Testing the limits of my smart #telescope by capturing barred #spiralgalaxy #NGC2903 (right side of photo). This #galaxy is found in the #constellation Leo. The bright star on the left is HD82394. I am in a bortle 5 sky here. #astrophotography #seestar Happy Monday!
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#beautyOfSpace #wallartforsale #wallart #gifts #giftideas #swirling #NASA #HubbleImagesofSpiralGalaxies #spiralGalaxy #camelopardalis #astronomy #HubbleSpaceTelescope
Through a cosmic lens: Hubble and #JWST reveal a stunning Einstein ring: zorz.it/BKLSV
#SoumyadeepMukherjee #SpacePhotography #astronomers #HubbleSpaceTelescope #EllipticalGalaxy #SpiralGalaxy #CosmicLens #MilkyWay #EinsteinRing
image features the public sculpture #SpiralGalaxy by artist #JohnDavidMooney, installed outside the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
image features the public sculpture #SpiralGalaxy by artist #JohnDavidMooney, installed outside the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
It is called the "Phantom Galaxy" due to its low surface brightness, which makes it one of the most difficult objects for amateur astronomers to observe visually. M74 is classified as a grand-design spiral galaxy, meaning its spiral arms are prominent, symmetrical, and well-defined. Observers on Earth see the galaxy nearly face-on, offering a perfect view of its intricate structure. It is estimated to contain about 100 billion stars and is 32 million light years away in the constellation Pisces
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#space #nightSky #galaxy #universe #stars #wallpapers #backgrounds #nebula #astronomy #cosmos #outerSpace #interstellar #spiralGalaxy #galactic #astrophysics
Spiral galaxies
Colliding into our space
DNA dancing
Into an eternity
Of forces beyond control
#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #NASA #spiralgalaxy #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope
Hubble Captures a Dazzling Spiral Galaxy Alive With Birth and Destruction #Science #Space #Astrophysics #HubbleTelescope #SpiralGalaxy
Hubble Image Shows Spiral Galaxy NGC 6000’s Old and New Stars
Hubble’s new image of spiral galaxy NGC 6000, about 102 million light‑years away in Scorpius, shows a golden core of older stars and blue arms where young massive stars form. Read more: getnews.me/hubble-image-shows-spira... #ngc6000 #spiralgalaxy #hubble
Record of the Day:
“Space is not only high, it's low. It's a bottomless pit.”
- Sun Ra
#MusicSky#SunRa #VinylCommunity #TheNewThing #VinylSky #Jazz #VinylRecords #JazzSky #SpiralGalaxy
Why NGC 1300 stuns astronomers: distance, bar dynamics, a “spiral within a spiral,” and what Hubble & Webb are teaching us—fast, clear, unforgettable.
#NGC1300 #Astronomy #Hubble #JSWT #SpiralGalaxy #Space #Exploration #UCL #FreeAstroScience
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Messier 96: Lopsided Spiral Galaxy Shows Bright Star-Forming Rings
Messier 96, an Sa‑type spiral about 35 million light‑years away in Leo, shows lopsided arms and pink star‑forming rings, evidence of tidal interactions with nearby galaxies. Read more: getnews.me/messier-96-lopsided-spir... #messier96 #spiralgalaxy
Ancient 11.7-billion-year-old #SpiralGalaxy is five times more massive than #TheMilkyWay zorz.it/lWmJY | #JeremyGray #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #astronomy #BigBang #science #space #Webb
Hubble Observes Noteworthy Nearby Spiral Galaxy #Science #Space #Astronomy #HubbleTelescope #SpiralGalaxy #AstronomyNews
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This would make a cool shower curtain! My photos are all available on many products, including mugs, tote bags, pillow, puzzles and more!
#wallart #NASA #Space #Galaxy #StarFormation #SpiralGalaxy
**UGC 11397, a spiral galaxy in Lyra, lies 250 million light-years away. At its core: a supermassive black hole (174 million solar masses), hidden by a dust torus. Detected via X-ray emission, it's a Type 2 Seyfert galaxy. Studied with Hubble to trace black hole growth and star formation in galactic nuclei. *Title of the Work: Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center. *Type of Work: #Photography *Creator/Author: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth *Original Source/Platform: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-captures-an-active-galactic-center/ *Posting: Jun 27, 2025 *Description or Context: This Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy UGC 11397. *License or Usage: License or Usage: Unknown. No copyright infringement intended — shared purely for appreciation and commentary. *Use Purpose: appreciation, commentary, education, archival, non-commercial. ⚠️𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑹: 𝑳𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆: 𝑳𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆: 𝑼𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏. 𝑵𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 — 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚.𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆: 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚, 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍, 𝒏𝒐𝒏-𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍. 𝑵𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 — 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚. 𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍.
𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑𝑦. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒, 𝑗𝑜𝑦, 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑢𝑠—𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.
#Photography #SpacePhotography #CosmicBeauty #Cosmos #UGC11397 #SpiralGalaxy #Lyra #SupermassiveBlackHole #HubbleTelescope
A wide-field astrophotograph showing two main celestial objects. In the lower right is NGC 6939, a tight grouping of bluish stars forming an open star cluster. In the upper left is NGC 6946, a bright face-on spiral galaxy with dusty arms, tinged in subtle red and blue hues. Faint interstellar dust clouds stretch across the image, giving it a textured appearance. The entire scene is filled with tiny stars from our Milky Way in the background.
📸 NGC 6946 and NGC 6939
📅 APOD – July 4, 2025
📷 Credit: Alberto Pisabarro
#APOD #NASA #Galaxy #StarCluster #NGC6946 #NGC6939 #Astrophotography #Cosmos #DeepSky #MilkyWay #Cepheus #FireworksGalaxy #SpaceArt #Universe #NightSky #CosmicWonder #SpiralGalaxy #Stargazing #SpaceExploration #StellarSnap
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#Space #HubbleSpaceTelescope #spiralGalaxy #dustLanes #dvids #Astronomy #NASA #wallart #beauty
Wes captured the stunning #spiralgalaxy #M106, located 22-25 million light-years away. 🌌✨ Similar in size and luminosity to Andromeda, M106 is a beauty of the cosmos!
This impressive image took 18 hours of exposure using the #Celestron #EdgeHD 8 with a focal reducer. 🚀🔭
J0107a – The Galaxy That Shouldn’t Exist - There was a time when the universe was young, impatient, chaotic. Yet in that primordial era of dust... myscrappydays.com/news.php?slu... #J0107a #Earlyuniversegalaxy #Spiralgalaxy #Barredspiralgalaxy #Cosmicanomaly #JamesWebbgalaxy #ALMAgalaxy
Shipped out a custom "galactic mermaid" #SpiralGalaxy #parasol: shades of pink, fushia, and purple on a purple parasol with silver, blue, and teal stars.
A spiral galaxy with a bright nucleus and what looks like a bar in the center. On the right side is the label with image credit.
Spiral galaxy #Messier 58 with #JWST MIRI F770W
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A detailed image of spiral galaxy M61, showing a face-on view with well-defined spiral arms extending outward. The arms contain pink star-forming regions, blue star clusters, and dark dust lanes. At the bright center is a glowing core, which contains a tightly wound spiral of gas surrounding a supermassive black hole. This inner spiral resembles a miniature galaxy nested within the larger structure. The galaxy appears surrounded by the dark backdrop of space with scattered distant stars.
📸 In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61
M61 holds a spiral within a spiral — a glowing core surrounding a black hole.
📅 June 24, 2025
📷 Robert Gendler, NASA, ESA, Hubble, ESO
#M61 #SpiralGalaxy #BarredSpiral #BlackHole #GalaxyCore #VirgoCluster #DeepSky #Astrophotography #Hubble #ESO #APOD #StellarSnap
Image of the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), a spiral galaxy with a prominent dust lane and bright central bulge. High X-ray emissions and stellar velocities suggest a supermassive black hole at its core, billions of times the mass of our Sun.
Astronomy Picture from 08/02/1997
M104: The Sombrero Galaxy
Credit:
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970208.html
#SombreroGalaxy #M104 #Galaxy #Space #Astronomy #BlackHole #SpiralGalaxy #Cosmology #Astrophysics #Universe #DeepSpace #NASA #Science #Stargazing
A stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51 or NGC 5194), a spiral galaxy interacting with a smaller companion galaxy. The image showcases intricate details of the galaxy's spiral arms and vibrant colors, revealing the complex processes at work within this celestial system. Located in the constellation Canes Venatici, M51 is approximately 30 million light-years away and spans 60,000 light-years.
Astronomy Picture from 13/06/2022
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy from Hubble
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220613.html
#WhirlpoolGalaxy #M51 #NGC5194 #SpiralGalaxy #Hubble #Space #Astronomy #Cosmology #GalaxyInteraction #CanesVenatici
