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European Wolf (charcoal & conte on paper)
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Alpha (mixed media on paper)
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Polish Wolf Pup, 2001 (charcoal & conte on paper)
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Portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934) (b/w photo)
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Edge, 2001 (oil on canvas)
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Wolf Composition, 2001 (oil on canvas)
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Alpha Tau, 1960-61 (acrylic on canvas)
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Portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934) 1907 (b/w photo)
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Sitting Wolf, 2000 (mixed media on paper)
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Aleph Series IV, 1960 (acrylic on canvas)
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Marie Curie (1867-1934) Giving a Lecture in her Laboratory (b/w photo)
Bust of Christ, lunette, 5th-6th century (mosaic)
Christ raising the Host, bas-relief, 11th century (stone)
Constellation of the Southern Cross - The Southern Cross - The Southern Cross and the Alpha and Beta stars of Centaurus. Crux, the Southern Cross, is the smallest constellation in the sky yet one of the most distinctive, at least to those of us who live in the southern hemisphere. It was once part of Centaurus, where the bright stars Acrux and Mimosa could easly be imagined as the rear hooves of the rearing mythical centaur. However, when Christian sailors began to explore southwards in the 16th century, this memorable asterism took on a new significance. The cross appears on the national flags of several southern hemisphere countries, including Australia, though it can be seen on the southern horizon from the tropic of Cancer, 23.5 degrees north of the equator. Along with the Southern Cross is a very distinctive dark shape known as the Coalsack, much used by southern hemisphere astronomers as an indicator of a dark sky, especially if the sixth magnitude star embedded in it is visible. The long axis of the southern cross points towards the south celestial pole, so the cross itself acts as a very convenient circumpolar clock, compasset and calendar
The Coronation of the Virgin, c.1388-90 (tempera & gold leaf on panel)
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Portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934) 1923 (b/w photo)
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Portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934) (b/w photo)
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Mark Watson, Edinburgh International book festival 2014 (photo)
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The Blessing of Christ, 1297 (mosaic)
Star Vega in Lyra - Star Vega in Lyra - Vega (Alpha Lyrae) is the main star of the constellation Lyra, located only 25.4 light years from the Sun. It is the second brightest star in the northern hemisphere after Sirius. Due to the precession of the equinoxes, Vega will take the place of the polar star indicating the north in the year 14,000. Vega (Alpha Lyrae) is the brightest star of Lyra constellation, located at 25.4 light years from the Sun. It is the second most luminous star in northern hemisphere. Because of the precession of the equinoxes, Vega will point north celestial pole in year 14,000
Plaque depicting Christ in Majesty (enamel)
Madonna and Child with Saints (tempera on panel)
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Alpha Blondy
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Eternal Father (tempera on panel)
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Earth-type exoplanete around Centauri Proxima - Artist's impression of the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri: Artist's view of Planet Proxima b orbiting around the red dwarf star Proxima of Centauri, the closest star to the solar system. The double star Alpha Centauri AB is visible at the top right of the image. Proxima b is slightly more massive than the Earth, orbit in habitable areas where the temperature would allow the presence of liquid water on its surface. This artist's impression shows a view of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The double star Alpha Centauri AB also appears in the image to the upper-right. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, where the temperature is suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface
August 24, 2016: Artist's view of Planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima of Centaur, the closest star to the solar system. The double star Alpha Centauri AB is visible between the planet and the star Proxima. Proxima b is a little more massive than Earth, orbit in habitable area or temperature would allow the presence of liquid water on its surface - This artist's impression shows the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The double star Alpha Centauri AB also appears in the image between the planet and Proxima itself. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, where the temperature is suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface
August 24, 2016: Artist's view of the surface of Planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima of Centaur, the closest star to the solar system. The double star Alpha Centauri AB is visible at the top right of the star Proxima. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth, orbit in habitable area where the temperature would allow the presence of liquid water on its surface - This artist's impression shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The double star Alpha Centauri AB also appears in the image to the upper-right of Proxima itself. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, where the temperature is suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface
Constellations of the Fly and the Southern Cross - Constellations of Musca and the Southern cross - The Southern Cross and the Alpha and Beta Stars of Centaur. Below, the constellation of the Fly. In contrast to adjacent Crux, Musca (The Fly) is a much less obvious, less distinguished and less useful constellation that first appeared in Johann Bayer's 1603 Uranometria. It is one of a dozen created by the Dutch explorers/navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman on their voyages into the south seas in the late 16th century
Alpha-Pi, 1961
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Sunspots - Sunspots - Sun surface and sunspots seen on August 15, 2004 with H - Alpha filter. Sunspots seen on august 15 2004 with an hydrogen alpha filter
Ms 558 f.33v The Annunciation depicted in an historiated initial 'R', detail from a Missal, early 1430s (vellum) (for detail see 88933)
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Roman mosaic depicting the Chi-Rho symbol with alpha and omega. Spain.
