Basic Information What is this? A massive cluster of galaxies whose immense gravity is focussing light from much more distant galaxies Where is it in the sky? In the constellation of Draco the Dragon How big is it? The cluster contains thousands of galaxies How far away is it? The cluster is about 2 billion …
Category archives: Results
The Lockman Hole
Basic Information What is this? A view of thousands of distant galaxies, in a patch of sky called the Lockman Hole Where is it in the sky? In the constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear How big is it? The image is around 4 degrees across How far away is it? The galaxies are …
NGC1999 – A hole in space
Basic Information What is this? A hole through a nebula, blown out by jets and winds of gas from nearby stars Where is it in the sky? In the constellation of Orion the Hunter, just south of the famous “Orion Nebula” How big is it? The green nebula in the top left is about a …
Galactic Plane – Aquila
Basic Information What is this? A region of the Galactic Plane showing stars forming and blowing bubbles in space Where is it in the sky? Towards the constellation of Aquila the Eagle How big is it? The image is two degrees across How far away is it? The material is thousands of light years away …
Galactic Plane – Vulpecula
Basic Information What is this? A region of the Galactic Plane showing stars forming in filaments Where is it in the sky? Towards the constellation of Vulpecula How big is it? The image is two degrees across How far away is it? The material is thousands of light years away What do the colours represent? …
RCW120
Basic Information What is this? A bubble in space around a massive star, with another massive star forming on its boundary – seen as a bright white object on the bottom of the bubble Where is it in the sky? In the constellation of Scorpius How big is it? The bubble is about 10 light …
The Rosette Nebula
Basic Information What is this? The Rosette Nebula Where is it in the sky? In the constellation of Monoceros the Unicorn How big is it? The image is about 65 light years across How far away is it? About 5500 light years What do the colours represent? The red is cooler gas and dust, while …
Complex molecules in the Orion Nebula
Basic Information What is this? A region of the Orion Nebula Where is it in the sky? In the the constellation of Orion the Hunter (in his sword) How big is it? The Orion Nebula is more than 20 light years across, and appears about 1 degree across on the sky, but at any one …
Young Stars in the Eagle’s Nest
Basic Information What is this? A star formation region Where is it in the sky? In the constellation of Aquila the Eagle How big is it? About 65 light years across How far away is it? About 1000 light years away What do the colours represent? Blue represents hot gas and dust, being warmed by …
GOODS-North
Basic Information What is this? A view of thousands of distant galaxies, in a patch of sky called GOODS-North Where is it in the sky? In the constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear How big is it? The image is half a degree across – about the size of the Full Moon How far …