The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured a beautifully detailed
image of the galaxy Messier 33.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory captured this new
image of the galaxy Messier 51 using X-rays.
Not exact matches
Made by observing simultaneously from four countries, including Sweden, the
image shows the glowing centre
of the
galaxy Messier 82 — and many bright remnants
of supernova explosions.
The
image shows the centre
of the
galaxy Messier 82 (M 82), also known as the Cigar
Galaxy, 11.5 million light years from Earth.
The sequence
of images below starting from top left: the Large Magellanic Cloud (satellite
of Milky Way), the Small Magellanic Cloud (satellite
of Milky Way), IC 5152 (irregular in Local Group), NGC 3084 (=
Messier 82, starburst irregular in M81 group), NGC 1313 (another starburst
galaxy), NGC 6822 (irregular in Local Group).
Just this year it captured the most distant single star yet, learned more about a strange stellar ring, watched two
galaxies merge, and created lots
of new
images of the
Messier objects, the distant smudges first described by astronomer Charles
Messier in the 18th century.
This mosaic
image of the magnificent starburst
galaxy,
Messier 82 (M82) is the sharpest wide - angle view ever obtained
of M82.
This
image of the spiral
galaxy Messier 101 is a composite
of views from the Spitzer Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, and Chandra X-ray Observatory.
The spiral arms
of the nearby
galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in this NASA Spitzer Space Telescope
image.