Spiral galaxy NGC 1097 lies 45 million light-years away toward the constellation Fornax. Its blue spiral arms are teeming with star-forming regions, highlighted by their pink color. The spiral arms also obscure its local neighbor, a dwarf galaxy some 40,000 light-years away in the lower left corner. NGC 1097 was discovered by William Herschel on October 9, 1970.
Hello friends. This article will be about a topic I've been observing for the past few years. It's both a bit of self-reflection and the results of my observations. The topic is books and e-book use. Everyone and their circle likely sees books as synonymous with knowledge and culture. Everyone talks about the benefits of reading books. They are a symbol of development, progress, and enlightenment, even […]
This photo is of NGC 2264, a star-forming region. It consists of dark, interstellar dust clouds illuminated red by the light of newly forming stars, 2,700 light-years away. The actual size of the photo is about the size of a full moon, or 30 light-years across, in the sky. In fact, there's more than one nebula in this photo. The fact that the title refers to a nebula is […]
The Vela Supernova Remnant, located in the direction of Vela in the Southern Hemisphere, is the remnants of a supernova explosion from a dying star. The light from the supernova explosion first hit the remnant and reached Earth approximately 12,000 years ago. This means the supernova explosion is estimated to have occurred approximately 11,000 to 13,000 years ago. At the same time, the Vela Pulsar, a neutron star, formed within the remnants following the supernova explosion.
This photo shows the Geminids Meteor Shower, also known as the winter meteor shower in the north. This photo was created by combining several digital images taken by Jio Hao in 2014 on Changbai Mountain, located on the border of China and North Korea. The constellation Orion has made its way into the frame. It is visible above the volcanic crater in the center. In many places in the photo, the image […]
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a wealth of new images of the universe. But one of the images is breathtakingly beautiful. This infrared image of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula is nothing short of breathtaking. First, let's briefly explain the Eagle Nebula and the Pillars of Creation.