Operation Anvil Dragoon: US soldiers sail on the beach, Cavalaire, 1944 (photo)
AMS experience on the space station 07/2011 - AMS on the International Space station 07/2011: The International Space Station (ISS) seen on 12 July 2011 by astronaut Ron Garan during his launch in space. Two ships are moored at the station, the Atlantis shuttle visible on the right side, and a Soyuz ship on the left. At the center of the AMS (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer) experiment for the study of cosmic rays. Mission STS-135, last mission of the American space shuttle - This picture, photographed by NASA astronaut Ron Garan during the spacewalk conducted on July 12, 2011, shows the International Space Station with space shuttle Atlantis docked at the edge of the frame on the far right and a Russian Soyuz docked to Pirs, below the sun. In the foreground is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment installed during the STS-134 mission. AMS is a state-of-the-art particle physics detector designed to use the unique environment of space to advance knowledge of the universe and lead to the understanding of the university's origin by searching for antimatter and dark matter, and measuring cosmic rays
Presentation of The Alpha Jet : Serge Dassault and the Pilot Jean Marie Saget on October 20, 1975 (b/w photo)
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Izhar Cohen And The Group “Alpha Beta” After Win the Eurovision 78 Song Contest With “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” For Israel April 24, 1978 At the Palais De Congres in Paris (b/w photo)
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Cecilia Bartoli
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Comparison of the sizes of the Sun, Rigel, Betelgeuse and Antares - Size comparison: Sun, Rigel, Betelgeuse and Antares - The Sun (small dot on the right), and the blue supergiant star Rigel, are here compared to the supergiant red stars Betelgeuse (left), and Antares (in the background). The Sun (little dot at right) and Rigel are dwarfed by the red supergiants Betelgeuse (at left) and Antares (in background). Antares (alpha Scorpii) is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius
Exit into space by Thomas Pesquet -2021 (photo)
Pierre (1859-1906) and Marie (1867-1934) Curie in their Laboratory (b/w photo)
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George Bush, Mikhail Gorbatchev et Helmut Kohl
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Eagle Nebula (IC 4703) and star cluster M16 in the Snake - This wide - field image of the Eagle Nebula was taken at the National Science Foundation's 0.9 - meter telescope on Kitt Peak with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera. Located in the constellation of Serpens, the Serpent, the Eagle Nebula is a very luminous open cluster of stars surrounded by dust and gas. The three pillars at the center of the image, made famous in an image by the Hubble Space Telescope, are being sculpted by the intense radiation from the hot stars in the cluster. This image was created by combining emission - line images in Hydrogen - alpha (green), Oxygen [O III] (blue) and Sulfur [S II] (red)
Irene Joliot-Curie and Frederic Joliot, French physicists, c 1935
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Constellations of the Great Dog, Orion and Taurus - Winter constellations. On the left the constellation of the Great Dog with the star Sirius, in the center the constellation Orion, on the right the constellation of the Taurus with the cluster of the Hyades and the cluster of the Pleiades. Image obtained on November 3, 2005 in New Jersey - USA. The constellations of Canis Major (the Big Dog), Orion (the Hunter), and Taurus (the Bull) stretch across the winter sky just before the start of dawn in the beginning of November. Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, dominates the left side of the frame. Sirius is the alpha star in the constellation of Canis Major and is located only 9 light years away. Orion, the most distinctive of the winter constellations, is in the middle of the frame. The Hyades and Pleiades (the 7 Sisters), two beautiful open clusters in Taurus, are on the right side of the image
Detail of the horse's head nebula by the VLT - Horsehead Nebula, which is situated in the Orion molecular cloud complex. Its official name is Barnard 33 and it is a dust protrusion in the southern region of the dense dust cloud Lynds 1630, on the edge of the HII region IC 434. The distance to the region is about 1400 light - years (430 pc). This beautiful colour image was produced from three images obtained with the multi - mode FORS2 instrument at the second VLT Unit Telescope (KUEYEN) on February 1, 2000. Three predominant colours are seen in the image: red from the hydrogen (H - alpha) emission from the HII region; brown for the foreground obscuring dust; and blue - green for scattered starlight. The blue - green regions of the Horsehead Nebula correspond to regions not shadowed from the light from the stars in the H II region to the top of the picture and scatter stellar radiation towards the observer; these are thus 'mountains' of dust
