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UniversoMagico, 23 days ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Gum 46 Nebula

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/05/nebulosa-gum-46.html

This image shows Gum 46, also cataloged as RCW 71, an impressive gas cloud located at a distance of about 5,500 light years from Earth and located in the direction of the Crux Constellation, revealing details thanks to the skill of astronomers Mark Hanson and Alexandr Zaytsev. At the heart of Gum 46 is a young, hot, blue star called HD311999, both the star and.....
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UniversoMagico, 28 days ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Barnard 344 by Lóránd Fenyes

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/05/barnard-344-por-lorand-fenyes.html

The image by astronomer Lóránd Fényes shows the dark cloud Barnard 344, which lies ahead of a larger complex called the Gamma Cygni Nebula, to which it is closely related. Dark clouds like Barnard 344 become visible when in front of bright objects, such as emission nebulae or dense star fields. These clouds contain a large amount of dust and.....
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UniversoMagico, 1 month ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - NGC 3521 by Steven Mazlin

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/05/ngc-3521-por-steven-mazlin.html

The excellent image by astronomer Steven Mazlin shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3521. It is located in the southeastern region of the Leo Constellation, near the lion's head, and is located at a distance of about 35 million light years from the Via Dairy. Although it is easily visible with amateur telescopes, it usually goes unnoticed because it shares a region of.....
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UniversoMagico, 1 month ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - NGC 3690

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/04/ngc-3690.html

The interacting galaxies that appear in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope are NGC 3690 East and NGC 3690 West or together Arp 299, two galaxies that passed very close about 70 million years ago. As a result of this interaction, the system experienced a fierce burst of star formation. However, up to fifteen supernovae have also been.....
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UniversoMagico, 1 month ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Vela SNR by Paul C Swift

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/04/vela-snr-por-paul-c-swift.html

Astronomer Paul C Swift's excellent image shows the Vela supernova remnant, Vela SNR for short. It is located between the southern constellations of Vela and Puppis and is located at a distance of about 900 light years from the Solar System. Its ionization source comes from a supernova that occurred about 11,000 years ago, when the.....
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UniversoMagico, 1 month ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Around the Eagle and the Swan

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/04/en-torno-al-aguila-y-el-cisne.html

The impressive mosaic produced by astronomer David Lindemann, shows a large region of the sky encompassing the Constellations Serpens and Sagittarius. A region dotted with emission nebulae, dark clouds, open star clusters and even a planetary nebula called PN G013.3+01.1, which at its discovery was considered an emission nebula, which is.....
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UniversoMagico, 2 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - NGC 289

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/03/ngc-289.html

Looking towards the Sculptor Constellation at a distance of about 75 million light-years from the Milky Way is this giant spiral galaxy called NGC 289. Despite this distance, the light from NGC 289 reaches the cameras of the Victor Telescope brightly. M. Blanco from CTIO. The galaxy's bluish arms stretch through space more than 100,000 light years from the.....
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UniversoMagico, 2 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Magical night in Atacama

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/03/noche-magica-en-atacama.html

Astronomer Petr Horálek has produced a magical image. The Atacama Desert has been the setting chosen to photograph a spectacularly colorful sky in which the bright stars, which give light to the sky, become the protagonists. In addition, the red color of the hydrogen atoms ionized by the energetic stars is distributed throughout the galaxy, tinting the.....
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UniversoMagico, 2 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - NGC 3923

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/03/ngc-3923.html

The galaxy NGC 3923, already published in Universo Mágico with an excellent image by astronomer Rol Whal Olse, was portrayed by the 4-meter Blanco Telescope installed at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, in a wide-field image that also shows a gigantic field of distant galaxies. Of these galaxies, it is.....
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UniversoMagico, 2 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Spider Galaxy

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/03/galaxia-arana.html

This mystical-looking celestial body is the irregular galaxy UGC 5829, it is located at a distance of about 30 million light years from the Milky Way and is located in the direction of the Leo Minor Constellation. Although there are not many observations of this relatively faint galaxy, it has the distinction of having a descriptive nickname, the.....
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UniversoMagico, 2 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Super Blue Moon by James Negri

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/03/super-luna-azul-por-james-negri.html

This image of the Moon was taken on August 30, 2023 by astronomer James Negri. That night the Moon offered a spectacular view, whose special moment was captured by the astronomer's optics. Here the Moon was a Super Blue Moon, an event that provides views that can rarely be obtained from our natural satellite. To.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Hickson 88 by Warren Keller and Mike Selby

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/02/hickson-88-por-warren-keller-y-mike.html

The compact group of galaxies Hickson 88 is located in the direction of the Aquarius constellation and is located at a distance of about 270 million light years from the Milky Way. It is mainly composed of four prominent galaxies, cataloged as NGC 6975, also called NGC 6976, a spiral discovered by Albert Marth on.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - NGC 1087

