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Very Large Telescope image of Arp 271, also known as NGC 5426 and NGC 5427.

The galaxies are tugging on each other with gravity, which has begun to distort their features and may have also triggered bursts of star formation.

Credit: ESO
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Two similar-looking spiral galaxies take up most of the frame. They both have bright, yellow-white central cores and well-defined spiral arms dotted with blue star clusters and dark dust lanes. NGC 5427 is a nearly face-on spiral galaxy at top. NGC 5426 is a more oblique galaxy at bottom. The two spiral arms from NGC 5426 appear to reach upward and act as a bridge that connects with NGC 5427. The black background of space is dotted with stars and small background galaxies.
November 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Jul 12, 2024)

Interacting galaxies Arp 142, featuring NGC 2937 (the Egg) and NGC 2936 (the Penguin), captured by #NASAWebb's NIRCam and MIRI.

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An image of the interacting galaxies Arp 142, showing NGC 2937 (the Egg) and NGC 2936 (the Penguin) with annotations for orientation and scale. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
November 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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NGC 6822. It's about 9 hours with my Sharpstar 130 HNT and ZWO 294MM. There is a green "star" in the bottom right corner that's actually NGC 6818, a planetary nebula. #astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social
November 5, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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A beautiful ESO image of NGC 2359, also known as Thor's Helmet Nebula.
November 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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New #JWST 🔭 data release for target names: NGC-6232, NGC-6232-BK, NGC-6232-image.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
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jw07140-o054_t075_miri_f770w-brightsky_i2d.jpg NGC-6232-image A JWST Survey of Compton Thick AGN
November 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Aug 27, 2024)

Discover the star-forming cluster NGC 1333 in the Perseus molecular cloud, showcasing newly born stars and brown dwarfs, 960 light-years away. #NASAWebb #JamesWebb

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A wide field mosaic image of the NGC 1333 star-forming region, showing clouds of gas and dust in blue and orange, along with variously sized bright stars. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana
November 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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A Hubble image of the spiral galaxy NGC 691, which is about 120 million light-years away from Earth.
November 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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As pessoas são tipo 'ai sou adulto tenho casa carro e família' puta ngc ridículo vsf
November 4, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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こちらも引用元と同じ小マゼラン銀河にある星団NGC 346をハッブル宇宙望遠鏡がとらえた画像です。NGC 346の星々は3つの小集団に分かれており、合計で数十個の高温の大質量星が存在しています。

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Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Nota (STScI/ESA)
November 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Endlich mal wieder ein bisschen Stargazing...
Foto aus der Seestar APP. Man sieht das eine Galaxie NGC 6946 (Fireworks Galaxy) aufgenommen wird. Darunter sieht man einen Sternhaufen (NGC 6939) mit im Bild.
November 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Flickr (Jan 29, 2024)

Explore NGC 1512, a barred spiral galaxy located 30 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Horologium.

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A detailed image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512, showing its central region, bar structure, and spiral arms filled with stars and dust. Credit: NASA; ESA; CSA; STScI; Janice Lee (STScI); Thomas Williams (Oxford); PHANGS team
November 3, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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We might have clear skies tonight! Hoping not to jinx it, but if so, will try for the new supernova in NGC 1433 with the big ‘scope tonight!

I’ve got supernova fever, so went and processed some old data of mine. Two images I took of NGC 1566 — before and after the 2021 supernova!

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Two tile image showing a face on spiral galaxy in both. In the lower image is an extra bright point of light which is the supernova. The image is annotated to show the galaxy name NGC 1566, supernova name SN 2021aefx and two image dates being Feb and Dec in 2021
November 6, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Jan 29, 2024)

NGC 628, a spiral galaxy 32 million light-years away in Pisces, reveals intricate structures in its face-on view, captured by #NASAWebb.

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A face-on view of the spiral galaxy NGC 628, featuring a central light blue haze and orange spiral arms. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
November 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Kitt Peak image of Arp 286, also known as NGC 5560, NGC 5566, and NGC 5569.

The galaxies in this triplett are gravitationally interacting. NGC 5566 is at center, NGC 5569 at bottom left, and NGC 5560 at top left.

Credit: NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, T.A. Rector, H. Schweiker
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The frame is dominated by three spiral galaxies. The largest is at the center of the frame. The disk of the galaxy is tilted, so that it appears oval-shaped, with the long axis running diagonally from upper right to lower left. It has a bright yellow-white center, surrounded by a ring structure. Emerging from the ring are two spiral arms, defined by faint dust lanes and blue star clusters. The arms trace the outline of the oval. A haze of yellow stars fills in the interior of the oval. At the bottom left is a smaller face-on spiral galaxy. Unlike the other two galaxies in the group, this galaxy does not appear distorted. It has a small bar structure in its center, surrounded by two loose spiral arms that are filled with blue star clusters. At upper left is a distorted spiral galaxy seen nearly edge-on. Its disk is warped, forming a thin, nearly vertical, backward S-shape. At the center of the disk is a faint bulge made out of a haze of stars.
November 1, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Flickr (Oct 25, 2019)

NGC 2985, a stunning spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, lies about 70 million light years from Earth, revealing intricate symmetry in its winding arms.

