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Tonight’s Sky: May 2011 Highlights

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Backyard stargazers get a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events with “Tonight’s Sky.” In May, the hat-shaped Sombrero galaxy and the Virgo galaxy cluster grace the skies, and expect an early visit from the Eta Aquarid meteor shower.

“Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes — and other astronomy videos — at HubbleSite.org.

Visit Tonight’s Sky on HubbleSite.

http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky
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Google Images with sorting

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Introducing Google Images with sorting: now when you search for an image, you’ll not only see images related to your search, you can also sort the results by subject.

To try it for yourself: go to http://images.google.com , search for an image and click on ‘Sort by subject’ in the left hand panel.

Learn more at http://www.google.com/landing/imagesorting/

Drag Race! 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon vs 2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo vs 2011 BMW X6 M

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We line up three odd ducks – the 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon, 2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo and 2011 BMW X6 M – at the drag strip to see who comes out on top.

Read the full story here: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedans/1106_2011_bmw_x6_m_cadillac_cts_v_porsche_panamera_turbo/index.html

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Shot by: Duane Sempson & Mike Suggett
Edited by: Duane Sempson

2012 Shelby GTS Mustang at the 2011 New York Auto Show

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Shelby American rolled out its new line of tuned Ford Mustangs in the form of the 2012 Shelby GTS at the 2011 New York Auto Show, including a packge for the V-6 model Mustang.

Read full story here: http://www.motortrend.com/auto_shows/new_york/2011/1104_2012_shelby_gts_mustang/index.html

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2012 Honda Civic lineup at the 2011 New York Auto Show

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Honda brought its entire 2012 Honda Civic lineup to the 2011 New York Auto Show, we outline the changes to the new models.

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2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 at the 2011 New York Auto Show

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The biggest and baddest Chrysler 300, the 300 SRT8, recently made its world debut at the 2011 New York Auto Show. We take a look at the new bruiser.

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3-D Rendezvous with Interacting Galaxies Arp 273

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This image of rose-shaped galaxy pair Arp 273 was released in celebration of Hubble’s 21st anniversary. Curious what it might look like to a passing space traveler? This special 3-D video takes you in close to the large spiral and its smaller companion galaxy.

Arp 273 lies in the constellation Andromeda and is roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth. It’s made up of a large spiral galaxy, known as UGC 1810, with a disk that is distorted into a rose-like shape by the gravitational pull of the companion galaxy below it, known as UGC 1813. A swath of blue, jewel-like points across the top is the combined light from clusters of intensely bright and hot young blue stars.

The smaller, nearly edge-on companion galaxy shows distinct signs of intense star formation at its nucleus, perhaps triggered by the encounter with the larger galaxy.

Find out more about this image on Hubblesite:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/11/