... September 17, 1995 . Thousands of Coma Cluster Galaxies . ... Copyright: Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Anglo-Australian Observatory, and AURA . ... The Coma Cluster of galaxies pictured is a dense cluster containing many thousands of galaxies . Many of these galaxies contain as many stars as our own Milky Way Galaxy . Although nearby when compared to most other clusters, light from the Coma Cluster still takes hundreds of millions of years to reach us. ... About APOD | ...

... M31: The Andromeda Galaxy . ... Andromeda is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy. Our Galaxy is thought to look much like Andromeda. ... The diffuse light from Andromeda is caused by the hundreds of billions of stars that compose it. ROSAT Explores The X-Ray Sky . ... Caught in the act earlier this summer by the Hubble Space Telescope, the volcanic moon Io (above and right of center) and its shadow (black dot) are seen here against Jupiter's clouds. ...

... Over the first 4 years, its X-ray telescopes eROSITA and ART-XC will survey the whole sky with a record sensitivity in the 0.5-10 keV energy band. ... The goal of the second international Spectrum-RG conference is to discuss the different scientific topics addressed by the mission, synergies with surveys at other wavelengths, and requirements to follow-up observations.Contributed talks and poster presentations are invited on the topics related to the SRG science goals. ... Active galactic nuclei . ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Our Galaxy . ... Other Galaxies . ... Space Flight . ... October . ... Posted on November 19, 2010 | 1 Comment Could HIP 13044 b be the strangest exoplanet yet found? ... Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have been looking ten thousand years into the future of the vast globular cluster Omega Centauri. ... Posted on October 4, 2010 | 1 Comment Gorgeous! ... Posted on September 27, 2010 | ...

A Canadian and American team of Astronomers have used the 305-m wide Arecibo radio dish, the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope, to uncover a dozen new super-fast-spinning pulsars. The team directed their search for these rare and exotic stars by pointing the Arecibo radio telescope towards massive star clusters, called Globular Clusters, orbiting our Milky Way galaxy. ... One of the most exotic residents in the Globular cluster system are the millisecond pulsars. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. September 22, 1998 . M61: Virgo Spiral Galaxy . ... Explanation: M61 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies . Visible in M61 are a host of features common to spiral galaxies : bright spiral arms , a central bar , dust lanes , and bright knots of stars. ... About APOD > . ...