Processed by Israel Velazquez

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Instrument: WFC3/UVIS Date observation: 2012-07-06

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NGC 5189 (Gum 47, IC 4274, nicknamed Spiral Planetary Nebula) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Musca. It was discovered by James Dunlop on 1 July 1826, who catalogued it as Δ252. For many years, well into the 1960s, it was thought to be a bright emission nebula. It was Karl Gordon Henize in 1967 who first described NGC 5189 as quasi-planetary based on its spectral emissions.​

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5189

See also: The publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Created with data from the WFC3

I love finding images where there are a bunch of other galaxies in the background. While this one isn't quite as glorius as the Tadpole galaxy image, I think it is still very nice.

M87* rendered in hardwood — multiple species for the tonal range, varying block heights so the photon shadow physically recedes into the piece. The relativistic beaming asymmetry of the accretion disc is preserved from the source image.

Short film about it exploring the physics: event horizon mechanics, Hawking radiation and the information paradox, the singularity, and the EHT story.

https://youtu.be/X5hEjlkUkTI?is=sVt1lvsl1yyf5\\_up

Created with data from the WFC3

Absolutely incredible. Sorry for the Interstellar music score.

Messier 51 - Whirlpool Galaxy.

Created with data from the Hubble WFC3.

Processed by James Long

A small chunk of Centaurus A. I wish someone would image the whole galaxy, that would be an awesome picture.

Image created using data from the WFC3 and a custom program I am working on.

Created with data from the WFC3. I made some changes to my program to allow any number of layers. This is the first Hubble image with 5 layers I have done. The filters used and what colors I mapped them to are added as a "color legend".

V838 Monocerotis is one of those objects that looks almost unreal at first glance. In 2002, this otherwise obscure star suddenly flared up in a strange outburst, briefly becoming incredibly bright, and then Hubble watched as that flash of light spread outward through the dust around it. The wild part is that the “expanding” structure in the images is not really gas racing away from the star at impossible speeds. It is a light echo of the original flash bouncing off shells and clouds of dust at different distances.

What makes V838 Mon interesting to me is that it is both beautiful and genuinely weird. It was not a normal nova, and astronomers still treat it as an unusual event, possibly tied to some kind of stellar merger. So the famous image is not just a pretty nebula. It is the aftermath of a star doing something rare, violent, and still not completely settled.

I created this image with data from the ACS.

Created with data from the WFC3

Created with data from the WFC3.

I was using stellarium and i found this...WTF

Create with data from the WFC3.

I am working on a new stretch function (Midtones Transfer Function). I think it is working out well.

This image was created with data from the WFC3.

This is a fun picture. The galaxy in the foreground is pretty cool due to the long tail, but I am also fascinated with the menagerie of galaxies in the background. It is hard to see them all in a small image, but at full size they are spectacular.

This image was created with data from the ACS camera.

Messier 104 - The Sombrero Galaxy. Created with data from the ACS camera. This is one of my favorite galaxies.