Caturday’s Astronomy Pix for July 1-7, 2012

This image of the central parts of Centaurus A reveals the parallelogram-shaped remains of a smaller galaxy that was absorbed about 200 to 700 million years ago. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Outer Shells of Centaurus A

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy

In the Shadow of Saturn’s Rings

Sunspots and Silhouettes

NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge

The Tidal Tail of NGC 3628

Gravitational Tractor

PIA08235 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Caturday’s Astronomy Pix is a weekly installment, published each weekend with links to each daily entry on NASA’s website Astronomy Picture of the Day. I hope you enjoy looking at these often breathtaking images as much as I do.

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All images in this post are original works by the author, and are copyright 2012 Troy Loy

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