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Yuri’s Planet

On another April 12th, in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin became the first human to see planet Earth from space. Commenting on his view from orbit he reported, “The sky is very dark; the Earth is bluish. Everything is seen very clearly”. 
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Glowing Gas in the Omega Nebula
This image is a colour composite of the Omega Nebula (M 17) made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximatelly 4.7 x 3.7 degrees.
Image: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin. [high-resolution]
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Space Lobster
Image: ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti. Acknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo [high-resolution]
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The Flame and the Horsehead

A very popular area of the Orion Belt. Including the dark Horsehead nebula (Barnard33) and the bright abd big Flame Nebula (NGC 2024).
The Star on the top-left corner is the Alnilam, the middle star of the Orion Belt surrounded by the NGC 1990 nebula. Above the Flame Nebula is Alnitak.

Annotated version available showing the main nebulas in the photo.
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NGC1499 - (California nebula) in Ha by swag72 on Flickr.
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IC 1805 (center of heart nebula) by Astrochoupe on Flickr.
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M3 Starcluster by Peter Muks Photography on Flickr.
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Cone nebula (NGC2264) in Ha by swag72 on Flickr.
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Jupiter by Astrochoupe on Flickr.
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IC405 in Ha (Flaming Star Nebula) by swag72 on Flickr.
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IC443 (the Jellyfish nebula) in Ha by swag72 on Flickr.
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Jupiter and Io by Astrochoupe on Flickr.
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