on these celestial beauties!

Only some are illustrations; the rest are real.

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This is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date. Image credit: NASA/GSFC

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Pulsar

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Titan

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Starburst galaxy M82 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

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Messier 81

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M51:The Whirlpool Galaxy

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The centre of the Milky Way

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Mars

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The moon, imaged by the Galileo spacecraft during its journey to Jupiter.

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The Red Planet: Mars

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Barnard 30 in the Orion Nebula. Image credit: NASA

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Saturn. Image credit: NASA/JPL/SSI

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NGC 2903

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The solar cycle
Sun follows a relatively predictable 11-year cycle of solar activity. During the solar minimum, there's very little activity, and only a handful of sunspots. During the solar maximum, there can be frequent and powerful coronal mass ejections and X-ray flares.

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The Sun (you need 3-D glasses). Image credit: NASA

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The Sun again.

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The Orion Nebula

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Saturn's icy moon: Enceladus

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The Moon

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Lunar Phases

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Saturn Dione

Noorie

Lovely pix, Noorie! Identification please Some of them have been repeated, like M45 or the Beehive Cluster in the constellation of Cancer, or the moon shots.
It would be nice if you put the names next to each pic...

just great..!!

I agree Mandrake, and I am really sorry about it. But I've gone back and rectified it.

As 4 identifying the pictures, I am working on that.

Noorie

I am happy 2 hear that.

Noorie

Great pics noorie waiting now for some info....

Don't be sorry Noorie . It happens to all of us.
Let me start with a bit of (educated) guesswork:
1. Earth
2. a nebula (pls name it)
3. a nebula (name again)
4. Venus?
5. The Beehive cluster in Cancer
6. Saturn's rings and Titan (?)
7. a nebula (Butterfly?)
8. A nebula (Orion?)
9. A galaxy (Andromeda?)
10. Pyramids of Giza?
11. Arcturus in the southern sky
12. Solar Eclipse (false image - digitally produced)
13. Megrez in the Ursa Major
14. Horsehead nebula?
15. ?
16. ?
17. Artist's image of Sedna?
18. Spiral galaxy in Ursa major?
19. Milky way
20. moon
21. phases of moon
22. A-rings of saturn and one moon (Titan again?)
23. Supernova?
24. The terminator line on the moon
25. repeats

You sound like a cosmologist, are you one ? I am just an amateur at this. But it is such a magical world out there, I just had 2 take a curious peek.

Thanks so much 4 helping me out Mandrake. I was in such a hurry the other day that I messed it all up; and although I've identified several of the pictures, it's not possible 2 do that 4 all of them in the same post.
I am so sorry.

The other option is to re-upload them again in a new post along with the tags, which is quite a bother; I think I've learnt a very good lesson 2day.

To make up 4 that somewhat, I've added a few new pictures along with the old post, this time with info tags.
And there are still a few more left, I'll try 2 upload those maybe today; but never 2gether and in a bunch!! That's what got me into this trouble!

Noorie

Lol...cosmologist is a big word . I am just a trained astronomer, though an amateur one.
For all queries that you might have about the sky and related stuff, be my guest. I'd be very very happy to answer questions on that.

Nice pics N!
I want to go to moon once in my life
I just wonder how it feels n how it looks upclose!

I like the sound of that, very, very much! Thank you.

P.S. Cud you please try not to be so very modest? The word "trained" is enough to give the game away.

Noorie

Thanks Reeth. Do look in the new amended post; the info you wanted is waiting 4 you!

Sorry for not adding that earlier along with the pictures as they shud have been.

Noorie

Thanks Zaira, insha'allah perhaps you will.
You never know, what wondrous surprises are waiting 4 you; that's Life.

Noorie

I hope it wasnt a warning?

You are an amazing person Suhas.......we re lucky to have someone, with your kind of all round knowledge among us

Thanks a lot noorie.....waiting for more pics

You guys are making me blush, Reeth and Noorie :beetroot-red-in-the-face:
Thanks anyways

Wow !!!!! Beautiful, just beautiful !!!!!!!!

Noorie heartily thanks for this Univers-Trip.


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Thanks! It was no trouble!

Noorie

Here are some more breathtaking images!

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Nebula images, amazing color gas clouds..

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Nebula images

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M106 by Filippo Ciferri

Plasma is known as the 4th state of matter. It is, in simple words defined as a highly ionized gaseous state. And the dust isn't the one found on earth. This one is known as Cosmic dust which is made up of very fine particles that can be found in virtually any part of the universe.

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The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas
Nebulas, one of the most beautiful phenomenom in the universe, are made up of gas left behind by stars forming or exploding.


Noorie

Such lovely pictures thanks a lot noorie

Pinkz, I am just so very happy that you saw them, liked them enough to leave a post 4 me.

Noorie

great work buddy .........nice collection