PIX4582523: Supernova IC 443 remains in the Gemels - Supernova IC 443 remains in the Gemels - Located about 5000 years ago - light from Earth, IC 443 is the rest of a supernova that exploded 30,000 years ago. The bright star on the right is Eta Geminorum (Propus), a variable star. Image obtained by the Oschin telescope of Mount Palomar through several filters and composed / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582533: Remains of supernova IC 443 in the Gemels - Supernova remnant IC 443 in Gemini - Located about 5000 years ago - light from Earth, IC 443 is the rest of a supernova that exploded 30,000 years ago. This image obtained with a telescope 61 cm in diameter shows a detail of this object. Part of IC 443, a supernova remnant in Gemini / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582539: Renanthera Earth Orchid (Renanthera coccinea) - Illustration by William Jackson Hooper (1785-1865), engraving by Swan, for the botanical magazine of William Curtis, 1829 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582545: The Swan Lace - The Veil Nebula - The rest of supernova lies about 1500 years - light in the constellation Swan. The supernova would have exploded less than 10,000 years ago. The Veil Nebula is the remnant of a supernova explosion that occurred about 10,000 years ago. It is located 1,500 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus. NGC 6992/95 is the brighter eastern half of the nebula at left. NGC 6960 is the portion of the SNR that appears close to the star 52 Cygnus on the right half arc. Pickering's Triangular Wisp, above and to the left of the NGC 6960 portion of the nebula is designated as Simeis 3 - 188. At the top center of the photo is a small patch of the Veil designated as NGC 6974/79. Canon 300 mm f/2.8. Exposure: 96 x 2 mi / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582574: The badamier (Terminalia catappa) - Illustration by William Jackson Hooper (1785-1865), engraving by Swan, for the botanical magazine of William Curtis, 1829 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582601: Les Dentelles du Swan - Detail - NGC 6992 - 6995 - Part to the east of the rest of the supernova des Dace du Swan situated about 1400 years - light from the Earth. Image obtained by the Oschin telescope of Mount Palomar through several filters and composed / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582603: Detail of Swan Lace - NGC 6992 - 95 - NGC 6992/5 is part of the remnant of a supernova explosion that occurred about 5 - 10,000 years ago. It is the brighter, eastern half of the much larger Veil Nebula and it can show absolutely stunning detail when viewed in a large telescope with a UHC or OIII filter. It is located 1,400 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus. Lens: Astro - Physic's 130 EDT f/8 f/Stop: 8 Exposure: 94 minutes Movie: Gas - hypered Fujicolor Super HG 400 Filter None Exposure start: 8:58 pm Date: November 9, 1993 Location: Sentinel, A / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582629: Seal variete with flower detgails (Scilla pumila) - Illustration by William Jackson Hooper (1785-1865), engraving by Swan, for the botanical magazine of William Curtis, 1829 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582645: Gripant Fragon (Ruscus androgynus) - Illustration by William Jackson Hooper (1785-1865), etched by Swan, for the botanical magazine of William Curtis, 1829 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582687: Swan Lace - detail ngc 6960 - This image of the Veil Nebula was taken with the Mosaic camera on the WIYN 0.9 - meter telescope at the National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, AZ. The Veil Nebula (NGC 6960) is part of a supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop. It is the shattered remains of one, and possibly two, supernovae that exploded more than 15,000 years ago at a distance of 2,500 light - years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Cygnus, the Swan. At the time of the explosion, it would have been seen as a very bright star, rivaling the crescent Moon. The bright star near the center of the image, known as 52 Cygnus, is not associated with the supernova / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582698: Swan Lace Detail - Swan Lace Detail - Swan Lace Detail located in the western part of this supernova remnant. Composite image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582710: Shrub banksia, endemic to Australia - Handsome or showy banksia, Banksia speciosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582719: Argyrochosma nivea var. tenera (variete de fougere) (Thin-leaved notholaena, Notholaena tenera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582747: Nasa urens (Hispid loasa, Loasa hispida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582776: False nutmeg - Jamaica calabash-nutmeg, Monodora myristica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by Bancroft from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582793: Flower Purslane - Dr. Gillies' purslane, Portulaca gilliesii. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582803: Remnants of the Supernova of Sails - The Vela Supernova Remnant - Remnant of the Supernova of Sails. The supernova exploded 12,000 years ago and is approximately 815 light years away from Earth. Image obtained with the 1.2m Schmidt UK Telescope from Siding Spring. About 120 centuries ago an inconspicuous star in what is now the constellation of Vela brightened by about 100 million times to rival the Moon as the brightest object in the night sky. This photograph shows a portion of the north - western quadrant of an expanding nebulous shell, which now surrounds the site of the explosion. Near the centre of the nebula (and not seen here) is the Vela pulsar, a rapidly - spinning neutron star only a few kilometres in diameter, the remnant of the star that exploded. This tiny object spins about 11 times a second and until recently was among the faintest stars ever studied at optical wavelengths, a far cry from its brief glory as one of the brightest stars ever seen / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582827: Leucocarpus perfoliatus (Perfoliate monkey flower, Mimulus perfoliatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582878: Orchid variete Dendrobium, from Australia - Great dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium speciosum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582905: Variety of indigofera with red flowers - Blood flowered indigofera, Indigofera atropurpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582916: Garcinia, fruit tree - Mundu or rata, Garcinia dulcis (Sweet-fruited xanthochymus, Xanthochymus dulcis) tropical fruit, flower, leaf, fruit in section. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582929: Remains of supernova Sh2 - 240 in the Taurus - Remains of supernova Sh2 - 240 in the Taurus - Semeis 147 (Sh2 - 240), Supernova remnant in Taurus H - alpha color composite, H - alpha 8 hours, RGB = 30:30:30 minutes FSQ106, STL1100 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582933: Lomba, Elsholtzia blanda (Mild aphanochilus, Aphanochilus blandus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582951: Gaultherie mucronee or pernettya - Chaura, Gaultheria mucronata (Sharp pointed arbutus, Arbutus mucronata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582953: Remnants of the supernova Cassiopee A - Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A - December 2004 A new image taken with Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). It is the youngest known remnant from a supernova explosion in the Milky Way. The new Hubble image shows the complex and intricate structure of the star's shattered fragments / Bridgeman Images

