Articles with 'N'

Neptune

Neptune is currently the most distant planet from the sun, with an orbital radius of 4.5 billion kilometres (2.8 billion miles, or 30 Astronomical Units). Even though its diameter is about four times that of the Earth... — full article

NGC 1300

— In: Astronomy and space

The Hubble telescope captured a display of starlight, glowing gas, and silhouetted dark clouds of interstellar dust in this 4-foot-by-8-foot image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300... — full article

NGC 1316

— In: Astronomy and space

Like dust bunnies that lurk in corners and under beds, surprisingly complex loops and blobs of cosmic dust lie hidden in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1316... — full article

NGC 1512

— In: Astronomy and space

In this view of the centre of the magnificent barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512, NASA Hubble Space Telescope's broad spectral vision reveals the galaxy at all wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared... — full article

NGC 1672

— In: Astronomy and space

The barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, showing up clusters of hot young blue stars along its spiral arms, and clouds of hydrogen gas glowing in red, lies in the constellation Dorado. Delicate curtains of dust partially obscure and redden the light... — full article

NGC 2346

— In: Astronomy and space

The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is capturing this black-and-white image of the 'butterfly wing'-shaped nebula, NGC 2346. The nebula is about 2,000 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation... — full article

NGC 2440

— In: Astronomy and space

This photograph from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope presents the first clear view of one of the hottest known stars, the central star of nebula NGC 2440 in our Milky Way galaxy... — full article

NGC 3132

— In: Astronomy and space

NGC 3132 is a striking example of a planetary nebula. This expanding cloud of gas, surrounding a dying star, is known to amateur astronomers in the southern hemisphere as the 'Eight-Burst' or the 'Southern Ring' Nebula... — full article

NGC 4414

— In: Astronomy and space

In 1995, the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 4414 was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. An international team of astronomers, led by Dr Wendy Freedman of the Observatories of... — full article

NGC 4622

— In: Astronomy and space

Astronomers have found a spiral galaxy that may be spinning to the beat of a different cosmic drummer. To the surprise of astronomers, the galaxy, called NGC 4622, appears to be rotating in the opposite direction to what they expected... — full article

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