A Sagittarius Triplet
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
East of Antares
Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (ESO)
Sagittarius and the Central Milky Way
Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler
IC 4592: A Blue Horsehead
Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble
Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (U. California, Berkeley) et al., and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Barnard 86 and Beyond
Image Copyright: Rolf Wahl Olsen
Barnard 86 is a dense molecular cloud visible as a prominent dark patch in the direction toward the galactic centre.
Next to it lies the brilliant young cluster NGC 6520. It most likely condensed out of this cloud only a few million years ago. Also visible is the heavily obscured globular cluster Djorg 2 near the left edge of the image.
The background is a rich blanket of tens of thousands of stars in the Milky Way’s central bulge. Among them a couple of deep red carbon stars stand out, for example one half way between Barnard 86 and Djorg 2.
Voyager and Cassini
1. Jupiter Portrait
Here’s a spectacular photo of Jupiter taken by the narrow angle camera flying onboard the NASA’s Cassini space craft. Jupiter is one of the four gas giants in the solar system.
2. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Region
This is a close-up photo of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. The Great Red Spot is actually a storm located south of Jupiter’s equator. This photo was taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979.