FLO4582979: Tetramicra elegans orchid (Elegant brassavola, Brassavola elegans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by T. Nicholson from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583026: Crab Nebula and Star Zeta Tauri - This two - colour image shows 2.7 x 2.7 degrees of the surroundings around the Crab Nebula. It was composed from Digitized Sky Survey 2 images. z Tauri (zeta Tau) is a very bright, star, with a visual magnitude of 2.97. Is classified as a variable star, although its range of variability is very small. Represents the southern tip of the Horns of Taurus / Bridgeman Images

FLO4583075: Threadyrus - Lathyrus filiformis (Canescent bittervetch, Orobus canescens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4583076: Heliotropic variete - Heliotropium nicotianifolium (Heliotrope-like tournefortia, Tournefortia heliotropioides). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4583080: Passive trap carnivorous plant variety - Follicled cephalotus orchid, Cephalotus follicularis. Vulnerable. Small carnivorous pitcher plant native to Australia. Details of pitcher and flower. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583085: Pulsar of the Crab in the Taurus seen in X and visible - Combined X - Ray and Optical Images of the Crab Nebula A composite image of the Crab Nebula showing the X - ray (blue), and optical (red) images superimposed. The size of the X - ray image is smaller because the higher energy X - ray emitting electrons radiate away their energy more quickly than the lower energy optically emitting electrons as they move / Bridgeman Images

FLO4583087: Saw banksia, Banksia serrata (Intermediate banksia, Banksia media). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1831. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583110: Remnants of the Crab Supernova (M1) in the Taurus - Polarization - M1, the Crab Nebula, is the rest of a supernova that exploded in July or August 1054. It is located about 7000 light years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. At the heart of this nebula is a pulsar. Image of the nebula in polarized light obtained from photo plates made at the 5m telescope of Mount Palomar / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583119: Visible Crab Nebula - Infrared and X - Visible Crab Nebula - Infrared and X - M1, the Crab Nebula, is the rest of a supernova that exploded in July or August 1054. It is located about 7000 light years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. At the heart of this nebula is a pulsar. To obtain this photo, three spatial observatories combined their observations: the Hubble telescope for the visible part (here in green and dark blue), the Chandra telescope for X-ray data (light blue) and the Spitzer telescope for the infrared image (in red). The pulsar is the bright spot in the center of the image / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583175: Supernova Remnants SNR B0509 - 67.5 - Supernova Remnant SNR B0509 - 67.5 - SNR B0509 - 67.5 (or SNR 0509) is the rest of a star explosion in the galaxy of the Great Magellan Cloud. This 23-year bubble - light of diameter extends at a speed of 18 million km/h. Composite of images obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in 2006 and 2010. This delicate shell, photographed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, appears to float serenely in the depths of space, but this apparent calm hides an inner turmoil. The gaseous envelope formed as the expanding blast wave and ejected material from a supernova tore through the nearby interstellar medium. Called SNR B0509 - 67.5 (or SNR 0509 for short), the bubble is the visible remnant of a powerful stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small galaxy about 160,000 light - years from Earth. Ripples in the shell's surface may be caused either by subtle variations in the density of the ambient interstellar gas, or possibly be driven from the interior by fragments from the initial explosion. The bubble - shaped shroud of gas is 23 light - years across and is expanding at more than 18 million km/h. Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys observed the supernova remnant on 28 October 2006 with a filter that isolates light from the glowing hydrogen seen in the expanding shell. These observations were then combined with visible - light images of the surrounding star field that were imaged with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 on 4 November 2010 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4583182: Sage variete - Opposite Perucian sage, Salvia oppositiflora (erect flowered sage, Salvia strictiflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis' “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1832. / Bridgeman Images