Astronomy Picture of the Day (revived!)

Found a cool picture of something astronomical you felt like sharing, whether you stumbled across it or maybe because you visited /r/spaceporn?

If you stumble across a picture in here and maybe have some questions about it, or want to explain it, then here's the thread to do so!

To start things off, here's a picture of the Carina Nebula:

Stunning image of the Milky Way over a lake in Switzerland. (Source)

Here's a photo from Cassini of Saturn's hexagon. This hexagonal cloud pattern is formed by atmospheric jet streams surrounding Saturn's north polar vortex.

Thread is back again lol c:

Here is a pic of Hubble's view at rementant of a long dead star c:...



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A picture of numerous galaxies courtesy of NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope.

Here is one of recent mars pic of Schiaparelli Impact Site on Mars c:



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Here's a picture of the Orion Nebula:



Credit to Joel Tonyan

Part of the Carina Nebula

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People say it looks like someone giving the bird, but I like to think that looks kinda like Freddy Mercury.

One of my favorites.

lol sorry guys I think that site don't allows hotlinks xD

Here is pic of Orion nebula through thousands of stars c:

Lelouch said:

This time its gif of f crash site of Schiaparelli: European Mars Lander seen by a NASA probe

Spoiler:

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Credit: NASA, JPL...

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May want to check your link :o

JDJacket said:

Spoiler:

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What exactly is this an image of, and when/where was it taken? :)

Tsutarja said:

May want to check your link :o

What exactly is this an image of, and when/where was it taken? :)

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lol I posted new one c:

I think that's a close up artistic view of moon JD? xD

Tsutarja said:

What exactly is this an image of, and when/where was it taken? :)

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You're kidding me, right? Please, please tell me you're joking. You see it, like, every night.

JDJacket said:

You're kidding me, right? Please, please tell me you're joking. You see it, like, every night.

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You're right, I could have said something different. I was just curious as to what made that photo special, haha

Tsutarja said:

You're right, I could have said something different. I was just curious as to what made that photo special, haha

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Oh, okay then! I was just a tad confused about it I guess ohoho!

A close up image of Eros taken by NASA in 2000 (I think)

Stephan's Quintet



A bunch of galaxies colliding with one another.