Transcript Hubble space photos

Sombrero Galaxy
• 28 million light-years from Earth
• 800 billion suns
• 50,000 light-years across
Ant Nebula
• in our galaxy
• 3-6,000 light
years from Earth
Eskimo Nebula
• 5000 light-years
from Earth
• ring is formed of
comet-shaped
objects moving
away from a dying
star
Cat’s Eye Nebula
Hourglass Nebula
• 8000 light-years away
Cone Nebula
• part shown here is 2.5
million light-years long
(equivalent to 23 million
round trips to the moon)
Perfect Storm
• small region in Swan Nebula
• 5500 light-years away
• bubbly ocean of hydrogen,
oxygen, sulfur and other elements
Starry Night
• halo of light
around a star in
our Milky Way
galaxy
2 merging galaxies: NGC 2207 and IC 2163
• 114 million light-years away, in the Canis Major constellation
Trifid
Nebula
• 9000
light-years
away
• stellar
nursery
(where
new stars
are born)