Images from Science Instruments
Spiral Galaxy NGC 7537
August 20, 2025
Spiral Galaxy NGC 958
July 23, 2025
Exoplanet GJ 504 b, " Second Jupiter " Directly Observed
June 18, 2025
Spiral Galaxy NGC 748
May 21, 2025
Spiral Galaxy NGC 4030
April 16, 2025
Galaxy Clusters 4.1 Billion Years Away (Left) and 6.2 Billion Years Away (Right)
March 20, 2025
Galaxy Distribution at a Location with Highly Significant Dark Matter toward the Virgo Constellation
March 5, 2025
Deep Imaging of the COSMOS Field
February 19, 2025
SDSS J0232.8-0323
February 5, 2025
Interacting Galaxies That Create Familiar Shapes Found with Citizen Astronomers
January 15, 2025
Interacting Galaxy NGC 474
January 2, 2025
The Twin Galaxies NGC 4496A and NGC4496B
December 19, 2024
Interacting Galaxies NGC 5257 & NGC 5258
December 4, 2024
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 4123
November 20, 2024
Triple Ring Galaxy（2MASX J22361103+0124304）
November 6, 2024
Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660
October 16, 2024
Interacting Galaxies NGC 5366 & PGC 49574
October 2, 2024
Spiral Galaxy NGC 521
September 18, 2024
Jellyfish Galaxies NGC 3312 & NGC 3314
September 4, 2024
Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) and Hockey Stick Galaxy (NGC 4656)
August 14, 2024
The Penguin and the Egg Galaxies (Arp 142)
July 31, 2024
Jellyfish Galaxy (JO204)
July 17, 2024
Jellyfish Galaxy (UGC 9326 & UGC 9327)
July 3, 2024
NGC 6822 (Irregular Galaxy)
June 19, 2024
KKR 25（Dwarf Galaxy）
June 5, 2024
Palomar 3 （Globular Cluster）
May 15, 2024
Orion Nebula (M42)
May 1, 2024
Jupiter's Rings
April 17, 2024
Zooming into Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
April 3, 2024
M5（Globular Cluster）
March 25, 2024
Violent Mergers
October 9, 2023
Spiral Galaxies Identified by the Citizen Astronomer in GALAXY CRUISE, NAOJ's Citizen Science Project
Sh 2-209
July 5, 2023
Spiral Galaxy NGC 3338
August 30, 2022
Edge-on Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy) NGC 4244
June 21, 2022
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy
Dying Galaxies about 10 Billion Years Ago
May 26, 2022
Elliptical Galaxy NGC 850
A Massive Cluster of Galaxies 4 Billion Years Ago
September 30, 2021
Asteroid 1998 KY26
December 17, 2020
Hayabusa2
November 25, 2020
A Dying Galaxy 12 Billion Years Ago
December 18, 2019
Proto-Cluster Field about 11 Billion Years Ago
March 20, 2019
A Quasar 13.05 Billion Light Years Away
March 13, 2019
100 Quasars about 13 Billion Years Ago
A Massive Quiescent Galaxy 12 Billion Years Ago
December 20, 2018
Mars (July 29, 2018)
July 30, 2018
Cluster of Galaxies with a Massive Dark Matter Halo
March 1, 2018
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 7479
June 29, 2017
Tadpole Galaxy (UGC 10214）
February 27, 2017
Saturn and Its Rings Viewed in the Mid-Infrared
February 23, 2017
Double Source Plane Lens System 'Eye of Horus'
July 25, 2016
FU Ori Outbursts
February 24, 2016
Starburst Galaxy NGC 6240
February 3, 2016
Spiral Galaxy NGC 3521
January 19, 2016
M81 and Its Neighbor Galaxies
August 4, 2015
Spiral Galaxy M81 (2)
August 3, 2015
Dark Matter Map by Hyper Suprime-Cam
July 1, 2015
Dark Galaxies in Coma Cluster
June 22, 2015
Umbrella Galaxy (NGC 4651)
November 19, 2014
Lyman-Alpha Emitters
November 18, 2014
Jupiter and Ganymede
June 18, 2014
Merging Galaxies Imaged in the Infrared
January 27, 2014
Ion Tail of Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1)
December 5, 2013
Tails of Comet ISON (C/2012 S1)
November 17, 2013
Comet ISON (C/2012 S1)
November 10, 2013
Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1)
November 8, 2013
Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
July 30, 2013
Stellar Companion of HAT-P-7
January 24, 2013
'Super-Jupiter' around Kappa Andromedae
November 19, 2012
Giant Gap in Protoplanetary Disk of PDS 70
November 8, 2012
Distant Protocluster of Active Star-Forming Galaxies USS1558-003
August 30, 2012
Sombrero Galaxy M104
August 29, 2012
The Most Distant Galaxy SXDF-NB1006-2
June 3, 2012
Most Distant Protocluster of Galaxies
April 23, 2012
'Emerald-Cut' Galaxy LEDA 074886
April 3, 2012
'Stealth Merger' of Dwarf Galaxies NGC 4449
February 13, 2012
Dust Ring around HR 4796
December 29, 2011
Brown Dwarfs in NGC 1333
October 11, 2011
Supernovae in the Subaru Deep Field
October 3, 2011
Stephan's Quintet HCG92
August 18, 2011
Double Quasar SDSS J1334+3315
July 6, 2011
Circumbinary Disk of FS Tau
June 3, 2011
Mature Cluster of Galaxies CL J1449 + 0856
March 9, 2011
Central Region of Starburst Galaxy M82
March 7, 2011
Protoplanetary Disk of AB Aur
February 17, 2011
Protocluster Area 4C 23.56
February 1, 2011
Ionized Hydrogen Gas Clouds from Coma Cluster Galaxies
November 9, 2010
Comet 103P/Hartley
October 21, 2010
Hayabusa before Its Re-entry to Earth
June 13, 2010
Dark Matter Map toward A2390
April 26, 2010
Spiral Galaxy M81 (1)
March 18, 2010
Exoplanets Orbiting a Sun-Like Star
December 3, 2009
Young Binary System SR24
November 19, 2009
Circumstellar Disk and Envelope Around Young Massive Star HD 200775
November 18, 2009
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6946
September 8, 2009
W3 Main Massive Star-Forming Region
January 29, 2009
Spiral Galaxy M33
January 22, 2009
Cluster of Galaxies 8.5 Billion Light Years Away in Constellation Hydr
October 30, 2008
Cluster of Galaxies 8 Billion Light Years Away in Constellation Ursa Major
October 29, 2008
Galaxy RB199 in Coma Cluster of Galaxies with Filaments and Associated Fireballs
October 6, 2008
Echo Region of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
May 29, 2008
Circumstellar Disk Around Young Lightweight Star FN Tau
February 8, 2008
Dwarf Galaxy Leo II
November 28, 2007
More Fragments Discovered in Comet Schwassman-Wachmann 3 Nucleus
April 24, 2007
Figure of Supernova Remnant: Crab Nebula (Messier 1)
March 12, 2007
D100 and its filament of ionized hydrogen gas
March 5, 2007
Trapezium Cluster by 188-element Adaptive Optics System
November 20, 2006
The Most Distant Galaxy IOK-1
September 13, 2006
Giant Filament Structure of Galaxies
July 26, 2006
Birthplace of a Planet HD 142527
June 27, 2006
B Fragment of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
May 11, 2006
Orion Nebula
February 22, 2006
Spiral Galaxy NGC2403
October 13, 2005
Silhouette young stellar object M17-SO1
April 20, 2005
A Young Brown Dwarf Companion to DH Taur
February 24, 2005
SXDF/FCC-A: The Most Distant Galaxy Cluster Known
February 16, 2005
Planetary Nebula BD +303639
December 15, 2004
COSMOS J100003+020146, J095959+020206
November 16, 2004
Dwarf Irregular Galaxy Leo A
August 5, 2004
Subaru XMM-Newton Deep Field
June 1, 2004
Protoplanetary Disk Surrounding the Star AB Aurigae
April 18, 2004
Dwarf Irregular Galaxy Sextans A
February 23, 2004
A Chain Cluster
December 22, 2003
Widest-separation Quasar Gravitational Lens
December 17, 2003
Mars in Near-Infrared with IRCS (August 27, 2003)
August 27, 2003
Mars in Visible Light with NHK Ultra-High-Sensitivity HDTV Camera (August 23, 2003)
August 23, 2003
Mars in Visible Light with NHK Ultra-High-Sensitivity HDTV Camera (July, 20, 2003)
