PIX4610797: Spiral galaxy M65 in the Lion - Spiral galaxy M65 in Leo - M65 (NGC 3623), and its neighbors M66 and NGC 3628, form a triplet of galaxies, called the Lion Triplet or the Group of M66, located at a distance of about 35 million years - light. M65 is a spiral galaxy of type Sa. Image obtained from the 3.9m telescope of Siding Spring M65 is a spiral galaxy of type Sa in the constellation Leo. At a distance of about 35 million light - years, M65 apparently forms a triplet with its neighbors M66 and NGC 3628. Image obtained with the 3,9m telescope of Siding Spring / Bridgeman Images
PIX4611034: Spiral galaxy NGC 4013 in the Great Bear - Edge - on galaxy NGC 4013 in Ursa Major - The spiral galaxy NGC 4013 is located 55 million years - light in the constellation Big Bear. In this image, traces left by the passage of a dwarf galaxy appear as a stellar current around that galaxy. A bright star seems to radiate from this galaxy; in reality, this star is much closer and belongs to our galaxy. Edge - on view of NGC 4013 spiral galaxy located about 55 million light years in Ursa Major. This deep color image reveals an enormous faint looping structure extending over 80,000 light years from the galaxy center. This is a stream of stars coming from a smaller galaxy who merged with NGC 4013. The very bright star in the center of the galaxy is very much closer to us than it appears and belongs to our galaxy / Bridgeman Images
PIX4567789: Open cluster M34 in Persee - Open cluster M34 in Perseus - The cluster M34 (NGC 1039) contains a hundred stars; it is located about 1400 years - light from Earth. The open cluster M34 (NGC 1039) is located 1400 light - years away in the direction of the constellation Perseus; it contains about a hundred stars in a region some dozen light - years across, and is visible to the naked eye under good conditions. Date: 200 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4567849: Open cluster M38 in the Coach - Open cluster M38 in Auriga - The open cluster M38 (NGC 1912), on the right, is located about 4000 years - light from the Earth in the constellation of Coach. On the left, nebulae IC 417 and NGC 1931 (top). M38 (NGC 1912), at right, is an open cluster located about 4000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Auriga. At left is the nebula IC 417 and top left is the nebula NGC 1931 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4579446: Partial Eclipse of Moon 09 - 2006 - Partial lunar eclipse 09 - 2006 - Staged during the partial eclipse of Moon of 7 September 2006 to illustrate the diametres of the Moon, the shadow and the penombre. A woman is holding a hoop to illustrate diameters of Moon, umbra and penumbra during the partial eclipse of September 7 2006. She was at the right distance from the photographer to show the umbra portion of this eclipse; the penumbra portion was added digitally / Bridgeman Images