By Jason Rhian, on August 25th, 2013 The Andromeda Galaxy, M31. Photo Credit: Chris Hetlage / Imaging the Cosmos
Chris Hetlage with Imaging the Cosmos offers up another stunning array of images from his observatory at the Deerlick Astronomy Village in Georgia. This dark sky community has produced stunning imagery of the majesty of space. This collection of photos contain […]
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By Steve Nerlich, on July 4th, 2013 The Andromeda galaxy, M31, observed by the now-retired ultraviolet space telescope GALEX. This composite image is false-colored, with blue representing far ultraviolet and orange representing near ultraviolet. Image Credit: NASA/JPL – Caltech.
GALEX, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, was recently decommissioned by NASA after more than 10 years of operation. GALEX was a space […]
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By Emily Carney, on June 13th, 2013 Data from Chandra’s X-ray Observatory has led astronomers to unveil 26 black holes in the Milky Way’s neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy. This is the largest number of black hole candidates found in a galaxy outside our own. Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. Barnard, Z. Lee et al.; Optical: NOAO/AURA/NSF/REU Program/B. Schoening, V. Harvey and […]
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By Jason Rhian, on April 7th, 2013 Photo Credit: Chris Cook / cookphoto.com
This past Tuesday, photographer Chris Cook snapped this image of M31 (Messier 31), more commonly known as the Andromeda Galaxy. It shared the sky with the PanSTARRS comet, which is making its way through the solar system.
Cook produced this composite image by conducting four 20-second exposures […]
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