Astronomyandgalaxies - GalaxyBrain

Orion Nebula photo 114 Years apart

The 1901 photo was taken by George Ritchey at Yerkes Observatory, using a 24 Inch (609mm) reflecting telescope. Amazing how far Astronomy has come

Moon Eater~ I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and ate everything and more!

Here's a rare mind blowing moment in the astronomy world. Clearest images ever taken of Equatorial Ridge on Saturn's moon 'Iapetus'.

The Medusa Nebula

apollo astronauts train for recovery operations at sea

"Insertion of astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (foreground) and Thomas P. Stafford into Gemini-6A spacecraft prior to launch."

Date: December 15, 1965

NASA ID: S65-66744

Aurora behind the starliner

Globular Cluster

NGC 1850 is a fascinating globular cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

It is situated approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Dorado.

NGC 1850 is notable for its rich population of stars and its complex structure, which includes multiple stellar populations.

Credits: NASA, ESA and P. Goudfrooij (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

Jellyfish nebula