Fotografie z vesmíru a kosmonautiky +videa

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M78, NGC2068 | Kitt Peak National Observatory
M78 is part of the Orion complex, a large region of star-forming gas and dust centered around M42 and M43.
It is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula in the sky, and fairly easy to see with binoculars (and almost
visible to the naked eye, claim some observers). M78 is some 1600 light-years away and around 4 light-years
across. Other parts of this giant molecular cloud have their own labels: NGC2071 to the northeast (upper left),
NGC2067 in close to the northwest (upper right) and NGC2064 (faint, southwest, lower right), as well as other
pieces not in this picture. The present picture is a color composite mosaic of CCD images from the 0.9-meter
telescope of the Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona, taken in November 1998.
Image size 22.1x28.3 arc minutes.

VIRGO --- --- 14:41:27 3.11.2013

vdB 152, Barnard 175 | Kitt Peak National Observatory
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope
at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Also known as Barnard 175, vdB 152 is a reflection nebula atop of
a dark Bok globule. Embedded in the top right side of the nebula is the Herbig Haro object HH 450, a
jet emitted from a newly forming star. The thin, red filaments in the upper-right corner of the image
are the remnants of a supernova explosion. It is not yet clear whether or not the supernova remnant
will collide with vdB 152. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), V (green), I
(yellow) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. In this image, North is down and East is to the right.

VIRGO --- --- 14:40:39 3.11.2013

vdB 141 South | Kitt Peak National Observatory
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic Camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope
at Kitt Peak National Observatory. This globule is located just south of vdB 141, a reflection nebula
located in the constellation Cepheus. This very faint nebula looks like a bird about to take flight.
North is down and East is to the right. Imaged August 28, 2009.

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ADMIX --- --- 12:51:32 3.11.2013

Total Solar Eclipse - 11/3/2013 - YouTube
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VIRGO --- --- 19:56:14 2.11.2013

Iris Nebula NGC 7023 | Kitt Peak National Observatory
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic Camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
on August 29th, 2009. NGC 7023, also known as the Iris Nebula because of its flower-like shape, is a bright reflection nebula. The bluish
glow of the nebula comes from a hot, massive star at the center of the nebula, named HD 200775. Blue light from the star is scattered off
dust grains in the nebula, giving it its distinctive color. The dust can also be seen on the outer portions of the nebula, where it has a
faint brownish color and blocks out stars behind it. It was observed in the filters B (blue), V (green), R (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (
red). The image is rotated 30 degrees CCW from North is up, East is to the left.

VIRGO --- --- 19:52:22 2.11.2013

The Hockey Stick Galaxy
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
NGC 4656, also known informally as the "hockey stick galaxy," is a distorted edge-on spiral galaxy. Its distinctive shape is due to a recent
gravitational interaction with the galaxy NGC 4631. It is not yet certain, but these two galaxies may be in the early stages of merging. The
faint object in the upper-left corner may not be part of the galaxy, but instead be a dwarf galaxy in the process of merging with NGC 4656.
The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), V (green), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. In this image, North
is up, East is to the left.

VIRGO --- --- 19:49:38 2.11.2013

Reflection Nebula IC426 | Kitt Peak National Observatory
IC 426 is a reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion. Reflection nebulae often look a ghostly bluish color
because they reflect scattered light from bright stars nearby (the red light is absorbed by dust in the nebula).
Mintaka, the westernmost star in the belt of Orion, is thought to be the star illuminating IC 426.

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Night Visions: Astro La Palma (2 min trailer)
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C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp, on March 14, 1997

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The Ghost Nebula
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic Camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope
at Kitt Peak National Observatory. vdB 141 is a reflection nebula located in the constellation Cepheus.
Sometimes referred to as the ghost nebula, its awkward name is its catalog number in Sidney van den
Bergh's catalog of reflection nebulae, published in 1966. Several stars are embedded in the nebula. Their
light gives it a ghoulish brown color. North is down and East is to the right. Imaged August 28, 2009.

VIRGO --- --- 17:45:00 1.11.2013

NGC 7841: The Smoke Nebula

VIRGO --- --- 3:29:12 31.10.2013

Part of the constellation Scorpius centred on NGC 6357 which has star cluster Pismis 24 in its centre.
This image is a colour composite taken by the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), the field of view is 3.8x3.3 degrees.