. Hubble images of this photogenic nebula were first taken in 1994 and 1997, and again in 2015.
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-captures-new-view-of-colorful-veil/
#Hubble is back at it!
This is the Veil Nebula located in the #constellation #Cygnus
We covered the #astronomy of Cygnus last season here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cygnus-cosmic-background/
As well as the #GreekMyth behind the constellation here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cygnus-myths-and-retconstellations/
A Hubble Treasury Program used 1,000 Hubble orbits to map the 3D structure of Andromeda's 36 dwarf satellite galaxies, helping us understand the history of our neighboring galaxy's galactic ecosystem.
This animation is based on real Hubble data. I find it delightful.
More: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-009
Hubble image of Arp 321, also known as Hickson 40.
This group of galaxies include three spiral galaxies, an elliptical galaxy, and a lenticular (lens-like) galaxy. The group is so compact it could fit within a region of space that is less than twice the diameter of our Milky Way's disk.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Pagan
Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2022/012/01FYSACDTCSR43GVXBWTHDFHCT?news=true
Beautiful new cover of the Nature Astronomy Journal
The dark polar ovals of Jupiter
Image: Troy Tsubota, University of California, Berkeley.
Cover design: Bethany Vukomanovic
#Hubble's #Andromeda #Galaxy #Mosaic
Astronomy Picture of the Day
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