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Astronaut background

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 January 2008 15:52

Astronaut

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This clean desktop with plenty of room for icons is from the new show, Astronaut, which will begin screening in Horizon - the Planetarium on September 30th, 2006. Learn what it takes to become an astronaut and journey deep into inner and outer space! The show is narrated by Ewan McGregor and was developed by the National Space Centre, UK.

ASTRONAUT is a National Space Centre Production - Distributed by Sky-Skan
Image credit: National Space Centre, UK

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Moon and stars

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 January 2008 15:50

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This stunning view really is a combination of two digital images -- a short exposure, registering the exquisite lunar surface details at full Moon, superposed on a separate very long exposure, made with the Moon absent from the star field.

Composite image credit: T.A. Rector, I.P. Dell'Antonio, NOAO, AURA, NSF

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Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 January 2008 15:38

Barred spiral galaxy

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This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy.

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Image credit: Hubble Heritage Team, ESA, NASA

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Earth from space

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 January 2008 15:46

Earth from space

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Earth as seen from space, with the sun in the distance.

Image credit: NASA

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Spitzer's Orion

Last Updated on Friday, 25 January 2008 15:20

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Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula, an immense stellar nursery some 1,500 light-years away. Also known as M42, the nebula is visible to the unaided eye, but this stunning infrared view from the Spitzer Space Telescope penetrates the turbulent cosmic gas and dust clouds to explore the region in unprecedented detail.

Image credit: Thomas Megeath (Univ. Toledo) et al., JPL, Caltech, NASA

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