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/02/ngc-1087.html

NGC 1087, seen here in an infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope, is a SAB-type barred spiral galaxy, which has a size of about 60,000 light years in diameter, located at a distance of about 80 million light years from the Milky Way and is located in the direction of the Cetus Constellation. It is located one degree southeast of.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Lambda Centauri by Antoine Grelin

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/02/lambda-centauri-por-antoine-grelin.html

Seen here in an excellent image by astronomer Antoine Grelin and located 5,900 light-years away from Earth, towards the deep southern constellation of Centaurus lies a large and beautiful nebula popularly known as the Running Chicken Nebula, which includes overlapping open star clusters IC 2944 and IC 2948 visible in the.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - NGC 4254

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/02/ngc-4254.html

The galaxy NGC 4254, also cataloged as Messier 99, was captured in this image by the James Webb Space Telescope. M99 is located at a distance of about 50 million light years from the Milky Way and is located in the direction of the Coma Berenices Constellation. It is a highly designed spiral galaxy, with a morphological classification indicating.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - The Milky Way over Frisco

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/02/la-via-lactea-sobre-frisco.html

The exquisite image by astronomer David Lane shows a terrestrial and celestial landscape over the five kilns in Frisco, Utah, United States, the popular Frisco Kilns. Charcoal-fired smelting in both pits and furnaces had been used in Utah since 1872. In total, there were 36 beehive-shaped smelting furnaces in operation. Each of these 5 ovens seen in.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - NGC 6741

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/02/ngc-6741.html

This striking image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows an aging star whose outer layers of gas have been ejected into space. These gases shine amid the fierce ultraviolet glow of the small, hot remnant of the star, located at the center of the cloud. This object, cataloged as NGC 6741 and popularly known as the Ghost Ray Nebula, is located.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - LBN 906 from APO

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/01/lbn-906-desde-apo.html

The image by the team of astronomers Thierry Demange, Richard Galli and Thomas Petit, from the Atacama Potographic Observatory or APO, shows a nebulous field that is located in the direction of the Eridanus constellation. The two large nebulae that cover the field of view are LBN 906 on the right and LBN 917 on the.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Galaxy UGC 12158

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/01/galaxia-ugc-12158.html

The galaxy UGC 12158 captured in this image by the Hubble Space Telescope is not hiding. This spiral wonder poses on its face, revealing its structure in great detail. UGC 12158 is an excellent example of a barred spiral galaxy. These galaxies, as their name suggests, feature spectacular spiral arms filled with swirling stars emanating from a.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Messier 15

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/01/messier-15.html

Messier 15 seen here in an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is a globular star cluster that is about 13 billion years old, making it one of the oldest objects in the Universe. However, Messier 15 has an abundant stellar population and is very bright despite its age. It is a spherical conglomerate of old stars that.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - NGC 3247 by Mark Hanson

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/01/ngc-3247-por-mark-hanson.html

NGC 3247, seen here in the center of the image by astronomer Mark Hanson, is an open star cluster located in the direction of the Carina Constellation, it is located at a distance of about 13,700 light years from the Solar System and was discovered by John Herschel on April 1, 1834. This distance and location place NGC 3247 in the.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Galaxy EGSY8p7

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/01/galaxia-egsy8p7.html

The galaxy EGSY8p7, seen here in the center of the image, was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, as it is a Lyman-alpha emitter. The galaxy is located at a redshift distance of z=8.6, in the early Universe, where the emission of light from excited hydrogen atoms is seen, that is.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Galaxy UGC 5189 A

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/01/galaxia-ugc-5189-a.html

The image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the relatively small galaxy UGC 5189 A, the designation UGC 5189 refers to the tip of the tidal tail that extends to the left in the image, the trail of the galaxy's passage after an interaction with another galaxy. Possibly responsible for this interaction is the galaxy with an.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - RCW 38 by Emil Ivanov

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/01/rcw-38-por-emil-ivanov.html

The image by astronomer Emil Ivanov shows the emission nebula RCW 28, which is divided into two components called Gum 22 and Gum 23. Both the RCW Catalog and the Gum Catalog contain H-Alpha emission nebulae visible from the southern hemisphere of the Earth, and many of its designations coincide with the same object or.....
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UniversoMagico, 4 months ago to Astronomy Spanish

#UMPlus - Farthest Fast Radio Burst

https://www.universomagico.net/2024/01/la-rafaga-de-radio-rapida-mas-lejana.html

An FRB, short for Fast Radio Burst, is a fleeting explosion of energy that can, for a few milliseconds, eclipse an entire galaxy. Hundreds of FRBs have been detected in recent years. They appear all over the sky like camera flashes from a stadium event, but the sources behind these intense bursts of radiation remain uncertain. This FRB is.....
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