Brandon

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The Elephant Trunk Nebula
Credit:
T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

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The Taffy Galaxies, UGC 12914 and UGC 12915. They experienced a head on collision 25 million years ago which created a bridge of turbulent gas spanning the gap between them.
(International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
#space #galaxies #cosmos #stars #astrophysics

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Our neighbor, The Andromeda Galaxy also known as Messier 31
(NASA/ESA)

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Unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 3981. It’s irregular, sprawled out shape is likely due to an interaction with a neighboring galaxy.

(DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage processing: R. Colombari & M. Zaman)

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Reflection Nebula NGC 1788. A reflection nebula is a cloud of gas and dust that does not emit light of its own. They only shine by reflecting light from nearby stars.

(KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector, H. Schweiker & S. Pakzad)
#nebula #universe #cosmos #stars #interstellar

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@outlawphilosoph 1984 stuff.