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Image Gallery

Featured Image:

M3 | A sixth magnitude globular cluster in the constellation Canes Venatici, this ball of 500,000 stars is approximately 160 light years across and 100,000 light years from Earth. The image is a combination of a B-band image and a Z-band image (Z is approximately from 8500 to 9500 A) taken at the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope with the WIYN Tip-Tilt Module (WTTM).

Image Credit: S. Kafka and K. Honeycutt Indiana University/WIYN/NOAO/NSF

Welcome to the NOAO Image Gallery. The gallery includes pictures taken with the facilities of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, and also pictures of our telescopes, instruments and history. About the Gallery

Astronomical Objects

Galaxies (all sorts) (164)
Elliptical Galaxies (24)
Spiral Galaxies (108)
Nebulae (all sorts) (106)
   Absorption Nebulae (2)
   Emission Nebulae (56)
   Planetary Nebulae (33)
   Reflection Nebulae (14)
The Sun (65)
Solar System (17)
Stars (151)

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The astronomical images presented on these pages are provided through the facilities of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, unless otherwise noted. If you plan to use any of these images for other than your personal enjoyment please read our conditions of use.

NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
Last updated Tue Apr 29 11:42:22 2008