Valentines Day Special: Amazing Cosmic Photographs from Space

The day is almost over with promises of togetherness being made at the end of the day. Well even stars were not behind in celebrating Valentines day. National Optical Astronomy Observatory today released the picture of nebula in deep space shined like a cosmic rose also addressed as the Valentine Rose. The nebula is called Sh2-174 appeared as a flower of red and blue color.

cosmic valentine space rose

Astronomer Travis Rector, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Alaska in Anchorage, took this photo using a 13-foot (4 meters) telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Ariz. He used four different filters designed to approximate colors that the human eye can see.

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There were other pictures that were also released by European Space Agency and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of some of the amazing space photography. Lets have a look.

Rosette nebula

Sky Heart over Paranal Observatory

Heart shaped island off the coast of Croatia in the Adriatic Sea

NGC 896 Emission Nebula in constellation Cassiopeia

Heart and Soul nebula

Aurora on 14th February 2012, at Abisko National Park in Sweden

Necklace Nebula by Hubble Space Telescope

So what say people, mail these pictures to your loved ones as a Valentines Day card 🙂

Picture Credit: Space.Com