Astronomy & Space Exploration

#UMPlus - NGC 2566 Galaxy https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/galaxia-ngc-2566.html This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which lies in the direction of the constellation Puppis and is about 76 million light-years from the Milky Way. A prominent...See more

#UMPlus - NGC 465 by Bernard Miller https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/ngc-465-por-bernard-miller.html This image by astronomer Bernard Miller shows the open star clusters NGC 460 and NGC 465, which lie in the direction of the Tucana constellation and are located at a...See more

#UMPlus - Terzan 6 by Jhon Hothersall https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/terzan-6-por-jhon-hothersall.html Terzan 6 is a globular cluster located in the direction of the Scorpius constellation that was discovered by astronomer Agop Terzan in 1968. A study by the Chandra...See more

#UMPlus - MCS J1423 galaxy cluster https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/cumulo-de-galaxias-mcs-j1423.html MCS J1423.8+2404 is a galaxy cluster located in the direction of the Bootes constellation. Thousands of bright galaxies are bound together by their own gravity and form a...See more

#UMPlus - NGC 1313 by Warren Keller https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/ngc-1313-por-warren-keller.html Astronomer Warren Keller's excellent image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 1313. When we say spiral in this case, we mean that it has two clearly defined spiral arms within an...See more

#UMPlus - NGC 5643 https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/ngc-5643.html Magical Universe previously published an excellent image of NGC 5643 processed by astronomer Judy Schmidt. However, now the Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at this galaxy, showing the glorious...See more

#UMPlus - Sh2-112 by Jerry Yesavage https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/sh2-112-por-jerry-yesavage.html Sh2-112, seen in this image by astronomer Jerome Yesavage, is an emission nebula located in the northern part of the Cygnus constellation, one and a half degrees from the...See more

#UMPlus - NGC 2031 https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/ngc-2031.html NGC 2031, seen here in the upper left corner of this Hubble Space Telescope image, is a densely packed globular star cluster of thousands of stars. Its shape is spherical due to the mutual gravitational...See more

#UMPlus - Wide Field of NGC 520 https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/campo-amplio-de-ngc-520.html NGC 520 is a galactic collision of two galaxies that began more than 300 million years ago and is actually made up of two disk galaxies that will eventually merge to form a...See more

#UMPlus - PN BV 2 by Göran Nilsson https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/pn-bv-2-por-goran-nilsson.html This image taken by astronomer Prof. Göran Erik Nilsson shows Sh2-179, located in the direction of the Cassiopeia Constellation and discovered by Stewart Lane Sharpless, who...See more

#UMPlus - CODEX Mission https://www.universomagico.net/2024/12/mision-codex.html CODEX is a solar coronagraph installed on the International Space Station to gather important information about the solar wind and how it forms. A coronagraph blocks the bright light from the Sun...See more