Wide-field view of the area of NGC 6357

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YO2M2zK7j-Tf5cg5BBn6GUH3gKUhxQiBi5aE4122mEyBOF19bCmW1KWoIZBFO9PH__Xvpxw9Dxh5zjJf7XzJJRdJro_x5UgZvUB0Lx1FMYmrYDosP-UXzIoHzhTBs-pACQF2snuP9nuC/s1600/NGC-6357.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="NGC 6357 Pismis 24" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YO2M2zK7j-Tf5cg5BBn6GUH3gKUhxQiBi5aE4122mEyBOF19bCmW1KWoIZBFO9PH__Xvpxw9Dxh5zjJf7XzJJRdJro_x5UgZvUB0Lx1FMYmrYDosP-UXzIoHzhTBs-pACQF2snuP9nuC/s640/NGC-6357.jpg" title="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">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.</div><br />Image Credit: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Wide-field view of the area of NGC 6357

Part of the constellation Scorpius centred on NGC 6357 which has star cluster Pismis 24 in its centre. This image is a colour composite take...

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Solar Prominence

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRV5BIJGA4iXdbg0IAZGguWhSqSpJIX0yAbGujgaMOs-MWTYa2tRRNBCn1CxVTnzIeJf4UBQfUM5zJcef2A0iM4e9epyi4jHfaft3agTfHWnjdf5TDlg2rDdsipSod-U9ciKeH3sEnW3S/s1600/sun-prominence.gif" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Solar Prominence" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRV5BIJGA4iXdbg0IAZGguWhSqSpJIX0yAbGujgaMOs-MWTYa2tRRNBCn1CxVTnzIeJf4UBQfUM5zJcef2A0iM4e9epyi4jHfaft3agTfHWnjdf5TDlg2rDdsipSod-U9ciKeH3sEnW3S/s400/sun-prominence.gif" title="" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A round solar prominence burst from the sun on March 13, 2016, shortly after it rotated into the view of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. Much of the solar material did not escape the sun’s gravitational pull, falling back to the solar surface. Prominences – called filaments when seen against the sun’s face instead of over the horizon – are notoriously unstable clouds of solar material suspended above the solar surface by the sun’s complex magnetic forces. They often break apart after a few days.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This video was made from images taken every 12 seconds by SDO – the fastest-ever cadence for solar observations from space. This prominence was captured in wavelengths of 304 angstroms, a type of extreme ultraviolet light that is typically invisible to our eyes, but is colorized here in red.</div><br />Video Credit: NASA/SDO<br />Explanation from: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-s-sdo-sees-circular-outburst<br /><div class="feature-credits" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px;"></div>

Solar Prominence

A round solar prominence burst from the sun on March 13, 2016, shortly after it rotated into the view of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, ...

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Lava & Ocean

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsZv27_A7sjQnujZMHj99jBxmkDKQBq3BA7iUcBlJWrmHGLkkQJCuF7vwOhCUgTcEganz32Vl2VnlTjXomNyGmgF6dJH_IJA6b4KwbzrW7Sbkjl9yAE38xhT9nxxRwAoeueuoYlGrGjgy/s1600/Bardarbunga-Volcano.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Lava & Ocean" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsZv27_A7sjQnujZMHj99jBxmkDKQBq3BA7iUcBlJWrmHGLkkQJCuF7vwOhCUgTcEganz32Vl2VnlTjXomNyGmgF6dJH_IJA6b4KwbzrW7Sbkjl9yAE38xhT9nxxRwAoeueuoYlGrGjgy/s640/Bardarbunga-Volcano.jpg" title="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bardarbunga Volcano, Iceland</div><div style="text-align: center;">September 14, 2014</div><br />Image Credit: Bernard Meric

Lava & Ocean

Bardarbunga Volcano, Iceland September 14, 2014 Image Credit: Bernard Meric

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Hubble Frontier Fields view of MACSJ0717.5+3745

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwpLxdn1FG4XTMchXp9TAuhY5xOE0_1XJwD9ezHGp256r0rgfwHxFykxjFHZwTSrFgLkNi9DUvxZgDO9uCUkr6QGM_N7tQQwcVrDp1ZbovMSLvh43EhE4ngMoyIHfgRaPZdcxq_N0LfjQ/s1600/galaxy-cluster-MACSJ0717-5-3745.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="galaxy cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwpLxdn1FG4XTMchXp9TAuhY5xOE0_1XJwD9ezHGp256r0rgfwHxFykxjFHZwTSrFgLkNi9DUvxZgDO9uCUkr6QGM_N7tQQwcVrDp1ZbovMSLvh43EhE4ngMoyIHfgRaPZdcxq_N0LfjQ/s640/galaxy-cluster-MACSJ0717-5-3745.jpg" title="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745. This is one of six being studied by the Hubble Frontier Fields programme, which together have produced the deepest images of gravitational lensing ever made.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Due to the huge mass of the cluster it is bending the light of background objects, acting as a magnifying lens. It is one of the most massive galaxy clusters known, and it is also the largest known gravitational lens. Of all of the galaxy clusters known and measured, MACS J0717 lenses the largest area of the sky.</div><br />Image Credit: NASA, ESA and the HST Frontier Fields team (STScI)<br />Explanation from: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1523b/

Hubble Frontier Fields view of MACSJ0717.5+3745

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745. This is one of six being studied by the Hubbl...

