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 The Cone Nebula The Cone nebula is actually a pillar of gas and dust. Called the Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) — so named because, in ground-based images, it has a conica ...more THE CONE NEBULAThe Cone nebula is actually a pillar of gas and dust. Called the Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) — so named because, in ground-based images, it has a conical shape — this giant pillar resides in a turbulent star-forming region. This picture, taken by the newly installed Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows the upper 2.5 light-years of the nebula, a height that equals 23 million roundtrips to the Moon. The entire nebula is 7 light-years long. The Cone Nebula resides 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. Credit:NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), the ACS Science Team, and ESA Giclee printed on heavy acid-free fine art paper.
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 Comet Hale-Bopp (Signed) This is the most beautiful shot of 1995's Comet Hale-Bopp, a huge naked-eye comet that displayed a "bifurcal" tail. The blue tail was the ion tail, ...more COMET HALE-BOPP SIGNEDThis is the most beautiful shot of 1995's Comet Hale-Bopp, a huge naked-eye comet that displayed a "bifurcal" tail. The blue tail was the ion tail, glowing gases which always pointed away from the sun, as it was produced by the solar wind, and the pinkish dust tail, from solid particles stripped off the nucleus, which always points into the orbital track of the comet. Signed in silver by Tom Bopp,the co-discoverer of the comet. (see a DETAIL) NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 Rho Ophiuchis Back by popular demand! Perhaps the most colorful region of the sky, this area around the giant star Antares was unavailable the past few year ...more RHO OPHIUCHUSBack by popular demand! Perhaps the most colorful region of the sky, this area around the giant star Antares was unavailable the past few years. Blue nebulae are "reflection" nebulae, and are usually starlight scattered off thin dust clouds. The other colors are "emission" nebulae, which glow under their own light from starlight energies exciting various gas clouds, like a flourescent light. Hang in any direction. Photo from the UK Schmidt Southern Observatory by David Malin. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 Antenna Galaxies Like many other objects, Hubble has resolved the enigmatic Antenna Galaxy, which looked to Earthbound 'scopes like a fuzzy insect, into reality: Th ...more HUBBLE ANTENNA GALAXIES POSTERLike many other objects, Hubble has resolved the enigmatic Antenna Galaxy, which looked to Earthbound 'scopes like a fuzzy insect, into reality: The Antennae are a pair of interacting galaxies, caught in each other's gravitational pull, and tearing each other apart. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 Trifid Nebula One of the most popular targets of astronomers, the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius is one of the most colorful nebulae in the sk ...more TRIFID NEBULAOne of the most popular targets of astronomers, the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius is one of the most colorful nebulae in the sky. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 The Pleaides There are lots of posters of the "Seven Sisters", or Pleiades Cluster, but this one has the best color, detail, and quality. Blue nebulae are "refl ...more THE PLEIADESThere are lots of posters of the "Seven Sisters", or Pleiades Cluster, but this one has the best color, detail, and quality. Blue nebulae are "reflection" nebulae, and are usually starlight scattered off thin dust clouds. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 The Horsehead Nebula The famous Horsehead Nebula, a dark column of dust extending into a red nebula, is in the constellation of Orion, a stellar nursery of colorful neb ...more THE HORSEHEAD NEBULAThe famous Horsehead Nebula, a dark column of dust extending into a red nebula, is in the constellation of Orion, a stellar nursery of colorful nebulae. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 Andromeda Galaxy The nearest galaxy, also known as M-31 ,is a twin to our Milky Way. It can be seen as a fuzzy patch in the Northern Sky. It is 100,000 light-years ...more ANDROMEDA GALAXYThe nearest galaxy, also known as M-31 ,is a twin to our Milky Way. It can be seen as a fuzzy patch in the Northern Sky. It is 100,000 light-years across, and 3 million light years away. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA More on Andromeda
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 Hubble Eagle Nebula 7000 light years away in the constellation Serpens, north of Scorpio. This is another of the Eagle's ...more EAGLE NEBULA PILLAR (M-16)7000 light years away in the constellation Serpens, north of Scorpio. This is another of the Eagle's "pillars of creation" but with much finer detail, from the dusty base to the blast of ultraviolet light at the top. Brilliant new blue stars shine like Christmas tree lights, while unseen stars illumnate from within and silhouette the column from behind. Read more from hubblesite.org. (Travis Rector, NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage team-STSCi-AURA) See a DETAIL of base
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 Hubble Lagoon Nebula A beautiful Hubble photograph of the interior of the Lagoon Nebula in the Sagittarius star field looking towards the center of the galax ...more HUBBLE LAGOON NEBULAA beautiful Hubble photograph of the interior of the Lagoon Nebula in the Sagittarius star field looking towards the center of the galaxy. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 Hubble Deep Field Finally! Our most-requested Hubble image. Scientists aimed Hubble at a dark void in the sky, and this is what they saw! It's teeming with hundreds ...more HUBBLE DEEP FIELDFinally! Our most-requested Hubble image. Scientists aimed Hubble at a dark void in the sky, and this is what they saw! It's teeming with hundreds of colorful galaxies of all types and sizes. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 Hubble Eta Carinae For years, astronomers wondered what was at the heart of the huge Eta Carina nebula, one of the brightest objects in the Southern sky. At the cente ...more HUBBLE ETA CARINAEFor years, astronomers wondered what was at the heart of the huge Eta Carina nebula, one of the brightest objects in the Southern sky. At the center of the nebula lies the Homunculus, which astronomers attributed to a pulsating, variable star. Hubble reveals reveals the true Homunculus, a bi-lobed explosion of such a huge scale, our solar system would be a speck on one of the balloons of expanding material. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 Two Faces of Mars The two completely different regions of the Red Planet. The top shows the canyonlands and volcanoes of Tharsis, the other the heavily cratered high ...more 2 FACES OF MARSThe two completely different regions of the Red Planet. The top shows the canyonlands and volcanoes of Tharsis, the other the heavily cratered highlands and Syrtis Major. Very detailed. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 Mars Pathfinder Panorama This 32" (36" with black border) full 180-degree panorama was taken by the Mars Pathfinde ...more MARS PATHFINDER PANORAMA POSTERThis 32" (36" with black border) full 180-degree panorama was taken by the Mars Pathfinder. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 Solar System The best solar system poster we've seen. Chock full of the latest information, just printed this fall. Large and detailed. Moons, comets, asteroids ...more SOLAR SYSTEM POSTERThe best solar system poster we've seen. Chock full of the latest information, just printed this fall. Large and detailed. Moons, comets, asteroids, planets...everything under the Sun! NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 The Moon (Euro) This poster is a nicely detailed moon globe, with nomenclature. There are two projections at the bottom of the poster, a polar view and a farside v ...more THE MOON (EUROPEAN VERSION)This poster is a nicely detailed moon globe, with nomenclature. There are two projections at the bottom of the poster, a polar view and a farside view. Ideal for astronaut autographs. See a close-up.NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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 The Moon This most widely seen view of the full moon was produced by Norm Sperling, an editor of Sky and Telescope magazine in the 1980' ...more THE MOONThis most widely seen view of the full moon was produced by Norm Sperling, an editor of Sky and Telescope magazine in the 1980's. It is actually a composite of two half (quarter) moons assembled photographically side by side. The word "Moon" is shown in several different languages at the top. NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE USA
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