TEC4617709: La cupola du department store Le Printemps, 64-70 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9e. In 1910, Rene Binet (1866-1911) built a second store, taking over the architectural part of Paul Sedille (1836-1900), while centering the ensemble on a six-storey octagonal hall under a double dome. The dome of Rene Binet, the work of the master glassmaker Briere, is still visible on the sixth floor of the store. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4617791: Orion Nebula - M42 - M43 - The Great Nebula in Orion - Located 1500 years - light, the Orion Nebula is the closest region to the formation of stars of the Sun. Image obtained from the 2.2 meter MPG/ESO telescope of the La Silla Observatory. The Orion Nebula is the greatest of all HII clouds visible from our location within the Milky Way. With a gaseous repository of 10,000 suns, and illuminated by a cluster of hot young stars, the clouds of M42 glow with fantastic colors and shapes, giving us a birds eye view of one of the greatest star forming nurseries in our part of the galaxy. At a distance of 1500 light years, the Orion nebula is the nearest star - forming region to the Sun. This new image of the Orion Nebula was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2 - metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This image is a composite of several exposures taken through a total of five different filters. Light that passed through a red filter, as well as light from a filter that shows the glowing hydrogen gas, is colored red. Light in the yellow - green part of the spectrum is colored green, blue light is colored blue and light that passed through an ultraviolet filter has been colored purple. The exposure times were about 52 minutes through each filter / Bridgeman Images
PIX4618001: Nebulae of the horse's head and M42 in Orion - Horsead nebula and Orion nebula - Dark Nebula of the horse's head (IC434 - B33). On the right, the large Orion nebula (M42) is a vast region of star formation. This large complex of nebulosity is located about 1,500 light years away in Orion. The Orion complex is a gigantic stellar nursery where stars are forming out of the dust and gas in the region. Young energetic stars excite the gas in the region ionizing it and causing it to glow in the hydrogen - alpha and oxygen III emission lines. The brightest star in the photo at left at magnitude 1.8 is Alnilam, the middle star of the three distinctive stars in the belt of Orion. At the bottom is the Flame, NGC 2024, and the dark nebula B33, the Horsehead Nebula. Top right is a patch of blue reflection nebulosity NGC 1973 - 4 - 5 and the beautiful Orion Nebula, M 42 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4618039: Nebulae NGC 1973 - 1975 - 1977 and M42 - 43 in Orion - Nebulae in Orion - Reflection of nebula NGC 1973 - 1975 - 1977 (bottom of image) and nebulae M43 and M42 in Orion. The nebulae NGC 1973 - 5 - 7 are reflection nebula. Most of the blue nebulosity is starlight scattered by dust, while some of the stars are sufficiently hot to excite the wisps of hydrogen that linger here and create a distinctive red glow. To the south of the nebula (at the top of the picture) the Orion nebula, M43 and M42 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4618057: Nebulae NGC 1973 - 1975 - 1977 in Orion - The reflection nebulae NGC 1973 - 75 - 77 in Orion - Reflection nebulae located just north of the Great Orion Nebula. This group of nebulous stars is just half a degree north of the much brighter Orion Nebula and has largely been ignored because of it. The group of stars here appear as a single star to the unaided eye, the northernmost 'star' in the sword of Orion. Most of the blue nebulosity is starlight scattered by dust, while some of the stars are sufficiently hot to excite the wisps of hydrogen that linger here and create a distinctive red glow / Bridgeman Images
PIX4617971: Nebulas in Orion - Nebulas in Orion - At the top of the picture are visible the three stars forming Orion's Belt (or Baudrier), with the dark nebula of the horse's head (IC434 - B33). Further down, the large Orion nebula (M42) vast star-forming region. Enveloping these nebulae, part of Barnard's loop is visible on the left of the image. At the bottom right, the supergiant star Rigel with on its right the nebula of the witch's head (IC 2118). Wide field image around the Orion nebula. Top left are the three stars forming the Orion belt with the horsehead nebula. At left is a part of Barnard's loop; bottom right is the bright supergiant star Rigel wit the Witch Head nebula (IC 2118) to its right / Bridgeman Images
PIX4618266: Tarantula (NGC 2070) in the LMC - The nebula around 30 Doradus (NGC 2070) in the LMC - The Tarantula Nebula (or 30 Bream) is the largest star-forming region of the Great Magellan Cloud. It is located 170,000 light years ago in the constellation Dorado (southern hemisphere). At the center of this nebula, the open cluster of R136 stars, clusters of hot and massive stars. Image obtained with Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. The brightest cluster of stars in this picture was believed until recently to contain a single, uniquely massive object with the mass equivalent to 1000 suns, and was named as a star, 30 Doradus. Sophisticated image analysis techniques have been used to show that 30 Doradus is a very compact group of stars, many of which are massive, but not unimaginably so. The radiation from this star cluster is sufficient to excite a huge cloud of hydrogen gas in its vicinity so that it glows with its distinctive red colour. This picture is essentially a one minute exposure. A longer exposure would show that the curving tendrils of nebulosity are the brightest parts of the huge Tarantula nebula, one of the largest star - forming regions known anywhere / Bridgeman Images
