Top 10 Images Of Constellations Shared By NASA

By Khushi thakur JULY 23, 2024

The Summer Triangle

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The Summer Triangle is an asterism that contains stars from three different constellations Lyra, Aquila and Cygnus is located in the upper left corner of the Milky Way Galaxy. Star patterns are known as constellations. And there 88 known star patterns.

Virgo Constellation 

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The constellation Virgo also known as  Virgin carries many galaxies the number goes more than 1300 galaxies called the Virgo Cluster.  This is the image of NGC 4388, captured by  Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3.

Constellation Dorado

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The NGC 1850 100 million-year-old globular cluster, is located 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado. Dorado contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

Constellation Scorpius

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This is the image of  Cat’s Paw Nebula taken from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope located in the constellation Scorpius.

Constellation Pyxis

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 There are two clusters of nebula that are NGC 2818 and NGC 2818A.  Located around 10,000 light-years away, in the southern constellation Pyxis.

Constellation Vela

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A giant explosion of star about 10,000 years ago in the constellation Vela, formed this bright object called a pulsar. It is bright and also spins.

Andromeda Constellation

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This is the image of the NGC 7640 galaxy that is located in Andromeda constellation.  

Constellation Cetus

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This is the image of a dusty spiral galaxy named NGC 1087. It is located 80 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus.

Constellation Circinus

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This is the image of the Circinus galaxy located in the constellation Circinus around 13 million light-years away.

Constellation Dorado

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This is the image of globular cluster NGC 1850 which is located 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado.