The Galaxy Around Us

August 23, 2007 – 1:14 am

black hole M87

This shot is of a black hole shooting off a streamer from the center of Galaxy M87, approx 5000 light years long. M87 is about 300 million light years from Earth.

spiral galaxies collide

A shot of spiral galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 colliding. 114 million years from earth.

Both pictures come from the Hubble Telescope. Another great site is the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

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Comment by ortho

2007-08-23 12:57:05

Have you checked out the new sky feature on Google Earth. You might like it. It allows users to explores space from the comfort of their own homes.

http://earth.google.com/sky/index.html

Comment by William Teach

2007-08-24 21:16:27

I’ve seen it, Ortho, but, thanks for the link, I had kinda forgotten about it. Stuff like that is seriously awesome.

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