NASA. LARGE FORMAT. HUBBLE TELESCOPE. This... - Lot 262 - Vermot et Associés

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NASA. LARGE FORMAT. HUBBLE TELESCOPE. This... - Lot 262 - Vermot et Associés
NASA. LARGE FORMAT. HUBBLE TELESCOPE. This beautiful Hubble image captures hundreds of thousands of individual stars, thousands of star clusters and hundreds of supernova remnants in the spiral galaxy M83. Also known as the Southern Pinwheel, this galaxy is located 15 million light years from Earth in the constellation Hydra. It was discovered in 1752 by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. With an apparent magnitude of 7.5, M83 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies in the night sky. It can be observed with a pair of binoculars most easily in May. The Hubble image reveals interstellar "bubbles" produced by nearly 300 supernovas. By studying these supernova remnants, astronomers can better understand the nature of the stars that exploded and dispersed their processed nuclear chemicals into the galaxy, contributing to the next generation of new stars. The new generations of stars in M83 are largely forming in clusters on the edges of dark, spiral dust lanes. These young, bright stellar groupings are only a few million years old and produce huge amounts of ultraviolet light. This light is absorbed by the surrounding diffuse gas clouds, causing them to glow with a pinkish hydrogen light. 2017.Vintage chromogenic print. Numbering in the margin on the front. Legend on label on back. 40.6 X 40.6CM with margins.
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