Esa/hubble: Ground Based Image of Sky Around M83 (Ground Based Image)

This is an image of the galaxy M83, taken by the European Southern Observatory's Wide Field Imager on the ESO/MPG 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla, Chile.

Mars as seen in the night sky on December 8, 2007. Image was taken in southern Alberta, Canada (latitude of 51 N) by astrophotographer Alan Dyer. Mars, located in the constellation Gemini, is rising along the eastern horizon. Above it,...

This ground-based image was taken by Japanese amateur astronomer Akira Fujii and shows a close-up of Sirius.

This ground-based image shows the region surrounding NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. These visible-light emission-line image was taken on the UM/CTIO Curtis Schmidt telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) as...

Ground-based Image of Globular Cluster NGC 6397

This ground-based image was taken by Robert Gendler and shows the two merging Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) and their impressive long tidal tails.

This image, taken by an amateur astronomer, shows the location of Comet Holmes on 28 Oct. Superimposed on this image is a graphic showing the comet's path from 30 Sept. to 25 Nov.

This is a colour image of the galaxy cluster CL0024+1654 obtained with the CFHT12k camera at the Canada France Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea (Hawaii). The cluster clearly appears as a concentration of yellow galaxies in the centre of...

This image shows the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), combining the light from 3 different filters tracing emission from oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red). The colour is also representative of the temperature in the ionized gas:...

This wide-angle image taken by astrophotographer Robert Gendler shows the amazing duo of Messier 81 (right) and Messier 82 (left). These two mighty galaxies in the Plough (Ursa Major) belong to some of the most famous and beloved...