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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 12:52 PM Dec 2012

Stunning Gallery of Previously Unpublished Images from “Hubble’s Universe”



The new book, Hubble’s Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images includes several previously unpublished images from the Hubble Space Telescope, and author Terence Dickinson has graciously shared a few of those images with Universe Today. All images are courtesy of NASA, ESA, and “Hubble’s Universe.”


Above is NGC 2467, a nebula similar to the Orion Nebula, but 11 times farther away, in the southern constellation Puppis. A churning foam of strangely shaped dust clouds forms the backdrop to the newborn blue stars emerging from the gas and dust. Most of the radiation that is eating away at the cloud is being emitted by the single brilliant massive star near the center of the image. Its fierce radiation has cleared the surrounding area, and some of the next generation of stars are forming in the denser regions around the edge.
See more beautiful Hubble images below:






Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/98789/stunning-gallery-of-previously-unpublished-images-from-hubbles-universe/
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Stunning Gallery of Previously Unpublished Images from “Hubble’s Universe” (Original Post) n2doc Dec 2012 OP
k and r and THANK YOU for posting these niyad Dec 2012 #1
I love Hubble. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #2
Those images almost make me want to start smoking pot again. n/t A Simple Game Dec 2012 #3
Just about takes your breath away. Beautiful aquamarina Dec 2012 #4
knr alfredo Dec 2012 #5
Hubble picks make the best wallpaper! sagesnow Dec 2012 #6
I need to buy this, nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #7
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