The purpose of this page is to provide a place for pictures which have been recently posted to my website, but have yet to be put on a specific page, for lack of time to write the text required to put them in proper perspective. In the meantime, they serve as 'eye candy', and through the links provided to their original Internet posting, an opportunity for viewers to read more about them while they wait to be moved to an appropriate destination. Because they will all eventually be moved to another page, anyone who wants to link to one of these images should use the original posting, instead of this page. Also, before linking to or using material from this site on another website, read my Copyright and 'Fair Use' Notice.
The Carina Nebula, a star-forming region in the constellation of Carina, approximately 7500 light-years from our Sun. The top image, taken in visible light, shows the 3 light-year wide pillar of gas and dust illuminated by the hot, bright young stars forming inside the pillar; but the stars themselves are not visible through their dusty shroud. In the bottom image, taken in infrared light, the gas and dust nearly disappear, revealing the stars and jets of material energized by the stars. Both images were taken by the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope. (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team, apod091001) |
False-color infrared and sub-millimeter image of the region near the galactic center
(actual image is much larger, and will be posted on very-wide-format page)
(MSX, IPAC, NASA, APEX, ESO)
Abell 370, a rich cluster of galaxies which is acting as a gravitational lens
Similar images of other rich clusters are already posted at Clusters of Galaxies
(NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team & ST-ECF, apod090921)
An example of how spectra (in this case, an emission line spectrum) are observed (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team)
See Absorption, Emission and Continuous Spectra for a discussion of these images
The (emission-line) spectrum of Eta (h) Carinae (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team)
Diagram showing the difference in the size of the solar disc at perihelion and aphelion
Alternating optical and UV images of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31
(similar images are posted at The Local Group, but this animation will allow a more detailed comparison of the two views)
(Optical Version: Bill Schoening, Vanessa Harvey/REU program/NOAO/AURA/NSF; UV Version: NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler (GSFC) and Erin Grand (UMCP)
, apod090917)
The center of globular cluster Omega Centauri (new HST image)
(NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team, apod090914)
Stephan's Quintet, a physical and optical grouping of galaxies
(NASA, ESA, Hubble SM4 ERO Team, apod090911)
The Butterfly Nebula, a planetary nebula
(NASA, ESA, Hubble SM4 ERO Team, apod090910)
E0102-72, a supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud
(NASA, CXC, MIT, D. Dewey et al., SAO, J. DePasquale, STScI, apod090905)
A rich cluster of galaxies, acting as a gravitational lens
(NASA, ESA, H. Lee & H. Ford (Johns Hopkins U.), apod090823)
Example of using laser-controlled adaptive optics to improve ground-based photography.
(Also, a nice example of the Milky Way and one of the Magellanic Clouds, as observed from Chile)
(Yuri Beletsky (ESO), apod090816)
"Block Island" meteorite, as observed by the Opportunity rover on Mars
(Mars Exploration Rover Mission, JPL, NASA, apod090813)
Stars and star clusters in galaxy NGC1313
(NASA, ESA, Anne Pellerin (STScI), apod090807)
The sharpest image of Betelgeuse so far, showing extended plumes
(Pierre Kervella, NaCo, VLT, ESO, apod090805)
The prototypical protostar, T Tauri
(T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN, NOAO/AURA/NSF, apod090803)
Supernova remnant SN1006, in Lupus
(NASA, ESA, Zolt Levay (STScI), apod090801)
A debris plume on Jupiter caused by a 2009 collision with a comet or asteroid
(NASA, ESA, H. Hammel (Space Science Institute, Boulder, Co.), and the Jupiter Impact Team, apod090731)
NGC1097, a spiral galaxy with an exceptionally bright central core -- probably due to radiation from a supermassive black hole
(NASA, JPL-Caltech, SINGS Team (SSC), apod090727)
The Horsehead Nebula, an 'elephant'-trunk structure in Orion.
(Nigel Sharp (NOAO), KPNO, AURA, NSF, apod090721)
NGC6240 -- Two galaxies in collision
(NASA / JPL-Caltech / STScI-ESA / S. Bush, et al. (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), apod090618)
Stars in the central portion of our galaxy, hidden from view by dust at optical wavelengths, as seen at infrared wavelengths
(Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et al., JPL-Caltech, NASA, apod090614)
Supernova remnant SNR0104
(X-ray: NASA / CXC / Penn State / S.Park & J.Lee; Infrared: NASA / JPL-Caltech, apod090612)
The Eskimo Nebula, a planetary nebula in Gemini
(Andrew Fruchter (STScI) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA, apod090503)
NGC2207 and IC2163, spiral galaxies colliding (and merging?)
(Debra Meloy Elmegreen (Vassar College) et al.,
& the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/ STScI/ NASA), apod041121)
NGC6888, the Crescent Nebula, and surrounding star fields.
(T. A. Rector (NRAO), NOAO, AURA, NSF, apod030415)
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