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A beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 2985 with intricate symmetry and winding arms. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho
November 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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The W3/W4/W5 complex/star forming region in Cassiopeia: W3 (the knot at the bottom, NGC 896), W4 (Heart Nebula, IC1805) and W5 (Soul Nebula, IC 1848).

Left: close in view.

Right: the wider view, with the Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC 869/884) in frame. #astrophotography
Cose in view with the William Optics GT81/ASI 2600 MC. 40 x 5 min exposures. The wider view, with the Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC 869/884) in frame. Shot with Samyang 135mm lens/Canon 6D. 100 x 60s exposures, f/2.8
November 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Mar 4, 2008)

NGC 2371, a planetary nebula located 4,300 light-years away in Gemini, showcases complex features surrounding a dying star's remnant core.

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Astronomical image of the planetary nebula NGC 2371, showcasing gas and dust structures around a dying star. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
November 5, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Meet NGC 2023, a reflection nebula nestled at the heart of the Orion constellation.

It is illuminated by a massive young star several times hotter than the Sun, and its bright blue-white light causes NGC 2023’s milky glow. 

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1919a/

🔭 #flashback
A bright blue-white star illuminates the surrounding clouds of gas and dust. Image by ESO.
November 3, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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New #JWST 🔭 data release for target names: NGC-300-OT2008-1.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
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jw07321-o004_t002_nircam_clear-f356w_i2d.jpg NGC-300-OT2008-1 SN 2008S and NGC 300 2008-OT: Are They Terminal Electron Capture Supernovae?
November 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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Southern Hemisphere Astrophotographers!

⭐💥NEW SUPERNOVA ALERT ⭐💥

It's in a bright, nearby barred spiral galaxy (NGC 1433), which is very favourable for imaging this time of year.

Type 1a, so image over weeks + get light curves!

Details: www.wis-tns.org/object/2026a...

HT @johngizis.bsky.social
graphic showing the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1433. Annotated are details of the galaxy itself like its size, brightness and sky location. A short blurb about it also is present. Optical wavelength spectra of the supernova light curve
November 3, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Jan 29, 2024)

NGC 7496, a spiral galaxy 24 million light-years away in the constellation Grus, showcases intricate structures in its star formation cycle.

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A view of the spiral galaxy NGC 7496, featuring a bright core, orange arcs, and prominent diffraction spikes. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
November 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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AstroBin's Image of the Day: "NGC 772" by Rabeea Alkuwari
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#astrophotography
NGC 772
October 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Hoy ha tocado dos cúmulos abiertos en la Constelación de Cefeo (tengo yo debilidad por los cúmulos estelares): NGC 7510 y NGC 7419.

El primero, además, permite ver dos nebulosas cercanas.

¡¡¡Bendito horario que me permite hacer volver temprano a cenar!!!
November 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Gemini North image of Arp 84, also known as NGC 5394 and NGC 5395.

Interactions between this galaxy pair funneled gas into the center of the smaller distorted spiral NGC 5394, which fuels a burst of star formation.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA
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A pair of interacting spiral galaxies. On the left is a large spiral galaxy. It's disk is tilted, so that it appears as a oval rather than a circle. It has a bright yellow-white center that transitions into spiral arms. The arms are defined by dark brown dust lanes dotted with pink star forming regions. The area in between is filled with a haze of blue-white stars. Below and to the right is a second galaxy, a smaller, distorted spiral. In its center is a bright yellow nucleus surrounded by a ring of stars that transitions into two spiral arms that form an S shape. The lower spiral arm forks in two. They are all made of a haze of yellow stars. The lower left part of the ring and spiral arms have a concentrated area of dust and red star forming regions. Extending from the inner spiral arms are two much larger, thin spiral arms, dotted with blue star clusters, which lengthen the S-shape. The upper arm appears to touch the edge of the disk of its companion galaxy. On the black background of space are foreground stars, some with diffraction spikes, and tiny background galaxies.
November 5, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Flickr (Jul 10, 2020)

NGC 7513, a barred spiral galaxy in the Sculptor constellation, is approximately 60 million light-years away and moves at 972 miles per second.

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NGC 7513, a barred spiral galaxy captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Stiavelli; ESA (European Space Agency)
November 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM