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  1. Day 25 of #spacetober
    Todays #spacetoberchallenge prompt is #jet

    #HH111 is a Herbig-Haro object, a bright patch of nebulosity associated with newborn stars. They are formed when narrow jets of partially ionised gas ejected by stars collide with nearby clouds of gas and dust at several hundred kilometres per second.

    #spacetober2022 #stippling #pointillism #drawing #spaceartwork #spaceart #nebula #herbigharo #MastoArt

  2. Day 24 of #spacetober
    Todays #spacetoberchallenge prompt is #spacehistory

    This image of a pair of interacting galaxies called #Arp273 was taken in celebration of Hubble's 21st anniversary in 2011.

    #Hubble was launched April 24, 1990, aboard Discovery's STS-31 mission. Hubble discoveries revolutionized nearly all areas of current astronomical research from planetary science to cosmology.

    #spacetober2022 #stippling #pointillism #drawing #spaceartwork #spaceart #rosegalaxy #MastoArt

  3. Day 17 of #spacetober
    Todays #spacetoberchallenge prompt is #satellite

    Here are some natural satellites: The biggest Jupiter moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto from the perspective of an earth like Jupiter.

    #spacetober2022 #stippling #pointillism #drawing #spaceartwork #spaceart #MastoArt

  4. Day 8 of #spacetober
    Todays #spacetoberchallenge prompt is #star

    HH 24-26 is a molecular cloud and star-forming region containing the Herbig-Haro objects HH 24, HH 25 and HH 26. This region contains the highest concentration of astrophysical jets known anywhere in the sky.

    #spacetober2022 #stippling #pointillism #drawing #spaceartwork #spaceart #MastoArt #jets