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Gallery of Astronomy [ edit ]
This page is a gallery of featured pictures that the community has chosen to highlight as some of the finest on Commons.
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Waxing half moon over Brofjorden 1
Bontecou Lake Milky Way panorama
Man in front of the Milky Way
Super moon over City of London from Tate Modern 2018-01-31 6
Linnutee - Milky Way (9) copy
Star trails with sunset at La Hague lighthouse
Bunker under the Milky Way
Iridiumi satelliidi sähvatus
360-degree Panorama of the Southern Sky
360° panorama in Death Valley at night
Mercury, Venus and the Moon Align
2012-03-14 21-42-55-file-etoiles-14f-2min-3d
~ 280° panorama of the starry sky in Brandenburg
Savault Chapel Under Milky Way BLS
Milky way seen from bolivian high altiplano 03
International Space Station star trails - JSC2012E039800
Eclipse [ edit ]
Solar eclipse 1999 in France
Solar eclipse in France 1999, protuberances
The progression of solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 in Novosibirsk, Russia
Solar annular eclipse of January 15, 2010 in Jinan,Republic of China
Solar Eclipse May 20,2012
Lunar eclipse 04-15-2014 by R Jay GaBany
Total Solar Eclipse 8-21-17
Planets (including dwarf planets) [ edit ]
Mercury [ edit ]
2012 Transit of Venus from SF
North America from low orbiting satellite Suomi NPP
Earthrise over Compton crater -LRO full res
The Earth seen from Apollo 17
Africa and Europe from a Million Miles Away
Blue Marble Western Hemisphere
Blue Marble Eastern Hemisphere
PIA22349 – Gullies of Matara Crater
Mars in true colour by OSIRIS
Victoria crater from HiRise
Victoria Crater, Cape Verde, Mars
Image taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing descent of Phoenix with a crater in the background.
NASA'S Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this westward view from atop a low plateau
Martian Dust Devil Trails
Water ice layers in Olympia Rupes, Mars
Gullies in Galle crater, Mars
Gullies in Kaiser crater, Mars
Strong wind erosion in Medusae Fossae, Mars
Jupiter [ edit ]
790106-0203 Voyager 58M to 31M reduced
PIA22946-Jupiter-RedSpot-JunoSpacecraft-20190212
PIA17218 – A Farewell to Saturn, Brightened Version
Saturn's rings in visible light and radio
Saturn's Rings in Ultraviolet Light
Jewel of the Solar System
Neptune [ edit ]
Pluto-01 Stern 03 Pluto Color TXT
Other planets [ edit ]
Artist's impression of an ultra-short-period planet
Natural satellites [ edit ]
PIA19048 realistic color Europa mosaic.jpg/2
Io highest resolution true color.jpg/2
Lune-Nikon-600-F4 Luc Viatour
The total phase of the June 15 lunar eclipse lasted an impressive 100 minutes
Full moon partially obscured by atmosphere
Moon view from earth In Belgium
Full Moon view from Earth
Photo of the comet Hale-Bopp
Comet 67P on 19 September 2014 NavCam mosaic
Cosmic ‘Winter’ Wonderland
The Sun by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory - 20100801
August 2010 CME SDO Multi-Wavelength
2012 Transit of Venus from SF
SDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit -- Path Sequence
Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31
The violent youth of solar proxies
The star formation region NGC 3324
"light echo" around V838 Monocerotis
Generations of stars can be seen in this new infrared portrait from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
NASA Unveils Celestial Fireworks as Official Hubble 25th Anniversary Image
Nebulae [ edit ]
VST image of the spectacular star-forming region Messier 17 (Omega Nebula)
The star formation region Messier 17
ESO - The Carina Nebula (by)
The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula
Nebulosa de Eta Carinae o NGC 3372
Lagoon Nebula (a set of 3 pictures)
The hidden fires of the Flame Nebula
Generations of stars can be seen in this new infrared portrait from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Different Slant on Orion (495636660)
NGC 6302 Hubble 2009.full
30 Doradus, Tarantula Nebula
A New View of the Tarantula Nebula
VISTA's infrared view of the Orion Nebula
IC 2944, Nicknamed the Running Chicken Nebula
NGC 2467 and Surroundings
Pillars of creation 2014 HST WFC3-UVIS full-res
NASA-SNR0519690-ChandraXRayObservatory-20150122
Galaxies [ edit ]
M101 hires STScI-PRC2006-10a.jpg/3
UGC 1810 and UGC 1813 in Arp 273 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope)
Hubble Peers into the Storm (29563971405)
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300
Andromeda Galaxy (with h-alpha)
Stephan's Quintet Hubble 2009.full
Near colliding NGC 2207 and IC 2163 as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Stars Gather in 'Downtown' Milky Way
False-color photograph of Milky Way core regions
Center of the Milky Way Galaxy IV – Composite
Firestorm of Star Birth in Galaxy Centaurus A
The southern spiral galaxy NGC 300
The irregular galaxy NGC 55, who is slowly spinning around and towards NGC 300, in the early stages of a lengthy merging process.
This artist’s impression depicts the newly discovered stellar-mass black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 300.
This artist’s impression depicts the newly discovered stellar-mass black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 300.
This wide field image shows the area around the spiral galaxy NGC 300, six million light-years from Earth.
This chart shows the location of the NGC 300 galaxy within the constellation of Sculptor.
This image composite shows the spiral galaxy NGC 300, as well as the position of the stellar-mass black hole in the galaxy.
This artist’s impression depicts the newly discovered stellar-mass black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 300.
Black Hole Outflows From Centaurus A
Artist’s impression of a gamma-ray burst shining through two young galaxies in the early Universe
BBH gravitational lensing of gw150914.webm
This sequence gives a close-up view of the southern spiral galaxy NGC 300
This zoom sequence starts with a view of part of the faint southern constellation of Sculptor and finish with a close-up of NGC 300 galaxy
This video zooms in NGC 300 onto the position of the system containing the stellar-mass black hole, and finishes with an artist’s impression of the system.
Algol AB movie imaged with the CHARA interferometer
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