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Blowing a Super-duper Celestial Bubble
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Mich./S.Oey, IR: NASA/JPL, Optical: ESO/WFI/2.2-m. Zoom by John Williams/TerraZoom using Zoomify
When NASA combines images from different telescopes, they create dazzling scenes of celestial wonder and in the process we learn a few more things. Behold this wonder of combined light, known as LHA 120-N 44, or N 44 for short. Zoom into the scene using the toolbar at the bottom of the image. Click the farthest button on the right of the toolbar to see this wonder in full-screen. (Hint: press the “Esc” key to get back to work)
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Post tags: Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESO, infrared, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, N 44, NASA, NGC 1929, Spitzer Space Telescope, X-ray
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2012-09-26 00:28:35
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/97565/blowing-a-super-duper-celestial-bubble/
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