New Hubble Telescope Images

A Neurotic

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/hubble_gallery/

Astounding. Awe-inspiring. Humbling.

almostnever

Simply unbelievable.

A clash among members of a famous galaxy quintet reveals an assortment of stars across a wide color range, from young blue stars to aging red stars.

This portrait of Stephan’s Quintet, also known as Hickson Compact Group 92, was taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3. Stephan’s Quintet, as the name implies, is a group of five galaxies. The name, however, is a bit of a misnomer. Studies have shown that group member NGC 7320, at upper left, is actually a foreground galaxy about seven times closer to Earth than the rest of the group.

I seriously can't get my head around some of this stuff,it's spectacular.

AlmightyCushion

The space agencies really don't get enough funding. This type of stuff is absolutely incredible and I'd love to see more of it.

hatrickpatrick

Am I right in thinking that the image in the first post is an image of one of the universe's most incredible objects - a quasar powered by a supermassive black hole?

AlmightyCushion

I could be wrong but I don't think it is. Usually a quasar has a thin stream of matter coming out of it. Like this:

http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect20/h_accretion_disk_02.jpg

mike65

Thats a Butterfly nebula, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6302