Bubble Nebula, Or NGC 7635.

NGC 6357, Celestial Cathedral

NGC 5128- Centaurus A galaxy

NGC 7714: Ring of Blue & Gold © Hubble

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M64: The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy - March 22nd, 1997.

"The Sleeping Beauty galaxy may appear peaceful at first sight, but it is actually tossing and turning. In an unexpected twist, observations have shown that the center of this photogenic galaxy is rotating in the opposite direction than the outer regions! Stranger still - there is a middle region where the stars rotate in the opposite direction from the surrounding dust and gas. The fascinating internal motions of M64, also catalogued as NGC 4826, are thought to be the result of a collision between a small galaxy and a large galaxy - where the resultant mix has not yet settled down."

Galaxy NGC 3627 © Hubble+Webb+Chandra

Edward White II, Spacewalk by Robert McCall from 1966 depicting White's Gemini IV space walk in June 1965, the first by an American, launched 3 June 1965 and returned 7 June.

White died on 27 January 1967, along with Gus Grissom and Roger B Chaffee, during a pre-launch test for Apollo I.

Robert McCall died on 26 February 2010.

WR 134, Cygnus

N132D and the Colour of X-Rays

Credits: SAO, CXC, NASA

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