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Andromeda Galaxy at ultraviolet wavelengths. image credit - NASA

Center of the Lagoon Nebula. Credit & Copyright - Michael Sherick

Comet Holmes. Credit, Copyright - Tony Cook

M42 ESO Orion Nebula. by Mark McCaughrean (ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal (Chile)

Messier 107 is one of more than 150 globular star clusters found around the disc of the Milky Way galaxy. Image credit - ESA NASA

Milky Way. photo - Carlos Malvar, Stiched panorama

Reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion. Reflection nebulae often look a ghostly bluish color because they reflect scattered light from bright stars nearby

Ring Nebula Deep Field. Credit & Copyright Vicent Peris

Simeis 147 (Spaghetti Nebula) Image Credit Emil Ivanov

Starburst Galaxy NGC 1313, Credit & Copyright - Robert Gendler

Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559. Copyright Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Hawaiian Starlight, CFHT

Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit - ESO

The Bubble Nebula. Image Credit & Copyright - Yves Van den Broek

The Crescent Nebula, a cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across. Photo by Isaac Newton Telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Canary Islands.

The Tarantula Nebula is more than 1,000 light-years in diameter -- a giant star forming region within our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud.  Copyright - John P. Gleason

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spiral galaxy NGC 4565. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile. Image Credit & Copyright Ken Crawford (Rancho Del Sol Obs.)