This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a very complex planetary nebula. It is nicknamed the "Cat's Eye Nebula" and is about 1,000 years old.
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This is an image of Antares & Rho Ophiuchi.
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This is the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius. The red HII region with its young cluster is surrounded by a blue reflection nebula.
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This image shows stars that excite the Trifid Nebula.
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This is the Horsehead Nebula and NGC 2023.
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This is the Tarantula Nebula around 30 Doradus.
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This is an image of the Horsehead Nebula which is 1500 light years away.
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This image shows a small portion of a nebula called the "Cygnus Loop." This supernova remnant lies 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus the Swan.
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This is an image of the Orion Nebula which is an emission nebula 1,500 light years away. It is known as "The Great Nebula of Orion."
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This is the Eskimo Nebula also known as Clownface Nebula which has an unusually bright central star.
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This is the Trifid Nebula which is 2,000 light years away. It is called this because of the three dark division lanes.
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This is a spiral galaxy, NGC 2997.
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This is the Helix nebula, a planetary nebula in NGC 7293.
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This is the Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest large neighbor galaxy.
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This is the Whirlpool Galaxy M51 and was one of Messier's original discoveries. He discovered it on October 13, 1773, when observing a comet.
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This is an image of the radio galaxy Centaurus A.
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This is the Barred Sprial Galaxy, NGC 1365.
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This image shows startrails around the South Celestial Pole.
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