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#UMPlus - Sh2-74 by Naoyuki Kurita

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This image, produced by Japanese astronomer Naoyuki Kurita, shows an emission nebula that is rarely photographed, mainly because it is small and plain. Sh2-74, also cataloged as RCW 182 and LBN 109, is located toward the western-central part of the Aquila constellation and lies at a distance of about.....
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Sh2-74 by Naoyuki Kurita
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#UMPlus - Stars being born in LDN 483

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High-resolution near-infrared light captured by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details and extraordinary structures in IRAS 18148-0440, inside the dark cloud LDN 483, located in the direction of the Serpens Cauda constellation and located at a distance of about 650 light-years from.....
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Stars being born in LDN 483
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#UMPlus - RCW 52 by Georg N. Nyman

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This excellent image processed by astronomer Georg N. Nyman, using data collected at Telescope Live, shows an emission nebula neighboring the Carina Nebula NGC 3372. Cataloged as RCW 52 and Gum 32, it is located in the direction of the Carina Constellation and is located at a distance of about.....
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RCW 52 by Georg N. Nyman
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#UMPlus - Wizard Nebula by Antoine Grelin

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This wide-field image by astronomer Antoine Grelin shows a densely populated star field that lies in the direction of the constellation Cepheus. There are many interesting objects in this part of the sky, and many nebulae, star clusters, and intriguing objects are in the field of view. Each of the clouds seen.....
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Wizard Nebula by Antoine Grelin
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Planetary party portrait above Paranal!

In this image, taken in early February, the planets of the Solar System appear to parade one after the other above our Paranal Observatory in #Chile. Joining the party are the #Moon, the #MilkyWay, and a special guest: comet C/2024 G3 ☄️

A question we often get is whether the planets orbit the Sun in the same plane as the disc of the Milky Way. This image shows that's not the case: the plane of the Solar System –the ecliptic– is tilted about 60º relative to the Milky Way.

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The image is a circular fisheye projection, with the horizon around the circular edge and the highest part of the sky at the centre of the circle. It shows eight telescope domes around the edge. The moon lights the telescopes and the desert from behind, creating a haze across, but above it the sky is pretty dark and full of stars. Our Milky Way galaxy –– an arc made dense by white points and hues of pink and purple –– crosses the image vertically. Several planets, which look like dots, appear aligned more or less horizontally across the sky. The image is marked with text for white points of interest, including the Milky Way, planets and comet C/2024 G3, which looks like the streak of a shooting star, blazing white.
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High-resolution near-infrared light captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail and structure in Lynds 483 (L483). Two actively forming stars are responsible for the shimmering ejections of gas and dust that gleam in orange, blue, and purple in this representative color image.

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Over tens of thousands of years, the central protostars have periodically ejected some of the gas and dust, spewing it out as tight, fast jets and slightly slower outflows that “trip” across space. When more recent ejections hit older ones, the material can crumple and twirl based on the densities of what is colliding. Over time, chemical reactions within these ejections and the surrounding cloud have produced a range of molecules, like carbon monoxide, methanol, and several other organic compounds. The two protostars responsible for this scene are at the center of the hourglass shape, in an opaque horizontal disk of cold gas and dust that fits within a single pixel. Much farther out, above and below the flattened disk where dust is thinner, the bright light from the stars shines through the gas and dust, forming large semi-transparent orange cones. It’s equally important to notice where the stars’ light is blocked — look for the exceptionally dark, wide V-shapes offset by 90 degrees from the orange cones. These areas may look like there is no material, but it’s actually where the surrounding dust is the densest, and little starlight penetrates it. If you look carefully at these areas, Webb’s sensitive NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has picked up distant stars as muted orange pinpoints behind this dust. Where the view is free of obscuring dust, stars shine brightly in white and blue.
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#UMPlus - The Altjira system

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This fictional image attempts to recreate one of the possible scenarios for the Altjira 148780 system located in the Kuiper Belt, situated at the edge of the Solar System. It is likely a hierarchical triple formation, in which two very close companions are orbited by a third member at a greater distance. The.....
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The Altjira system
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Cyclones at Jupiter's North Pole
* Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, ASI, INAF, JIRAM
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Why are there so many cyclones around the north pole of Jupiter? The topic is still being researched. NASA's robotic Juno mission orbiting Jupiter took data in 2018 that was used to construct this stunning view of the curious cyclones at Jupiter's north pole. Measuring the thermal emission from Jovian cloud tops, the infrared observations are not restricted to the hemisphere illuminated by sunlight. They reveal eight cyclonic features that surround a cyclone about 4,000 kilometers in diameter, just offset from the giant planet's geographic north pole. Similar data show a cyclone at the Jovian south pole with five circumpolar cyclones. The south pole cyclones are slightly larger than their northern cousins. Oddly, data from the once Saturn-orbiting Cassini mission has shown that Saturn's north and south poles each have only a single cyclonic storm system.
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2025 March 9 The image shows the north pole of Jupiter in red (infrared) light. Many cyclonic swirls surround the pole. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Cyclones at Jupiter's North Pole * Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, ASI, INAF, JIRAM Explanation: Why are there so many cyclones around the north pole of Jupiter? The topic is still being researched. NASA's robotic Juno mission orbiting Jupiter took data in 2018 that was used to construct this stunning view of the curious cyclones at Jupiter's north pole. Measuring the thermal emission from Jovian cloud tops, the infrared observations are not restricted to the hemisphere illuminated by sunlight. They reveal eight cyclonic features that surround a cyclone about 4,000 kilometers in diameter, just offset from the giant planet's geographic north pole. Similar data show a cyclone at the Jovian south pole with five circumpolar cyclones. The south pole cyclones are slightly larger than their northern cousins. Oddly, data from the once Saturn-orbiting Cassini mission has shown that Saturn's north and south poles each have only a single cyclonic storm system. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy, Accessibility, Notices; A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.
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Galaxies in Space

The plane of our Milky Way galaxy extends beyond the limb of planet Earth in this space age exposure captured by astronaut Don Pettit. His camera, with low light and long duration settings, was pointed out the window of a Dragon crew spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on January 29. The orbital outpost was at an altitude of about 400 kilometers above the Pacific Ocean at the time.

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Motion blurs the Earth below, while the gorgeous view from low Earth orbit includes the Milky Way's prominent satellite galaxies, known as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, near the upper left in the frame. Fans of southern skies can also spot the Southern Cross. The four brightest stars of the famous southern constellation Crux are near picture center, just beyond the edge of the bright horizon and shining through Earth's orange tinted atmospheric glow. Image Credit & License: NASA, ISS Expedition 72, Don Petit
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