PIX4618183: Nebula M78 in Orion - M78 nebula in Orion - The nebula M78 (NGC 2068) is located about 1600 years - light from Earth and extends over 4 years - light. M78, (NGC 2068) is part of the Orion complex, a large region of star - forming gas and dust centred around M42 and M43. It is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula in the sky. M78 is some 1600 light - years away and around 4 light - years across / Bridgeman Images
MDA4614272: Rotunda by Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806) Place Stalingrad, Paris 75019. It is one of the four remains of the enclosure of the Farmers Generaux with that of the Monceau parks, the Denfert Rochereau and the columns of the Trone. Built in 1786, this rotunda evokes the Rotonda de Palladio in Vicenze (Italy). This barrier served as a gendarmerie barracks from 1830 to 1860, and then as a storage room for salt. Restauree, it is now occupied by the Commission du Vieux Paris. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4614913: Mars and its satellites seen with an amateur telescope - Mars with its moons through an amateur telescope - Composite image of the planet Mars accompanied by its two moving satellites, Phobos (left) and Deimos (right). Image taken with a C14 and a webcam on August 28, 2003 in Namibia. Composite image of planet Mars with its moons. Image taken on August 28 2003 from Namibia with a C14 telescope and a webcam. Phobos is moving on the left of the image, Deimos at right / Bridgeman Images
PIX4617658: Sunrise over Mercury - Artist view - Sunrise over Mercury - Artist view - From the surface of Mercury, the Sun appears three times larger and significantly brighter than on Earth. With the appearance of the Sun that's three times larger and considerably brighter and whiter in Mercury's airless sky, the temperature of the ground skyrockets from a overnight low of minus 300o F to over 700o F / Bridgeman Images
TEC4617670: La cupola du department store Le Printemps, 64-70 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9e. In 1907-1910, Rene Binet built a second store, taking over the architectural part of Paul Sedille while centering the ensemble on a six-storey octagonal hall under a double dome. The dome, the work of the master glassmaker Briere, is still visible on the sixth floor of the store. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4617718: La cupola du department store Le Printemps, 64-70 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9e. In 1907-1910, Rene Binet built a second store, taking over the architectural part of Paul Sedille while centering the ensemble on a six-storey octagonal hall under a double dome. The dome, the work of the master glassmaker Briere, is still visible on the sixth floor of the store. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4617827: Orion Nebula - the trapeze - The Trapezium region in M42 - Located 1500 years - light, Orion Nebula is the closest region of formation of stars of the Sun. In the center of the picture, the Trapeze of Orion. The Trapeze is among the youngest known open clusters, it is made up of 4 massive stars that make the nebula shine. Image obtained with Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. 30-sec poses. The central 'star' of the three groups forming the asterism of Orion's sword is in reality a nebula, and is clearly nebulous to the unaided eye. At the heart of the most luminous nebulosity shimmer a handful of stars known as the Trapezium cluster, visible in binoculars. These are the brightest members of a substantial cluster of stars, most of which are still hidden in the dusty recesses of the Orion nebula against which they are seen. The stars of the Trapezium provide much of the energy which makes the brilliant Orion Nebula visible and are at a distance of about 1500 light years. This image was made with three, 30 - second exposures at the prime focus of the Anglo - Australian Telescope / Bridgeman Images