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IC4592 - Blue Horsehead Nebula 529 viewsReflection nebula in the constellation Scorpius, lit by the giant septuple star Jabbah (Nu Scorpii). This photo shows only part of the nebula, so the horsehead shape is not evident here.
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NGC 7822 - Star-forming region in Cepheus529 viewsIncludes the emission nebula Sharpless 171 and the star cluster Berkeley 59. Around 3000 light-years from Earth.
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Squatter 528 viewsSomeone beat me to my pad, so I went up to the Upper Pads area, where I got a better view anyway.
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Detail of Crystal Staircase528 viewsThe bannister supports are made of Baccarat crystal.
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First Floor Hallway528 viewsFirst Floor Hallway in the Crestmont House
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SH2-132, The Lion Nebula528 viewsEmission nebula in the constellation Cepheus, near the border with Lacerta; about 10,400 light-years away..
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Rainy Day in Izmir527 viewsA light shower greeted us on our first day in Izmir, but it didn't dampen our spirits.
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German Fountain527 viewsConstructed to commemorate Kaiser Wilhelm II's second visit to Turkey (1898). The Kaiser was promoting a Berlin-to-Baghdad railway which he hoped would provide Germany access to the Middle East with its rich oilfields.
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Mihrimah Sultan Mosque527 views16th-century mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul, on the Asian side. The older and smaller of two Istanbul mosques commissioned by Mihrimah, daughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent; the other is on the European side, in the Fatih district.
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Candlesticks527 viewsThe two giant candlesticks on either side of the Mihrab were donated by Grand Vizier Ibrahim, who pillaged them from the Hungarian court church during the Turkish conquest of Buda in 1526.
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M95 and M96527 viewsTwo Spiral Galaxies in Leo, captured in the same frame
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What is Lenin doing in Seattle?527 viewsThis 16-foot-tall, 7-ton statue of Lenin was created by a Bulgarian sculptor, Emil Venkov, in 1988 as part of an arts competition. It stood in Czechoslovakia but was toppled in the 1989 revolution and tossed in a junkyard, where it was found and purchased by an American, who brought it to the USA.
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