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- Image of the Milky way Galactic Center from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope
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- Image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope
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- Image of the Milky Way Galactic Center from NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
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- NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a new, infrared view of the choppy star-making cloud called M17, also known as the Omega Nebula or the Swan Nebula. The cloud, located about 6,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, is dominated by a central group of massive stars — the most massive stars in the region. These central stars give off intense flows of expanding gas, which rush like rivers against dense piles of material, carving out the deep pocket at center of the picture. Winds from the region’s other massive stars push back against these oncoming rivers, creating bow shocks like those that pile up in front of speeding boats. Three of these bow shocks are nestled in the upper left side of the central cavity, but are difficult to spot in this view. They are composed of compressed gas in addition to dust that glows at infrared wavelengths Spitzer can see. The smiley-shaped bow shocks curve away from the stellar winds of the central massive stars. This picture was taken with Spitzer’s infrared array camera. It is a four-color composite, in which light with a wavelength of 3.6 microns is blue; 4.5-micron light is green; 5.8-micron light is orange; and 8-micron light is red. Dust is red, hot gas is green and white is where gas and dust intermingle. Foreground and background stars appear scattered through the image.
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- Image of the galaxy M101 from NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, and NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer
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Norton Museum of Art
features impressive collections of French, American and Chinese art as well as photography, contemporary art and other collections. Facilities include a museum store, a 250-seat auditorium and a library of art history. Located at 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33401; Tel. (561) 832-5196; Open Tues. – Sat. Read more [...]
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Anchorage Museum of History and Art
offers the opportunity to see splendid objects representing Alaska’s exciting past and present. Contemporary paintings, 3,000 year-old spear points, Russian icons, and Eskimo ivory carvings illustrate the art, history, and ethnography of Alaska. There is also a Children’s Gallery. The Anchorage Museum is the largest museum in the state with Read more [...]
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Mobile Museum of Art
is one of the South’s preeminent cultural institutions. It offers opportunities for visitors to view fantastic exhibitions and revel in the exciting world of art. There is also a gift shop. The Museum is nestled among majestic pines on lakefront grounds. Handicapped access parking is available. 4850 Museum Drive in Read more [...]
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Birmingham Museum of Art
is the largest municipal museum in the Southeast. It has an outstanding permanent collection of over 18,000 works of art dating from ancient to modern times. Included are European and American paintings and sculpture, photography, decorative arts, textiles, Native American art, pre-Columbian and African collections, and the largest collection of Read more [...]
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Anniston Museum of Natural History
explores the natural world in one of the Southeast’s finest natural history museums.. Visitors travel across several continents and return to the days of the dinosaur as they discover each lifelike exhibit hall. There are also nature trails, wildflower gardens, a library and museum store. Handicap accessible. 800 Museum Drive, Read more [...]
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Alabama Department of Archives and History Museum
explores Alabama history through state and local government records, manuscripts, portraits, state historical and Southeastern Indian artifacts, flags and more. 624 Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 300100, Montgomery, AL 36130-0100; Tel. (205) 242-4363; Website: www.asc.edu/archives/agis.html (soon to be: www.archives.state.al.us/); Museum open: Mon. – Fri. 8am – 5pm, Sat. 9am – 5pm; Read more [...]
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David Winton Bell Gallery
Located in the List Art Center, an imposing modern structure designed by Philip Johnson, the Gallery presents exhibitions which focus on the arts and issues of our time. Brown University, 64 College St., Providence, RI 02912; Tel. (401) 863-2932; Open Mon. – Fri. 11am – 4pm, Sat. & Sun. 1pm Read more [...]
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Live Oak Gardens
Step back in time and experience the aura of peace and serenity of a by-gone era. Twenty five acres of semi-tropical gardens dotted with ancient live oak trees and drooping with Spanish moss provide the perfect setting for the home of one of America’s best known stage actors, Joseph Jefferson. Read more [...]
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Children’s Museum of Wichita
offers a wide variety of hands-on exhibits for young people. 435 S. Water St., Wichita, KS 67203; Tel. (316) 267-2281; Open Tues. – Sat. 9am – 5pm, Sun. 1pm – 5pm, closed major holidays; Adults $3.00, under 2 years free.
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Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
was founded in 1919 by railroad and real estate magnate Henry Edwards Huntington as an educational and cultural center serving both scholars and the general public. 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA 91108; Tel. (626) 405-2141; Website: www.huntington.org; Open Tue. – Fri. 12 noon – 4:30pm, Sat. & Sun. 10:30am Read more [...]
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