Best photos of 2009 by the space theme version AOL (21 photos)

Best photos of 2009 by the space theme version AOL





Silhouette shuttle Atlantis on a background of the sun



Collision of galaxies



Equinox on Saturn



Sunrise (shooting from the Russian part of the ISS)



Photos of the Moon on board the shuttle Discovery.



Gold ISS.



Astronaut John Gransfild has been repairing the Hubble Space Telescope.



Saturn's moon: Titan and Mimas.



Carina Nebula.



Factory of stars.



Factory of stars in the 30 Doradus nebula Large Magellanic Cloud.



Planetary nebula Kogutek 4-55.



The Crab Nebula in X-rays.



Quintet galaxies.



Part of the Iris Nebula.



Dark spot on Jupiter.



Compilation of pictures of the sky at infrared wavelengths.



Comet Lulin.



Middle East on board the shuttle Atlantis.



The edge of the Sun during the longest eclipse in XXI century.