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A Montage of the Carina Nebula

The Carina Nebula (known by astronomers as NGC 3372) is sometimes called the Great Nebula in Carina or the Grand Nebula. These images taken by the Hubble space telescope show the magnificent structure within the Carina Nebula. These images contain regions of dense star formation, interstellar winds, massive particle clouds and much more. Many of these structures are hundreds of light-years across and make the size of our solar system look pathetic in comparison. The Carine Nebula is about 10,000 light-years away from earth and is located in the constellation Carina.

Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble

Large Magellanic Cloud

NGC 1398 in Fornax.

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A solar eclipse and the Milky  Way seen from the ISS

Milky way

Four beautiful examples of overlapping/interacting galaxies brought to you by the Hubble Telescope. To view the images in their full resolutions, please open them in a separate tab.

NGC 660, an example of the unusually shaped polar ring galaxies. These galaxies are likely to form their structures following violent interactions with other passing galaxies.

The star cluster Westerlund 2

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