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The Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC 4592) is a reflection nebula in Scorpius. It resembles a horse's head bathed in soft blue hues, illuminated by nearby stars. Dust particles scatter starlight, creating the nebula’s ethereal glow against a backdrop of countless stars. #Astro #Astrophotography #Horsehead

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Every dot in this picture is a galaxy. Every galaxy potentially has hundreds of billions of stars or more. Every star could have one or more planets with life. We are small in the cosmic sense.

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Infrared image of Jupiter by JWST. 🔭 🧪

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Hubble vs JWST

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The different colors in an aurora and what they are made of.

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An other Photo from 2021. The Pleiades or M45. A popular target for smaller and mid-sized telescopes. The brilliant Starcluster with its bright blue Stars and the beautiful reflection nebula is easy to find in the night sky even without the help of computerized mounts. #Astrophotography #Astronomy

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