Astronomy Slide Show

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Telescopes

Various forms of Light Palomar 200-inch telescope HST in orbit SIRTF in orbit Green Bank Telescope Arecibo Telescope VLA telescope Chandra X-ray observatory

Solar System

Earth Earth

Stars

Orion Nebula -- stellar birthplace Eagle Nebula -- stellar birthplace Beta Pictoris -- protoplanetary disk Planetary Nebula -- NGC7027 Planetary Nebula -- Eta Carinae Planetary Nebula -- Cat's Eye Crab Supernova Cass A Supernova

Galaxies

Our galaxy in visual Our galaxy in infrared Our galaxy in radio Spiral: Andromeda Galaxy Spiral: Messier 83 Elliptical: Messier 87 Irregular: Large Magellanic Cloud Radio Galaxy: Fornax A Radio Galaxy: Cygnus A

Universe

The Coma cluster of galaxies Las Campanas redshift survey Hubble Deep Field Microwave Background Fluctuations

Gravitational Lenses

Lensing example Castles poster Distant galaxy lensed by a cluster.