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Spot the imposter 💥🔭

The sparkling spiral galaxy gracing this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is UGC 5460.

In this image, there is also a far closer object: a star just 577 light-years away in our own galaxy. Can you spot it?

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A spiral galaxy seen close to face-on. The centre of its disc is a bright, pale yellowish oval shape. Spiral arms extend from either side of the oval through the disc on irregular paths. They are marked throughout by bright bluish-white patches of stars. Distant background galaxies appear as small orangish blobs around the spiral galaxy. In the top-left corner a nearby star shines brightly, spikes radiating from it.
February 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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This image of the Orion Nebula shows a wispy explosion of gas and dust in shades of pink and orange, with some brighter white and yellow spots nearer the center and darker shades of blue and green on its perimeter. 🔭🧪

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI
This image of the Orion Nebula shows a wispy explosion of gas and dust in shades of pink and orange, with some brighter white and yellow spots nearer the center and darker shades of blue and green on its perimeter. Stars speckle the entire image, which has the black of space on the edges and corners. The shape of the nebula has a vague resemblance to a turkey, with a pink "head" in the upper left corner and “feathers” spreading out across the bottom right side of the image. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI
February 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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The Crab Nebula's complex oval structure lies against a black background. On the nebula’s exterior lie curtains of glowing red and orange fluffy material. 🔭🧪

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University)
The Crab Nebula's complex oval structure lies against a black background. On the nebula’s exterior lie curtains of glowing red and orange fluffy material.
February 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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A Spiral galaxy and Stars are just a few featured in Webb's image of NGC 4535, located 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. ✨🧪

Credit: NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope
A Spiral galaxy and Stars are just a few featured in Webb's image of NGC 4535, located 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.
February 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Just as there are Olympic rings, there are two rings here that make up this galaxy's unique appearance. A galactic collision about 400 million years ago shaped the Cartwheel's structure.
Just as there are Olympic rings, there are two rings here that make up this galaxy's unique appearance. A galactic collision about 400 million years ago shaped the Cartwheel's structure. Notice the bright, inner ring and a surrounding, colorful ring — both of which are expanding outwards from the center of the collision, like pond ripples.
February 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM