Commons:Featured pictures/Astronomy

Gallery of Astronomy This page is a gallery of featured pictures that the community has chosen to be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. Other galleries containing featured pictures related to astronomy: Space exploration Satellite images Sky Waxing half moon over Brofjorden 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 Pedra Azul Milky Way Linnutee - Milky Way Star trails with sunset at La Hague lighthouse Bunker under the Milky Way Iridiumi satelliidi sähvatus Top of Atmosphere Mercury, Venus and the Moon Align Martian sunset Startrails created from 14 photos (2 minutes of exposure) Heavens Above Her Savault Chapel Under Milky Way BLS One Perseid, Milky Way and Andromega galaxy Milky way seen from bolivian high altiplano 03 International Space Station star trails Llyn Ogwen Milky Way Monumento Natural O Frade e A Freira - Luciano Daniel (03) (cropped) 018 Human looking at the stars during Perseids with the Milky Way in the background Photo by Giles Laurent Milky Way over the valley of Marukha River, Arkhyz, Russiа 360-degree Panorama of the Southern Sky ~ 280° panorama of the starry sky in Brandenburg Top See also: Sky (category) Galleries   Eclipse Solar eclipse 1999 in France Solar eclipse in France 1999, protuberances Solar annular eclipse of January 15, 2010 in Jinan,Republic of China Lunar eclipse 04-15-2014 by R Jay GaBany Total Solar Eclipse 8-21-17 Top See also: Eclipse (category) Galleries   Planets (including dwarf planets) Mercury Mercury image from first Messenger flyby 2006 Transit of Mercury Top See also: Mercury (category) Galleries   Venus 2012 Transit of Venus from SF Venus globe Top See also: Venus (category) Galleries   Earth North America from low orbiting satellite Suomi NPP Earthrise over Compton crater -LRO full res First photograph taken by man of Earthrise Earthrise The Earth seen from Apollo 17 Mosaic of the Arctic Africa and Europe from a Million Miles Away Blue Marble Western Hemisphere Blue Marble Eastern Hemisphere Turbulent Tropical Skies AS08-16-2593 remastered City Lights of Asia and Middle East 2016 Top See also: Earth (category) Galleries   Mars PIA22349 – Gullies of Matara Crater Mars in true colour by OSIRIS Victoria crater from HiRise Terraformed Mars Olympus Mons Image taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing descent of Phoenix with a crater in the background Martian Dust Devil Trails Hellas Chaos on Mars Water ice layers in Olympia Rupes, Mars Gullies in Galle crater, Mars Gullies in Kaiser crater, Mars Strong wind erosion in Medusae Fossae, Mars Martian avalanche, or debris fall, in action Victoria Crater, Cape Verde, Mars Valles Marineris on Mars NASA'S Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this westward view from atop a low plateau Mars panoramaa Top See also: Mars (category) Galleries   Jupiter Jupiter Blues Jovian Tempest Jupiter as seen by the space probe Cassini 790106-0203 Voyager 58M to 31M reduced PIA22946-Jupiter-RedSpot-JunoSpacecraft-20190212 Jupiter showcases auroras, hazes Top See also: Jupiter (category) Galleries   Saturn PIA17218 – A Farewell to Saturn, Brightened Version Saturn with auroras Saturn during Equinox Saturn's Rings in Ultraviolet Light Jewel of the Solar System Saturn eclipse Saturn image composed from photos made by the Cassini space probe Saturn's rings in visible light and radio The Day the Earth Smiled Top See also: Saturn (category) Galleries   Neptune Neptune Full Neptune Wide Field (NIRCam) Top See also: Neptune (category) Galleries   Pluto Pluto-01 Stern 03 Pluto Color TXT Top See also: Pluto (category) Galleries   Other planets Artist's impression of the Fomalhaut (alledged) planet Artist's impression of an ultra-short-period planet Top See also: Planets (category) Galleries   Natural satellites PIA19048 realistic color Europa mosaic Io highest resolution true color Phobos colour 2008 Mimas Cassini Saturn's moon Iapetus Ganymede - Perijove 34 Composite Top See also: Natural satellites (category) Galleries   Earth's moon 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 Lune-Nikon-600-F4 Luc Viatour FullMoon2010 Full Moon view from Earth LRO Tycho Central Peak Apollo 11 bootprint Top See also: Moon (category) Galleries   Comets Photo of the comet Hale-Bopp Comet 67P on 19 September 2014 NavCam mosaic C2014 Q2 C2022 E3 (ZTF)- Alessandro Bianconi Kométa C-2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Top See also: Comets (category) Galleries   Stars Cosmic ‘Winter’ Wonderland The Sun by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory - 20100801 August 2010 CME SDO Multi-Wavelength 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 Pismis 24 R136 HST 2009-12-15 NASA Unveils Celestial Fireworks as Official Hubble 25th Anniversary Image Top See also: Stars (category) Galleries   Nebulae Messier 78 Nebula Elephant Trunk NGC 3372a-full VST image of the spectacular star-forming region Messier 17 (Omega Nebula) Cygnus-Wall The star formation region Messier 17 Rosette Nebula Helix Nebula Helix Nebula Crab Nebula Heart and Soul nebulae ESO - The Carina Nebula (by) Eta Carinae Nebula Carina Nebula The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula Nebulosa de Eta Carinae o NGC 3372 Lagoon Nebula (ESO) Lagoon Nebula Lagoon Nebula Lagoon Nebula Orion Nebula The hidden fires of the Flame Nebula W5 (Westerhout 5), an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia North America Nebula Different Slant on Orion (495636660) Spitzer's Orion NGC 6302 Hubble 2009.full Fairy of Eagle Nebula 30 Doradus, Tarantula Nebula A New View of the Tarantula Nebula Filigree and Shadow Rho Ophiuchi Rho Ophiucus Widefield VISTA's infrared view of the Orion Nebula Simeis 147 EmissionNebula NGC6357 IC 2944, nicknamed the Running Chicken Nebula NGC 2467 and Surroundings NGC 6960 or the Veil Nebula in the constellation Cygnus Barnard 33 Pillars of creation 2014 HST WFC3-UVIS full-res NASA-SNR0519690-ChandraXRayObservatory-20150122 Heart Nebula Ic443 nf c shorgb 2218m+823m+666m+729m 2218m 37h Sh2-216 c lsho 1218m+812m+903m 2933m 49h NGC 2014, NGC 2020 - HST - Heic2007a Ou4 sh2-129 wf c lshorgb 2193m+3489m+2060m+120m 7876m 131h The Great Orion Nebula in Narrowband NASA’s Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star Birth Tarantula Nebula by JWST Pillars of Creation (NIRCam Image) Hubble NGC6530 The Lion nebula Euclid’s view of the Horsehead Nebula ESA25170866 NGC2244-16-12-2022-Hamois Luc Viatour WR134-Hamois-06-08-2024-Luc-Viatour NGC6888-et Bulle de savon-13-08-2024-Hamois-Luc-Viatour Orion Nebula in NIRCam short-wavelength channel ESA25105094 Top See also: Nebulae (category) Galleries   Galaxies The galaxy Messier 101 (M101, also known as NGC 5457) M81, also known as Bode’s Galaxy UGC 1810 and UGC 1813 in Arp 273 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope) Hubble Peers into the Storm (29563971405) Colliding galaxies Sombrero Galaxy Sombrero Galaxy in infrared light Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 ESO - Milky Way Messier 81 HST Spiral galaxy NGC 1672 Field of galaxies Andromeda Galaxy (with h-alpha) Stephan's Quintet Hubble 2009.full Galaxy Messier 82 Near colliding NGC 2207 and IC 2163 as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Large Magellanic Cloud Messier 51 Galaxy Antennae, Hubble images Guisard - Milky Way 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 NGC 2683 Spiral galaxy 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 M82 HST ACS 2006-14 Starburst in NGC 4449 Artist’s impression of a gamma-ray burst shining through two young galaxies in the early Universe Needle Galaxy NGC 4565 Webb’s First Deep Field, an image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 Messier83 - Heic1403a Cartwheel Galaxy (NIRCam and MIRI Composite Image) (weic2211a).jpeg Milky way1 M31-Andromede-16-09-2023-Hamois Andromeda Galaxy M31 - Heic1502a Full resolution Top See also: Galaxies (category) Galleries   Others Black hole - Messier 87 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 Vela supernova remnant imaged by the VLT Survey Telescope A view of the Milky Way supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarised light (eso2406a) Top Galleries   Unsorted The FPCBot will place images here, they can manually be sorted into more specific sections. 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