lunaghoststar: The Dance of Venus
From National Geographic Space Pictures This Week; May 17, 2013: Star Factory T.A. Rector and H. Schweiker, WIYN/UAA/NOAO/NSF Telescopes at the Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tuscon, Arizona, captured this image of Nebula Sh2-239 using blue, green, orange, and red filters. Released this week, the image shows a region of the Taurus molecular cloud—about 450 light-years away from Earth. The nebula is full of stars in various stages of formation, from very new to old and established.
brutalgeneration: The Milkyway and a faint aurora over Sørtinden in Tromvik (by John A.Hemmingsen)