iliveinaspiralgalaxy:

Moon May 22 2012 by p_c_alway on Flickr.

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gabriellestraum:

The Cat’s Eye Nebula, one of the first planetary nebulae discovered.

delespri-lyon:

It’s very small, but the is the picture I took of Saturn last night at my uni’s observatory.

I had to conquer my fear of heights to get all the way up there, but it was amazingly worth it!

blamoscience:

In 1787, astronomer William Herschel discovered the Eskimo Nebula, which from the ground resembles a person’s head surrounded by a parka hood. In 2000, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged the nebula that displays gas clouds so complex they are not fully understood. The Eskimo Nebula is clearly a planetary nebula, and the gas seen above composed the outer layers of a sun-like star only 10,000 years ago. The inner filaments visible above are being ejected by strong wind of particles from the central star. The outer disk contains unusual light-year long orange filaments.

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ciciann:

 http://weheartit.com/entry/27161836

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