MESSIER 56 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Messier 56 (also known as M 56 or NGC 6779), located about 33,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Lyra (The Lyre). The stars in the globular cluster are tightly bound together by gravity.
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Greetings to the Universe in 55 Different Languages
Dr. Carl Sagan chaired the committee that organized and produced the Voyager Space Probe’s golden record. Among the contents were Sounds of Earth, a selection of sound bytes including nature, civilization, and humanity, and Greetings to the Universe in 55 Different Languages.
Every person who recorded for this project was given almost total freedom on what to say. They were explained the purpose of the project and asked to keep it brief. These are the genuine responses of each person sending a message to extraterrestrial life somewhere in the stars.
The Horsehead Nebula : Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud by chance has assumed this recognizable shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is some 1,500 light-years distant, embedded in the vast Orion cloud complex. About five light-years “tall”, the dark cloud is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is visible only because its obscuring dust is silhouetted against the glowing red emission nebula IC 434. Stars are forming within the dark cloud. Contrasting blue reflection nebula NGC 2023, surrounding a hot, young star, is at the lower left of the full image. The featured gorgeous color image combines both narrowband and broadband images recorded using several different telescopes. via NASA
Amateur astronomer, owns a telescope. This is a side blog to satiate my science-y cravings! I haven't yet mustered the courage to put up my personal astro-stuff here. Main blog : @an-abyss-called-life
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