Constellation of Lupus and Norma - Constellation of Lupus and Norma - Also visible are the constellations of the Compas, the Southern Cross, and much of the Centaur. At the top of the picture, the bright spot is the planet Jupiter. Lupus, (the Wolf), was regarded by the Greeks and Romans as an unspecified wild animal, which the Centaur is carrying as a sacrifice the gods. The identification of Lupus as a wolf seems to have been made in relatively recent times. Both Lupus and Norma are in the rich starfields of the southern Milky Way, easily seen between Antares and alpha and beta Centaurii. The brightest object in this image is Jupiter, on the ecliptic at the top of the frame. Norma, (originally Norma and Regula, the builder's level and set square) is an insignificant scattering of stars compared to Lupus and Centaurus. Like the adjacent Circinus (the Drawing Compasses), it was invented by Nicolas de Lacaille, who charted the southern sky from South Africa in 1751 - 2 and felt obliged to fill vacant spaces in the sky with Enlightenment - inspired instruments of science
Italy: A 'Rotas Square' or 'Sator Square', Church of St Peter ad Oratorium, Abbay, Capestrano, Abruzzo, c. 2nd - 4th century CE
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Genetic Engineering Tracy, a transgenic sheep, 1999
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Transit from Venus in front of the Sun. 08/06/2004 - Venus Transit. 08/06/2004 - Seen with H-Alpha filter. Venus seen in front of Sun with a H-alpha filter
Planetary nebula Dumbbell (M27) in Little Fox - Dumbell planetary nebula (M27) in Vulpecula - The planetary nebula Dumbbell (M27) is located about 1400 years - light from Earth in the constellation Little Fox. A planetary nebula is a gas shell from a small late-life star whose heart collapsed to become a white dwarf and expelled the outer layers of its matter. Image obtained with a 90 cm telescope, through various filters including an H-alpha filter. The Dumbbell Nebula (M27, NGC6853), is a planetary nebula located about 1200 light years from the earth in the constellation of Vulpecula. The nebula was formed when an evolved, red giant star ejected its outer envelope near the end of its lifetime. The expanding cloud of gas becomes visible once the hot core of the star, visible near the center, is exposed and the high - energy, ultraviolet light from the core ionizes the cloud
Alpha Centauri - Alpha Centauri - Alpha Centauri is a double star (Alpha Centauri A and B) near the Sun, 4.36 years - light. These two stars are relatively similar to the Sun. Alpha Centauri is a binary star (Alpha Centauri A and B) located at a distance of 4.36 light - years, or 41 million km, in the direction of the southern constellation Centaurus (The Centaur). Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, are rather similar to the Sun; their stellar spectral types are “” G2V”” and “” K1V””, respectively. Alpha Centauri A and B orbit each other at a distance of about 3600 million km, or somewhat more than the distance of planet Uranus from the Sun. The orbital period is almost exactly 80 years
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Exoplanete Alpha Centauri Bb - Artist's impression of the planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B: Artist's view of the planet Alpha Centauri Bb, also known as Gliese 559 Bb. Discovered in 2012 its existence is questioned. It would be orbiting the dwarf star Alpha Centauri B at a distance of 4.37 light years in the constellation Centauri. The planet is not in the habitable zone of the star, as it orbits far too close to the star. Alpha Centauri Bb was a proposed exoplanet orbiting the K-type main-sequence star Alpha Centauri B, located 4.37 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Its existence was announced in October 2012 but in October 2015, a scientific paper disproved the existence of the planet. Alpha Centauri B dominates the sky. Just above it to the right is a very bright star: Alpha Centauri A. And above that to the right is another star: our sun
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Stars - The Southern Cross - Alpha and Beta of Centaur - Southern Cross and pointers - Star trails - Because of the Earth's rotation, leaving the camera open, the stars advance towards the background of the sky. During the installation, gradually changing the focal length of the lens, the stars spread out and reveal their true color. Here it is the constellation of the Southern Cross (center right) and the Centaurus Alpha and Beta stars, in the center below, that are photographed in this way during a 30-minute pose. Star images are point sources of light of widely varying intensity. Normally, no single photographic exposure on colour film can capture their subtle colours. Those stars whose intensity is just right for their colour to be recorded appear insignificant on the photograph, while anything brighter is overexposed and washed out. By changing the focus of the lens during a star trail exposure, star images are spread out over the film surface. This effectively changes the amount of light in each star image as well as making it bigger. If this is done in a series of steps, as here, sooner or later all the star images will be recorded with an exposure that will reveal the star colours. Here we see the stars of the Southern Cross and pointers (alpha and beta Cen) recorded in an exposure of about 30 minutes, during which the lens focus was moved from infinity to about 1m in about 15 equally spaced steps
