Thursday, June 24, 2010

Aquarius

AquariusAQUARIUS the Water Carrier is a large constellation full of dazzling cosmic wonders. These wonders include the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) and the Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009). There are also many galaxies located in the region. The two brightest stars are Sadalmelik (α) and Sadalsuud (β). Now you know more about Aquarius!

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Blog Background

The background has three Hubble Space Telescope images:

— LH 95 is a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Dorado constellation.

— Ant Nebula (also called Menzel 3) is an aptly-named planetary nebula located in the constellation Norma.

— Egg Nebula (also called CL 2688) is a protoplanetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus.