LBY4619047: The tram in Strasbourg (Alsace). / Bridgeman Images

LBY4619107: Place de la cathedrale in Strasbourg (Alsace). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4619305: Nebula NGC 6188 in the Altar - The NGC 6188 nebula and NGC 6193 in Ara - Nebula NGC 6188 is located about 4000 years from Earth. It is home to a cluster of young stars NGC 6193, formed three million years ago. Image obtained by Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. Here we see two bright stars whose radiant energy is beating down on to the surface of a dark cloud, very similar to the Horsehead in Orion. The cloud itself is opaque and because of that, very cold inside. These conditions are ideal for the formation of organic molecules on the surfaces of the chilled dust particles. The opacity of the cloud protects the fragile molecules within from the energetic radiation of nearby stars, but as its surface is gradually warmed and eroded, the delicate organic molecules are destroyed and the hydrogen released glows as a distinctive red emission nebula / Bridgeman Images

PIX4619330: Nebula NGC 6188 in the Altar - NGC 6188 nebula in Ara - Nebula NGC 6188 is located about 4000 years from Earth. It is home to a cluster of young stars NGC 6193, formed three million years ago. Lower left, nebula NGC 6164. Image obtained through 3 different filters that highlight oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red). NGC 6188 is a red emission nebula located in southern constellation of Ara, about 4000 light years away. Inside of it, a young 3 million year star cluster. NGC 6193. The hottest stars of the cluster, two closely spaced O - type giants HD 150135 and HD 150136, (the bright stars in the image) are the illumination source of the emission nebula. Bottom left is the nebula NGC 6164. This image is in the classic “” Hubble palette”” where SII is assigned to red, H - alpha to green, and OIII to blue. RGB frames were taken for star colors / Bridgeman Images

LBY4619368: La rue du vieux marcheæa fish, Cafe Montmartre in Strasbourg (Bas Rhin, Alsace). / Bridgeman Images

LBY4619407: Tram to Strasbourg (Bas Rhin, Alsace). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4589943: Constellation of the Berenice Hair - Constellation of Coma Berenices - The constellation of the Berenice Hair contains a cluster of stars, Melotte 111. Coma Berenice's (Berenices Hair) would be as insignificant as many of Lacaille's southern sky inventions if it were not for the subtle but distinctive Coma Star Cluster (Melotte 111), 270 light years away. The constellation's name alludes to the flowing hair of Queen Berenices of Egypt, allegedly cut off in gratitude for the safe return of her husband from some military escapade. This constellation was once considered to be part of Leo, where the hairy smudge of the open cluster was regarded as the tuft of the lion's tail. Melotte 111 is a large, open cluster of stars ranging between 5th magnitude (barely visible) to 10th magnitude, 100 times fainter. It extends over 5 degrees and despite the faintness of its constituent stars is clearly visible as a hazy patch in an otherwise undistinguished part of the sky. Coma is the direction of the north galactic pole, where we look beyond our galaxy through relatively few foreground stars. Had Melotte 111 been in the Milky Way it would be hard to see / Bridgeman Images

PIX4589974: Constellation Constellation of Auriga - The brightest star in the constellation is Capella. Auriga (the Charioteer) is one of 48 constellations (out of the current 88) that were noted by Ptolemy (83 - 161 CE). It represents a chariot and its driver, a shepherd, with a goat or a sheep over his shoulder. The brightest star in Auriga is Capella, which is the ancient Greek word for little goat. It is a binary star 42 light years distant and is about 75 times more luminous than the Sun. Surprisingly, Capella is one of only two conspicuous stars whose combined light is similar to that of the Sun (the other is Alpha Centauri), so appears white on this photograph. Sun - like stars are common but are generally too faint to be seen at a distance which is why there are so few visible to the eye. Best seen in the early evening in February / Bridgeman Images

PIX4590243: Constellation of the Southern Cross and False Cross - The Southern Cross and the False Cross - The Southern Cross on the left can sometimes be confused with a near asterism, the false cross on the bottom right. The Southern Cross and the False Cross, from the Coal Sack to the Vel, centred on the theta Car cluste / Bridgeman Images

PIX4590299: Lactee Way and Constellation of the Southern Cross - The Southern Cross and Carina from Australia / Bridgeman Images

PIX4590356: Constellation Swan - Cygnus constellation - At the top, the brightest star in the constellation Swan, Deneb. On top of the image is Deneb, the brighest star of the constellation Cygnu / Bridgeman Images

PIX4590389: Part of the constellation Swan - Cygnus Milky Way - The constellation Swan dominates the richest part of the Lactee Way during the summer in the northern hemisphere. The large nebula broadcast IC 1396 in Cephee is visible to the extreme left of the image. The large dark nebula Le Gentil 3 is visible between IC 1396 and NGC 7000, the Nebula of North America, next to Deneb (the brightest star in this picture). Underneath, a smaller dark nebula, B168. The constellation of Cygnus, the Swan, dominates the richest part of the Milky Way in the sky overhead during the summer in the northern hemisphere. This beautiful area is full of dust and gas and star froming regions. The large red emission nebula IC 1396 in Cepheus is at the far left of the frame. The large dark nebula Le Gentil 3 is between IC 1396 and NGC 7000, the North America Nebula next to Deneb. A smaller dark nebula, B168, can be seen below. Another large area of emission nebulae containing IC 1318, the Butterfly Nebula, surrounds Sadr. NGC 6992, the brighter half of the Veil Nebula is faintly visible near the bottom center. The beautiful double star Albireo lies at the head of the Swan. The great rift in the Milky Way, a large area of obscuring dark matter, dominates the right side of the frame in Vulpecula, with CR399, the Coathanger asterism, centered on it at right / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604674: Artist's view of the launcher Soyuz - Fregat with the satellite GIOVE - A / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604727: Soyuz FG - Fregat - 04 - 2005 - View of the Soyuz FG - Fregat rocket during its transfer from the integration building to the Baikonour fire pitch, Kazakhstan, April 13, 2005. This rocket decolished on 15 April 2005, taking a crew of three men aboard the Soyuz TMA capsule to reach the international space station two days later. The Soyuz FG launcher carrying the Soyuz TMA - 6 spacecraft is transferred to launch pad 1/5 at the Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, early in the morning of April 13, 2005, two days before its lift - off for the Eneide mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori, from Italy. The Soyuz spacecraft is enclosed in the white protective fairing / Bridgeman Images

TEC4604823: The theatre of the Comedie Francaise, Place Colette in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4604906: Pont Neuf, Paris. The oldest bridge in Paris. Henry III laid the first stone in 1578. Interrupted between 1588 and 1599 by civil wars, it was not inaugurated until 1607 by Henri IV. (Architect Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, realisation 1578-1604). In 1854 candelabres were installed by Victor Balard. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4604921: Pont Neuf, Paris. The oldest bridge in Paris. Henry III laid the first stone in 1578. Interrupted between 1588 and 1599 by civil wars, it was not inaugurated until 1607 by Henri IV. (Architect Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, realisation 1578-1604). In 1854 candelabres were installed by Victor Balard. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4605053: Renovation of the Musee de l'Orangerie, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4605153: Renovation of the Musee de l'Orangerie, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4605174: SLS rocket decollage - Artist concept of SLS launching - Artist view of SLS rocket (Space Launch System), Nasa launcher project to take astronauts into space. September 2011. The Space Launch System, or SLS, will be designed to carry the Orion Multi - Purpose Crew Vehicle, as well as important cargo, equipment and science experiments to Earth's orbit and destinations beyond. In addition, the SLS will serve as a back up for commercial and international partner transportation services to the International Space Station / Bridgeman Images

TEC4605191: Renovation of the Musee de l'Orangerie, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4591284: Constellation of the Great Bear on Yellowstone - The Big Bear in Bear Country - Constellation of the Great Bear on a road in Yellowstone National Park. The constellation of Ursa Major is seen here above a boardwalk in Yellowstone National Park / Bridgeman Images

OMG4591326: Bund, Puxi in Shanghai, China. / Bridgeman Images

OMG4591372: Old town district, Puxi, Shanghai, China. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4619462: Nebula Trifide (M20) in Sagittarius / Bridgeman Images