PIX4618093: Nebula M43 in Orion - M43 nebula in Orion - Nebula M43 (NGC 1982) is part of the great Nebula of Orion (M42), a vast region of star formation. This image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) shows a detail of the nebula people of bright young stars accompanied by very young stars still surrounded by their cocoon of dust. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a close - up view of an outer part of the Orion Nebula's little brother, Messier 43. This nebula, which is sometimes referred to as De Mairan's Nebula after its discoverer, is separated from the famous Orion Nebula (Messier 42) by only a dark lane of dust. Both nebulae are part of the massive stellar nursery called the Orion molecular cloud complex, which includes several other nebulae, such as the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) and the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024). This view shows several of the brilliant hot young stars in this less - studied region and it also reveals many of the curious features around even younger stars that are still cocooned by dust. This picture was created from images taken using the Wide Field Channel of Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. Images through yellow (F555W, coloured blue) and near - infrared (F814W, coloured red) filters were combined. The exposure times were 1000 s per filter and the field of view is about 3.3 arcminutes across / Bridgeman Images
PIX4618132: Nebula M78 in Orion - M78 nebula in Orion - The nebula M78 (NGC 2068) is located about 1300 years - light from Earth and extends over 4 years - light. M78, (NGC 2068) is part of the Orion complex, a large region of star - forming gas and dust centred around M42 and M43. It is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula in the sky, and fairly easy to see with binoculars (and almost visible to the naked eye, claim some observers). M78 is some 1600 light - years away and around 4 light - years across / Bridgeman Images
PIX4618171: Nebula M78 in Orion - M78 nebula in Orion - The nebula M78 (NGC 2068) is located about 1600 years - light from Earth and extends over 4 years - light. Image obtained with a telescope 61 cm in diameter. M78 (NGC 2068) is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion at about 1,600 light years away. Image obtained with a RC 24”” telescope / Bridgeman Images
PIX4617892: Nebulae of the horse's head and M42 in Orion - Orion deepfield - Dark Nebula of the horse's head (IC434 - B33). Further down, the large Orion nebula (M42) vast star-forming region. Mosaic of images obtained during more than 20 hours of application, using an H - Alpha filter. This large complex of nebulosity is located about 1,500 light years away in Orion. The Orion complex is a gigantic stellar nursery where stars are forming out of the dust and gas in the region. Young energetic stars excite the gas in the region ionizing it and causing it to glow in the hydrogen - alpha and oxygen III emission lines. The brightest star in the photo at upper right at magnitude 1.8 is Alnilam, the middle star of the three distinctive stars in the belt of Orion. At the left is the Flame, NGC 2024, and below it is dark nebula B33, the Horsehead Nebula. Below is a patch of blue reflection nebulosity NGC 1973 - 4 - 5 and bottom is the beautiful Orion Nebula, M 42. Long - exposure image with an Hydrogen alpha filter / Bridgeman Images
PIX4617896: Barnard's loop and constellation Orion - Barnard's loop and Orion constellation - The constellation Orion and its nebulae. The main stars of this constellation are two supergeants, Betelgeuse (red) on the top left and Rigel (blue) on the bottom right. In the center of the constellation are the three stars forming Orion's Belt (or Baldrier) and the dark nebula of the horse's head (IC434 - B33). Further down, the large Orion nebula (M42) vast star-forming region. Wrapping these nebulae, Barnard's loop, a circle-arch nebula that would come from the explosion of a supernova more than two million years ago. The Orion constellation and its nebulae. The two Orion's bright stars are both supergiant stars: Betelgeuse (a red one) and Rigel (blue one). The center of this constellation is the Orion Belt with the Horsehead nebula (IC 434 - B33). Lower, the great Orion nebula, M42, a large star forming region. Also visible on this image, the Barnard's loop, a very faint nebula. This is composite mosaic image assembled from many hours of data including hydrogen alpha filtered exposure / Bridgeman Images
TEC4617981: L'Opera Garnier, Place de l'Opera, Paris 9th. The Opera or the National Academy of Music and Dance represents the best architectural expression of the Napoleon III style, eclectic, baroque, overload. It was following the failed attempt to attack Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1873) on January 14, 1858 by Theobaldus Felice Orsini (1819-1858) that he decided to build a new opera in a space and on. Architect Charles Garnier (1825-1898), construction 1862-1875. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4618203: Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) in the river bream - The Tarantula Nebula - The Tarantula Nebula (or 30 Sea bream) is the largest star-forming region of the Great Magellan Cloud. It is located 170,000 light years ago in the constellation Dorado (southern hemisphere). At the center of this nebula, the open cluster of R136 stars, clusters of hot and massive stars. Image obtained with the large field camera of the 2.2m ESO/MPG telescope in Chile. Composite colour image of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and its surroundings. The LMC is a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way system, located in the southern constellation Dorado (The Swordfish) at a distance of approximately 170,000 light - years. The image is based on 15 exposures in the visual part of the spectrum with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera on the 2.2 - m MPG/ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory / Bridgeman Images
PIX4618210: Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) in the constellation of Bream - The Tarantula Nebula in Dorado - Tarantula Nebula in the large Magellan cloud seen with the FORS2 instrument on the KUEYEN telescope (VLT) February 1, 2000. The Tarantula Nebula (or 30 bream) is the largest star-forming region of the Magellan Grand Cloud. It is located 170,000 light years ago in the constellation Dorado (southern hemisphere). At the center of this nebula, the open cluster of R136 stars, clusters of hot and massive stars. The Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, as obtained with FORS2 at KUEYEN (VLT) on the night of January 31 - February 1, 2000. It is a composite of three exposures / Bridgeman Images