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13.9.16

Imagens de Lisboa - Palacios - Palacio Foz

Palácio Foz, Lisboa
Foz Palace is one of the most beautiful buildings in the center of Lisbon, both inside and out, but unfortunately is not always open to the public. You may only visit during the several cultural events that take place throughout the year. Its construction dates back to 1777, and it had several owners who mixed various styles, from the rococo to the neo-Manueline. Its magnificent rooms recently served as the backdrop for scenes of the film "Mysteries of Lisbon," and the old library is now the National Sports Museum.
Palácio Foz, Lisboa
O Palácio Foz é um dos mais belos edifícios do centro de Lisboa, por dentro e por fora, mas infelizmente não se encontra sempre aberto ao público. É apenas possível visitar durante os vários eventos culturais que acontecem várias vezes ao ano. A sua construção data de 1777, e teve vários proprietários que lhe misturaram vários estilos, do rococó ao neo-manuelino. As suas grandiosas salas serviram recentemente de pano de fundo para cenas do filme "Mistérios de Lisboa", e a antiga biblioteca é hoje o Museu Nacional do Desporto.
Palácio Foz, Lisbon

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 September 13 - NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble

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NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble 
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy ArchiveNASAESAProcessing & Copyright: Steve Cooper
Explanation: Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. Even our own Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have a modest central bar. Prominently barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, featured here, was captured in spectacular detail in an image taken by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Visible are dark filamentary dust lanes, young clusters of bright blue stars, red emission nebulas of glowing hydrogen gas, a long bright bar of stars across the center, and a bright active nucleus that likely houses a supermassive black hole. Light takes about 60 million years to reach us from NGC 1672, which spans about 75,000 light years across. NGC 1672, which appears toward the constellation of the Dolphinfish (Dorado), is being studied to find out how a spiral bar contributes to star formation in a galaxy's central regions.