PIX4619597: Lagoon Nebula (M8) in Sagittarius - This is a hydrogen alpha color composite taken with the STL11000, AP155 and FSQ106. Total exposure time was ha/red: G: B+70/60:60:60 minute / Bridgeman Images

PIX4619639: Nebula of the Lagoon (M8) in Sagittarius - View of the center of the nebula of the Lagoon (M - 8/ngc 6523), located in Sagittarius, at a distance of 6500 years - light. The image obtained by an 800 mm telescope extends over a diameter of 30 AL / Bridgeman Images

TEC4619734: View of the Bundestag in Berlin (Germany). Architect Paul Wallot (1841-1912). Photography 10/08/03. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4619800: Nebula NGC 6559 in Sagittarius - NGC 6559 and IC 1274 - 75 in Sagittarius - Located in Sagittarius, this nebula is located at a distance of about 5000 years - light from Earth. Image made with the 1.2m Telescope of Schmidt UK from Siding Spring. This dusty region is probably associated with the brighter and better - known Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae which are nearby in the sky and part of the same molecular cloud. The soft red glow of fluorescent hydrogen is evidence that there are young hot stars associated with the dusty clouds. These bright stars also illuminate the tiny solid particles, producing blue reflection nebulae bordering some of the emission regions. The dust is also evident in silhouette, both as sinuous dark lanes winding through the luminous gas and as the dark patches obscuring the ancient, yellow stars that populate the central parts of the Milky Way / Bridgeman Images

TEC4619873: Store des Westens (KaDeWe), Tauentzienstasse 21/24, Schoneberg district in Berlin (Germany). Construction 1906-1907, architect Johann Emil Schaudt (1871-1957). / Bridgeman Images

TEC4619919: Railway station (Banhhof), Alexander Platz, Berlin (Germany). / Bridgeman Images

TEC4619944: The Dome of Berlin (Germany), on Marx Engels Platz. Architects Julius Carl and Otto Raschdorff, 1894- 1905. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4619957: The Bodes Museum on the island of the Musees in Berlin (Germany). / Bridgeman Images

TEC4619991: Le Tacheles in Berlin (Germany). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4620062: Eagle Nebula (IC 4703) in the Snake - detail - Young stars in the Eagle nebula - Detail on young stars located in the north - west part of the Eagle Nebula (M16). Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. This picture shows the northwestern part of the Eagle nebula (M16), well away from the centre, and features some very bright young stars that formed from the same cloud of material. These energetic toddlers are part of an open cluster and emit ultraviolet radiation that causes the surrounding nebula to glow. The star cluster is very bright and was discovered in the mid - eighteenth century. The nebula, however, is much more elusive and it took almost a further two decades for it to be first noted by Charles Messier in 1764. Although it is commonly known as the Eagle Nebula, its official designation is Messier 16 and the cluster is also named NGC 6611. One spectacular area of the nebula (outside the field of view) has been nicknamed The Pillars of Creation”” ever since the Hubble Space Telescope captured an iconic image of dramatic pillars of star - forming gas and dust. The cluster and nebula are fascinating targets for small and medium - sized telescopes, particularly from a dark site free from light pollution. Messier 16 can be found within the constellation of Serpens Cauda (the Tail of the Serpent), which is sandwiched between Aquila, Sagittarius, and Ophiuchus in the heart of one of the brightest parts of the Milky Way. Small telescopes with low power are useful for observing large, but faint, swathes of the nebula, whereas 30 cm telescopes and larger may reveal the dark pillars under good conditions. But a space telescope in orbit around the Earth, like Hubble - - which boasts a 2.4 - metre diameter mirror and state - of - the - art instruments - - is required for an image as spectacular as this one. This picture was created from images taken with the Wide Field Channel of Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. Images through a / Bridgeman Images

PIX4620132: Omega nebula (M17) in Sagittarius - Omega nebula (M17) in Sagittarius - View of the Omega nebula (M17/ngc 6618) located in the constellation Sagittarius at a distance of 5500 light years / Bridgeman Images