Astronomy pics

Atomic's little corner of the known universe

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These images are of some of the planets in our solar system. From left to right;

1.Earth showing New Zealand(128k)

2.Neptune(77k)

3.The large family of Jupiter(128k)

4.Mighty Mars(281k)

5.Mercury(102k)

6.Saturn and some of it's moons(102k)

7.This is a shot of all the planets as seen from outside our solar system(153k)

8.Venus(102k)

9.Saturn(77k)

10.Uranus as seen in both true and false colors(102k)

This second selection of thumbnails shows a variety of different images taken by the HST. From left to right;

1.This is an image of a spiral galaxy(357k)

2.A close up of the center of a galaxy showing a possible black hole(179k)

3.Here you can see back in time 10 Billion years(255k)

4.The Orion nebula(77k)

5.A close-up of the m-15 globular cluster(128k)

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Astronomy pics