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M87 – Supergiant Elliptical Galaxy
M87 aka Virgo A aka NGC 4486, a supergiant elliptical galaxy in Virgo. Recently, in April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope project published the first direct image of (the shadow of) the supermassive black hole at the center. The cutout shows the blueish plasma jet emitted from the central black hole.
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M83 – Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
A southern hemisphere beauty, the massive, grand design spiral galaxy M83 aka NGC 5236 in Hydra.
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Celebrating the Moon
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing with 14 years of earth-bound moon photography.
NGC 3628 Galaxy
NGC 3628, completing the Leo Triplet.
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USA 2017 – Wyoming – Grand Teton komplett
Grand Teton ist jetzt komplett in der Galerie, einige Klassiker sind mit dabei, Jenny Lake hier im Posting und natürlich auch die Mormon Row.
Two Days in London
M65 / M66 Galaxies
Spiral galaxies M65 / NGC 3623 and M66 / NGC 3627, part of the Leo Triplet, the M66 Group.
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NGC 5128 – Centaurus A Galaxy (v2)
Revised version of the Centaurus A Galaxy with better color calibration.
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M20 – Trifid Nebula
M20, the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius.
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