Stars - The Southern Cross - Alpha and Beta of Centaur - Southern Cross and pointers - Star trails - Because of the Earth's rotation, leaving the camera open, the stars advance towards the background of the sky. During the installation, gradually changing the focal length of the lens, the stars spread out and reveal their true color. Here, the constellation of the Southern Cross and the Alpha and Beta stars of the Centaurus, on the left, are photographed this way during a 40mn pose. Star images are point sources of light of widely varying intensity. Normally, no single photographic exposure on colour film can capture their subtle colours. Those stars whose intensity is just right for their colour to be recorded appear insignificant on the photograph, while anything brighter is overexposed and washed out. By changing the focus of the lens during a star trail exposure, star images are spread out over the film surface. This effectively changes the amount of light in each star image as well as making it bigger. If this is done in a series of steps, as here, sooner or later all the star images will be recorded with an exposure that will reveal the star colours. Here we see the stars of the Southern Cross and pointers (alpha and beta Cen) recorded in an exposure of about 40 minutes, during which the lens focus was moved from infinity to about 2m in six steps five minutes apart
Nebula IC 1318 in the Swan - IC 1318 Butterfly nebula in Cygnus - IC 1318 is a very large emission nebula that surrounds the star Gamma Cygni (Sadr), visible towards the middle of the image. LDN 889 is a vast region of dark nebulae that separates the nebula on the left from Sadr. On the extreme right, another dark nebula, B343. Image obtained with H - alpha filter, 5 hours of cumulative poses. This is a large area of emission nebulosity around Sadr, Gamma Cygnii, the brightest star in this photo and the heart of Cygnus. Most of the nebulosity is fairly faint, but brighter patches can be seen in a modest instrument. The two sections of nebulosity to the left of Gamma are called the Butterfly Nebula and have the catalog designation of IC 1318. LDN 889 is the large area of dark nebulosity that separates the two halves of the Butterfly Nebula, and B 343 is the small but very dense dark nebula on the right side of the image. This is a hydrogen alpha color composite image
Constellation of the Southern Cross - Constellation Crux. The Southern Cross - The Southern Cross with Beta and Alpha Centaurus left. Image obtained from New Zealand. 'Crux', being Latin for 'cross', commonly known as the' Southern Cross' (in contrast to the Cygnus (constellation) Northern Cross), is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but nevertheless one of the most distinctive. It is surrounded on three sides by the constellation Centaurus while to the south lies the 'Fly' (Musca). Crux was originally thought of by ancient Greeks as part of Centaurus, but was defined as a separate asterism in the 16th Century after Amerigo Vespucci's expedition to South America in 1501. Vespucci mapped the two stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri as well as the stars of the Crux. Although these stars were known to the ancient Greeks, gradual precession had lowered them below the European skyline so that they were forgotten
Alpha Conde
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August 24, 2016: The three stars that make up the Centaur Alpha system are the closest stars to the Sun. Proxima du Centaur is located at a distance of 4.22 light years from the Sun but is invisible to the naked eye. Alpha Centauri A and B are a little further away, 4.36 light years from the Sun. These two stars are relatively similar to the Sun. Although Proxima of Centauri is distant from the Alpha couple of Centauri, its movement seems to link it to this system and is sometimes called Alpha Centauri C - This image of the sky around the bright star Alpha Centauri AB also shows the much fainter red dwarf star, Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The picture was created from pictures forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The blue halo around Alpha Centauri AB is an artifact of the photographic process, the star is really pale yellow in colour like the Sun