More than Just Pretty Pictures:

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More than Just Pretty Pictures Astronomical
Investigations
Ross Collins
Department of Physics and Astronomy Univer
sity of Southampton
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Charles Messier (1730-1817)
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M16 The Eagle Nebula
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Propagating Star Formation
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The pretty picture
HST Image of M16
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and the Science
The Eagle's EGGs
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False Colour in Astronomical Images and the EM
Spectrum
Radio Microwave
Visible
Infra-red
Ultra-Violet
X-rays g-rays
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Galaxies
Elliptical Galaxy M87
Spiral Galaxy M74
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365
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NGC 1232 VLT/ESO
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M33 Triangulum Galaxy
Local Galaxy KPNO
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NGC 5128 Centaurus A
Optical European Southern Observatory
Radio
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Centaurus A A Multi-wavelength View
X-ray (in red) from Chandra Satellite (Optical in
white)
Infrared from ISO in red Optical in white Radio
in contours
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The Cartwheel Galaxy Mystery
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Merging Galaxies
Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 4650
Antennae Galaxy NGC 4038
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NGC 3079 A Starburst Galaxy
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The Hubble Deep Field
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The Hubble Deep Field
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Astrophysical Jets
Young Star HH34
Quasar 3C175
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Doppler Boosting
0 mph
40 mph
150 mph
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Interesting Web Pages
Hubble Site
http//oposite.stsci.edu
... hubble space telescope pictures
Messier Objects
http//www.seds.org/messier/
... history and pictures of all of the objects in
Messier's catalogue plus a few more
Astronomy Picture of the Day
http//antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
... a good place to look for a wide variety of
astronomical pictures together with brief
explainations