Gallery: Astronomer Creates Hubble Image Mashup of Starry Night and Composes Cosmic Conciertos

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    *Alex Parker's* Starry Night *mosaic*
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    Starry Night *mosaic detail*
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    Starry Night *mosaic detail*
  • Pillars of Creation
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    *Pillars of Creation* *Credit: Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University), and NASA/ESA*
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    *Hubble images remarkable double star cluster NGC 1850 in our neighbor galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud.* *Credit: ESA, NASA and Martino Romaniello (European Southern Observatory, Germany)*
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    *A backdrop of distant galaxies for a galactic hit-and-run collision.* *Credit: NASA, Holland Ford (JHU), the ACS Science Team and ESA*
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    *The Boomerang Nebula, the coldest known natural place in the universe.* *Credit: European Space Agency, NASA*
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    *Dramatically backlit dust lanes in NGC 7049* *Credit: NASA, ESA and W. Harris (McMaster University, Ontario, Canada)*
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    *Abell 2218, a massive galaxy cluster gravitationally lensing a more distant cluster.* *Credit: NASA, ESA, and Johan RIchard (Caltech, USA) Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin & James Long (ESA/Hubble)*
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