July 20, 2003
Jupiter and Europa
July 18, 2003
L1551 IRS 5
July 17, 2003
GG TAU
July 16, 2003
T Tau
July 15, 2003
IC 418 (Planetary Nebula)
July 14, 2003
IC 434:Horsehead Nebula (Dark Molecular Cloud)
July 13, 2003
NGC 2024 [East] (Emission Nebula)
July 12, 2003
NGC 2024 [West] (Emission Nebula)
July 11, 2003
NGC 2392:Eskimo Nebula ( Planetary Nebula)
July 10, 2003
HH Object 29 & 102
July 9, 2003
M 42:Orion Nebula (Emission Nebula)
July 8, 2003
M78 (Reflection Nebula)
July 7, 2003
Red Rectangle (Proto-Planetary Nebula)
July 6, 2003
NGC 2264 : Cone Nebula (Emission Nebula)
July 5, 2003
NGC 2438 [Wide] (Planetary Nebula)
July 4, 2003
NGC 2438 [Zoom] (Planetary Nebula)
July 3, 2003
NGC 2440 (Planetary Nebula)
July 2, 2003
NGC 2371-2 (Planetary Nebula)
July 1, 2003
NGC 2239
June 30, 2003
NGC 2261 :Hubble Variable Nebula (Emission Nebula)
June 29, 2003
IC 444 (Emission Nebula)
June 28, 2003
NGC 6543 :Cat Eye Nebula (Planetary Nebula)
June 27, 2003
M 1 :Crab Nebula
June 26, 2003
NGC 2419 (Globular Cluster)
June 25, 2003
M 82 :Cigar Galaxy (Irregular Galaxy)
June 24, 2003
M 64 :Black Eye Galaxy
June 23, 2003
M 51 :Whirlpool Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy)
June 22, 2003
M 63 :Sunflower Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy)
June 21, 2003
NGC 4565 :Needle Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy)
June 20, 2003
NGC 2146 (Barred Spiral Galaxy)
June 19, 2003
M 104 :Sombrero Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy)
June 18, 2003
M 87 [Wide] (Elliptical Galaxy)
June 17, 2003
M 87 [Zoom] (Elliptical Galaxy)
June 16, 2003
NGC 4038 & 4039 (Interacting Galaxies)
June 15, 2003
M 100 (Spiral Galaxy)
June 14, 2003
NGC 2613 (Spiral Galaxy)
June 13, 2003
NGC 4567 & NGC 4568 (Interacting Galaxies)
June 12, 2003
NGC 1530 (Barred Spiral Galaxy)
June 11, 2003
NGC 2207 & IC 2163 (Spiral Galaxies)
June 10, 2003
NGC 5426 & NGC 5427 (Spiral Galaxies)
June 9, 2003
NGC 1275
June 8, 2003
Perseus Galaxy Cluster (North of NGC1275)
June 7, 2003
HCG 40
June 6, 2003
NGC 4889
June 5, 2003
NGC 4874
June 4, 2003
Subaru Deep Field
March 19, 2003
Aging Star Has 'Bullets' and 'Horns'
September 29, 2002
Exploding Galaxy at the Edge of the Universe
August 8, 2002
Active Galaxy NGC 4388
April 15, 2002
A Near-Infrared View of Uranus, Its Ring system, and Two Satellites
February 21, 2002
Color Image of Andromeda Galaxy
September 7, 2001
Star-forming Region S106 IRS4
February 13, 2001
Wide Field Color Image with Suprime-Cam
November 14, 2000
Gamma-Ray Burst GRB000926
October 9, 2000
Comet LINEAR
July 24, 2000
Spiral Galaxy M63
June 22, 2000
Gamma-Ray Burst GRB000301C
May 4, 2000
Irregular Galaxy M82
March 24, 2000
September 16, 1999
Radio Galaxy B3 0731+438
September 15, 1999
Ring Nebula M57
September 14, 1999
Two Jets from Protostar L1551-IRS5
August 24, 1999
Pluto and Charon
July 19, 1999
Radio Galaxy 3C324 with Surrounding Clusters of Galaxies
June 10, 1999
Achieves 0.2 arcsec Angular Resolution
June 9, 1999
Cl0939+47 (Abell851)
January 28, 1999
Hickson Compact Group 40
January 27, 1999
Jupiter and Saturn
January 26, 1999
Star Clouds in the Andromeda Galaxy
January 25, 1999
NGC4051
January 24, 1999
The Orion Nebula
January 23, 1999
The Orion KL Region
January 22, 1999
PG 1115+080 (Gravitational Lens)
January 21, 1999
The most distant Quasar at z=5.0
January 20, 1999
Zoomable Images | S106(how stars are created)
June 1, 1998
Zoomable Images | Spiral Galaxy M33
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