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Day 23: A Cosmic Merger. NGC 5256 is a pair of galaxies 350 million light-years away viewed in their final chaotic stage of merging. The pair was previously observed by Hubble as part of a collection of 59 images of merging galaxies, released on Hubble’s 18th anniversary on April 24, 2008. New data makes the gas and dust being whirled around inside and outside the galaxy more visible than ever before.

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Day 24: Galaxies Among the Stars. A detail from a closeup view of open star cluster NGC 6791, filled with stars estimated to be 8 billion years old. The cluster is in our own galaxy, some 13,000 light-years away. At upper left, two distant background galaxies can be seen through the spaces between the stars.

 

Merry Christmas you all !

 

 

 

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Day 25: The Pillars of Creation. The Eagle Nebula's four-light-year-tall pillars are seen here seen in a visible light image, capturing the multi-colored glow of gas clouds, wispy tendrils of dark cosmic dust, and the rust-colored elephants’ trunks of the nebula’s famous pillars. The nebula lies 7,000 light-years away. The dust and gas in the pillars is seared by the intense radiation from young stars and eroded by strong winds from massive nearby stars. Merry Christmas everyone, and many thanks to all of the scientists and engineers who designed, built and have used this amazing orbiting instrument that so magnifies the heavens.

 

Hey guys and gals, hope you all had a good christmas and managed to indugle to your hearts (and livers) content.

 

Those of you (that we know about) going through a tough time, know you were in our thoughts as well.

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