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A 16 million pixel camera takes some of the sharpest galaxy pictures you’ve ever seen
The Lowell Observatory’s newest toy, the Discovery Channel Telescope, has finally gone online — and they’ve released super-snazzy pictures of three of our favorite galaxies to celebrate. Above is M109, a barred spiral galaxy 84 million light years from Earth. And the other two great galaxy pictures, showing the Sombrero Galaxy and the Whirlpool Galaxy.
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A star-gazer has come a little bit closer to the final frontier - after spending 18 months photographing the night sky.
With just an ordinary digital camera, Alex Cherney turned thousands of snaps into an incredible time-lapse video of the cosmos.
Using long exposures to allow more light in, these breath-taking pictures from the southern tip of Australia demonstrate how he captured the dramatic way the sky changes at night.
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When I look at the sky, I think of you.
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