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Latest Posts by nicorinrinangels - Page 7
Satellites over Orion
Credits: Amir H. Abolfath
NGC 6543, Cat's Eye
MADOKA MAGICA ☆ WALPURGIS NO KAITEN
got that yuri on the brain
Flocculent Spiral Galaxy NGC 4414 ©
Day 361
i swear this was funnier in my head
Milky Way And The Australian Pinnacles
Day 358
this is me all day
they hate it when you’re pretty and slightly off-putting
Galaxy NGC 4900 with a star ©
IC 2177, Firebird
M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
Why is the Cigar Galaxy billowing red smoke? M82, as this starburst galaxy is also known, was stirred up by a recent pass near large spiral galaxy M81. This doesn't fully explain the source of the red-glowing outwardly expanding gas and dust, however. Evidence indicates that this gas and dust is being driven out by the combined emerging particle winds of many stars, together creating a galactic superwind. The dust particles are thought to originate in M82's interstellar medium and are actually similar in size to particles in cigar smoke. The featured photographic mosaic highlights a specific color of red light strongly emitted by ionized hydrogen gas, showing detailed filaments of this gas and dust. The filaments extend for over 10,000 light years. The 12-million light-year distant Cigar Galaxy is the brightest galaxy in the sky in infrared light and can be seen in visible light with a small telescope towards the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major).
