Vermot de Pas: NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest, 172873, Paris

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Auction Date
December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025
Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
276 NASA.

This photograph condenses ultra-high-definition shots taken of the Sun over several weeks.

2016 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
277 NASA.

Exceptional composite science image showing Saturn's Lyman-alpha bulge

1980 and 2017 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
278 NASA.

Fabulous vision captured by the HUBBLE telescope of the tangled remains of a supernova.

2018 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
279 NASA.

Spectacular photograph of the Dragon Nebula, some 4,000 light-years from Earth.

February 12 and 18, 2018 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
280 NASA.

SPACEWALK, INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. Russian astronaut Oleg Kononenko (red-banded suit) works outside the International Space Station

2018 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
281 NASA.

The latest image of Saturn taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope

1981 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
282 NASA.

Magnificent "BLUE MARBLE" in natural colors of the globe.

1972 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
283 NASA.

This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy commonly known as the Butterfly Nebula.

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
284 NASA.

Spectacular photograph of a trailing-arm spiral galaxy 120 million light-years from Earth in the Cepheus Constellation.

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
285 NASA.

Superb crescent Moon photographed from the International Space Station (ISS) during an orbital sunset

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
286 NASA.

From the Ineternational Space Station, rare observation of the last quarter Moon above the earth's horizon in the vacuum of space.

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
287 NASA.

A view of supermassive black hole M87 in polarized light.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
288 NASA.

Titanium bubbles trigger Titanic explosions.

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
289 NASA.

"BLUE MARBBLE" produced by NASA's geostationary Earth observation satellite.

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
290 NASA.

A superb highlight of the Sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona, as well as the hot plasma of flares.

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291 NASA.

Superb agony of a dying star captured in the Southern Ring planetary nebula.

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
292 NASA.

A dwarf galaxy appears amid countless white stars, interspersed with yellow and orange galaxies of various shapes

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
293 NASA.

The iconic Pillars of Creation, captured by the Webb Space Telescope's MIRI instrument.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
294 NASA.

LARGE FORMAT PANORAMIC. DEEP SPACE.
In the center of the image is a horizontal orange cloud that is uneven with rounded ends, and tilted downward from left to top right.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
295 NASA.

Magnificent photographs of the iconic "Pillars of Creation" taken by two cameras aboard the Webb Space Telescope

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
296 NASA.

Superb close-up of the birth of sun-shaped stars in one of the regions of Deep Space closest to Earth, captured by the Webb telescope

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
297 NASA.

Superb galactic portrait located some 120 million light-years from Earth. This large spiral galaxy has a brightly glowing core.

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
298 NASA.

A superb photograph of the iconic group of galaxies nicknamed Stephan's Quintet.

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
299 NASA.

The pillars of creation appear here in this extraordinary new view. Webb's latest observation.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
300 NASA.

James Webb Telescope. A superb star-forming region nearby.

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
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