25 Spectacular Galactic Images

In cloudless summer nights, the outer space is an incredibly awesome thing to watch even with a naked eye but if you have a good telescope, you can find a really breathtaking spectacle up there. Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, these 25 spectacular galactic images all seem like paintings or digital artworks but we all know they are worlds many, many, miles away.



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Red Spider Nebula (3,000 light years away from Earth)




Red Spider Nebula heic0109a




24


Veil Nebula (1,500 light years away from Earth)




Veil Nebula heic0712b




23


Globular cluster Messier 69 (29,700 light years away from Earth)




Messier 69 potw1240a




22


Gas storm in Swan Nebula (5,500 light years away from Earth)




Swan Nebula heic0305a




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Oyster Nebula (5,000 light years away from Earth)




Oyster Nebula potw1444a




20


Center of the Messier 61 galaxy (100,000 light years away from Earth)




Messier 61 potw1417a




19


Galaxy cluster Abell 2390 (2.7 billion light years away from Earth)




Abell 2390 heic0814d




18


Jupiter´s Great Red Spot (on average, 483 million miles or 778 million km away from Earth)




Jupiter opo9929b




17


Star V838 Monocerotis (20,000 light years away from Sun)




V838 Monocerotis heic0617b




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Horsehead Nebula (1,500 light years away from Earth)




Horsehead Nebula heic0105a




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Galaxy Tarantula (170,000 light years away from Earth)




Galaxy Tarantula heic0416a




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Eskimo Nebula (2,870 light years away from Earth)




Eskimo Nebula heic9910a




13


Ring galaxy AM 06441-741 (300 million light years away from Earth)




AM 06441-741 opo0415a




12


Close up of Mars (43 million miles or 68 million km away from Earth at the time of the photo)




Mars opo0124a




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Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (11,000 light years away from Earth)




Cassiopeia A heic0609a




10


Pillars of Creation in Eagle Nebula (7,000 light years away from Earth)




25 Spectacular Galactic Images Pillars of Creation




9


Hourglass Nebula (8,000 light years away from Earth)




Hourglass Nebula opo9607a




8


Star S106 IR formation – (2,000 light years away from Earth)




S106 IR heic1118a




7


Sombrero Galaxy (28 million light years away from Earth)




Sombrero Galaxy opo0328a




6


Cone Nebula (2,500 light years away from Earth)




Cone Nebula heic0206c




5


Galaxy Centaurus A (10 – 16 million light years away from Earth)




Centaurus A heic1110a




4


Cosmic pinnacle in Carina Nebula (7,500 light years away from Earth)




Carina Nebula heic1007a




3


Stellar spire in Eagle Nebula (7,000 light years away from Earth)




Eagle Nebula heic0506b




2


Crab Nebula (6,500 light years away from Earth)




Crab Nebula heic0515a




1


Large Magellanic Cloud (200,000 light years away from Earth)




Large Magellanic Cloud heic1301a


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