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Total Solar Eclipse seen from plane above Atlantic Ocean

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIwITZxk8SH9fPrulAVERhvnT9wrMU3mYBWmunpvB6fjPKcBvGOxs4J7tEK4ndXePC-8Da7LUvLyGSmuUDmj-RRz6oHFPUheXfAN4cQoCeXUEzO8nZDQ0r1zli0LrcDIjmgEA1ktm4ytA/s1600/solar-eclipse-from-plane.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Total Solar Eclipse seen from plane above Atlantic Ocean" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIwITZxk8SH9fPrulAVERhvnT9wrMU3mYBWmunpvB6fjPKcBvGOxs4J7tEK4ndXePC-8Da7LUvLyGSmuUDmj-RRz6oHFPUheXfAN4cQoCeXUEzO8nZDQ0r1zli0LrcDIjmgEA1ktm4ytA/s640/solar-eclipse-from-plane.jpg" title="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Plane above Faroe Islands, Atlantic Ocean</div><div style="text-align: center;">March 20, 2015</div><br />Image Credit & Copyright: Philippe Rowland

Total Solar Eclipse seen from plane above Atlantic Ocean

Plane above Faroe Islands, Atlantic Ocean March 20, 2015 Image Credit & Copyright: Philippe Rowland

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The Lagoon Nebula

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgananlgOFp6jQQ5YqBd7rMyIuC7AzcLl0KlY08IB3kuHIxZduOIBkzRtxjHSsGgdKLZzbcEpPPysOy0bI05oMKe5bgvX3fBbdsqsNKYsQrwGyAniLj8HBE1FEOMChPFAuLSkweD5Mnrusx/s1600/Lagoon-Nebula.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Lagoon Nebula" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgananlgOFp6jQQ5YqBd7rMyIuC7AzcLl0KlY08IB3kuHIxZduOIBkzRtxjHSsGgdKLZzbcEpPPysOy0bI05oMKe5bgvX3fBbdsqsNKYsQrwGyAniLj8HBE1FEOMChPFAuLSkweD5Mnrusx/s640/Lagoon-Nebula.jpg" title="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Situated some 5,000 light years away, the stellar nursery of the Lagoon Nebula lies in the constellation of Sagittarius. Despite being light years away, the Lagoon Nebula is in fact one of the few star-forming nebulae that it is possible to see with the naked eye (in optimum conditions) from mid-northern latitudes.</div><br />Image Credit & Copyright: László Francsics<br />Explanation by: Royal Observatory Greenwich

The Lagoon Nebula

Situated some 5,000 light years away, the stellar nursery of the Lagoon Nebula lies in the constellation of Sagittarius. Despite being light...

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The MACS J0717.5+3745 Galaxy Cluster

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAq9hOmvhyZ-tx8B1bN7032clNaW4EeXlixhH2kft8WOwBXdVwLYXBNjFstjnugD5XS6Qb6JKQP4egrYui7bVcMK1_xMt8WKS1SOEfPaarz9uEd1zW2HbGepsAiNEqKKNGRKnwSysksCk/s1600/MACS-J0717.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="The MACS J0717.5+3745 Galaxy Cluster" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAq9hOmvhyZ-tx8B1bN7032clNaW4EeXlixhH2kft8WOwBXdVwLYXBNjFstjnugD5XS6Qb6JKQP4egrYui7bVcMK1_xMt8WKS1SOEfPaarz9uEd1zW2HbGepsAiNEqKKNGRKnwSysksCk/s640/MACS-J0717.jpg" title="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In October of 2013 Hubble kicked off the Frontier Fields programme, a three-year series of observations aiming to produce the deepest ever views of the Universe. The project’s targets comprise six massive galaxy clusters, enormous collections of hundreds or even thousands of galaxies. These structures are the largest gravitationally-bound objects in the cosmos.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the Frontier Fields targets is shown in this new image: MACS J0717.5+3745, or MACS J0717 for short. MACS J0717 is located about 5.4 billion light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Auriga (The Charioteer). It is one of the most complex galaxy clusters known; rather than being a single cluster, it is actually the result of four galaxy clusters colliding.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This image is a combination of observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (showing the galaxies and stars), the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory (diffuse emission in blue), and the NRAO Jansky Very Large Array (diffuse emission in pink). The Hubble data were collected as part of the Frontier Fields programme mentioned above.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Together, the three datasets produce a unique new view of MACS J0717. The Hubble data reveal galaxies both within the cluster and far behind it, and the Chandra observations show bright pockets of scorching gas — heated to millions of degrees. The data collected by the Jansky Very Large Array trace the radio emission within the cluster, enormous shock waves — similar to sonic booms — that were triggered by the violent merger.</div><br />Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, NRAO/AUI/NSF, STScI, and R. van Weeren<br />Explanation from: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1611a/

The MACS J0717.5+3745 Galaxy Cluster

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