Taken from Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Explanation: The Trifid Nebula, aka M20, is easy to find with a small telescope, a well known stop in the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius.
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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
Submitted by Zed on Wed, 2005-01-12 01:00.
Taken from Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Explanation: Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus.
UKIRT: Aloha Orion
Submitted by Zed on Thu, 2005-01-06 01:00.
Taken from Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Explanation: At the edge of a dense molecular cloud, filaments of gas, cosmic dust, and a multitude of young stars beckon in this penetrating image of the Orion Nebula.
GRO J1655-40: Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole
Submitted by Zed on Sun, 2004-12-26 01:00.
Taken from Astronomy Picture of the Day
Explanation: In the center of a swirling whirlpool of hot gas is likely a beast that has never been seen directly: a black hole.
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Submitted by Zed on Tue, 2004-03-09 01:00.
Taken from hubblesite.org.
Galaxies, galaxies everywhere - as far as NASA's Hubble Space Telescope can see. This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, this galaxy-studded view represents a "deep" core sample of the universe, cutting across billions of light-years.
M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula
Submitted by Zed on Tue, 2003-02-25 01:00.
Taken from Astronomy Picture of the Day
Explanation: The Great Nebula in Orion, an immense, nearby starbirth region, is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulas. Here, glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1500 light-years away.
Cold Wind from the Boomerang Nebula
Submitted by Zed on Thu, 2003-02-20 01:00.
Taken from Astronomy Picture of the Day
Explanation: A cold wind blows from the central star of the Boomerang Nebula. Seen here in a detailed false-color image recorded in 1998 by the Hubble Space Telescope, the nebula lies about 5,000 light-years away towards the grand southern constellation of Centaurus.
Halo of the Cat's Eye
Submitted by Zed on Wed, 2002-09-04 00:00.
Taken from Astronomy Picture of the Day
Explanation: The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the best known planetary nebulae in the sky.
