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Hubble Photographs The Sombrero Galaxy 28 million light years from Earth was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope.

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Page 1: Hubble Photographs The Sombrero Galaxy 28 million light years from Earth was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope

Hubble Photographs

The Sombrero Galaxy 28 million light years from Earth was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope.

Page 2: Hubble Photographs The Sombrero Galaxy 28 million light years from Earth was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope

The Ant Nebula

Page 3: Hubble Photographs The Sombrero Galaxy 28 million light years from Earth was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope

Nebula NGC 2392 - called Eskimo

Nebula NGC 2392, called Eskimo because it looks like a face surrounded by a furry hood.

Page 4: Hubble Photographs The Sombrero Galaxy 28 million light years from Earth was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope

Cat’s Nebula

Page 5: Hubble Photographs The Sombrero Galaxy 28 million light years from Earth was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope

The glowering eyes

The glowering eyes from 114 million light years away are the swirling cores of two merging galaxies called NGC 2207 and IC 2163 in the distant Canis Major constellation

Page 6: Hubble Photographs The Sombrero Galaxy 28 million light years from Earth was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope

Cone Nebula

Page 7: Hubble Photographs The Sombrero Galaxy 28 million light years from Earth was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope

Perfect Storm – Swan Nebula

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Starry Night

Starry Night, so named because it reminded astronomers of the Van Gogh painting. It is a halo of light around a star in the Milky Way.

Page 9: Hubble Photographs The Sombrero Galaxy 28 million light years from Earth was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope

Hour Glass Nebula

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The Trifid Nebula