Astrophotography
SH2-185, reflection & emission nebula in the Constellation Cassiopeia, about 10,500 light years from Earth, 2024 |
Barnard 31, an area with dark nebula, reflection nebula and also rich in hydrogen. Located in the constellation Orion about 1,300 light-years from Earth, 2024. |
SH2-188, appearing almost like a shrimp this nebula is in the constellation Cassiopeia, 2024 |
LDN 1458, clouds of dust and gas that block or dim the light of stars and other objects, 2024 |
Barnard 11, dark nebula in the constellation Camelopardalis, 2024 |
LDN 1584, also known as Barnard 31, a few images to the left. This is my first image with a mono camera, 2024 |
VdB 152 & LDN 1217, a reflection nebula about 1,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus, 2024 |
LBN 667 in false color (SHO or sulfur, hydrogen & oxygen). An emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia at a distance of about 7,500 light-years a way, 2024 |
SH2-205, an emission nebula near the border of the constellation Perseus, 2024 |
SH2-170, in between Cassiopeia and Cepheus, 7,500 light-years from Earth, 2024 |
IC 342, about 10 million light-years from us. Galaxies are like island universes, there are at least hundreds of billions with many consisting of hundreds of billions of stars as well as dust, star clusters, nebula and distant solar systems, 2024 |
SH2-173, 8,800 light-years from Earth, this emission nebula is in the constellation Cassiopeia, 2024 |
NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula, a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus about 1,300 light-years from Earth, 2024 |
NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. 11,090 light-years from earth, with a radius of 3.5 light-years, 2024 |
LDN 1272, an emission nebula in between Cassiopeia and Cepheus, 2024 |
Stars, Stars, Everywhere--the Double Cluster in Perseus, 2024 |
Fish Head Nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia, about 6000 light-years from Earth, 2024 |
NGC 7293, also known as the Helix Nebula. A planetary nebula, the low-mass star's death creates the expanding gases. 650 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, 2024 |
IC 5146, an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Cygnus, located about 2,500 light-years from Earth, 2024 |
A second version of NGC 6820 with the star cluster NGC 6823 using a different narrowband filter. The planetary nebula LAN 21 can be seen in the lower left corner, 2024 |
LDN 1273, a dark nebula near the constellations of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, 2024 |
SH2-157, is an emission nebula located about 11,000 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia, 2024 |
Hickson 93, a galactic group far, far away. Pause to consider that the light the camera captured left these galaxies around 265 million years ago, long before humans, mammals and even dinosaurs appeared on Earth, 2024 |
LDN 1124, a dark nebula in the constellation Cepheus, 2024 |
The well-known M51 galaxy (Whirlpool Galaxy) is some 30 million light years from us and is apparently merging with a much smaller galaxy, 2024 |
M16, the Eagle Nebula, was discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. It's about 5.5 million years old, at a distance of about 7000 light years, 2024 |
NGC 6820, nebulosity and an open star cluster about 6,000 light-years from earth, 2024 |
M20, the Trifid Nebula. In the constellation Sagittarius, over 4000 light-years from Earth 2024 |
SH2-115, an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The little object to the lower left is the planetary nebula SH2-116. SH2-115 is about 9,630 light-years from Earth, 2024 |
M15 is a globular star cluster in our own Milky Way. Globulars are mostly located above and below the central bulge of our galaxy. M15 is over 32,000 light-years from earth and is thought be about 12 billion years old, 2024 |
Star cluster NGC 6939 lies around 4000 light-years away in our Milky Way galaxy, while NGC 6946, the Fireworks Galaxy, is about 15 million light-years fron us, 2023 |
NGC 281, the Pacman Nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia, about 9,500 light-years from earth, 2023 |
IC 434, the Horsehead Nebula, a bright emission nebula in the constellation Orion approximately 1,500 light-years from Earth at an apparent magnitude of 7.3, 2024 |
NGC 2175, a star cluster and diffusion nebula located about 6,350 light-year from Earth, 2024 |
M106, a galaxy located about 23.7 million light years from Earth. Also included in the photo are several smaller and fainter objects, all island universes (galaxies)--each containing hundreds of billions of suns, 2024 |
M86 and Markarian's Chain. This cluster of distant galaxies, each one containing billions or hundreds of billions of suns, lies around 50 million light-years from us, April 2024 |
The Cave Nebula, SH2-155 is a diffuse nebula within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity in the constellation Cepheus, located about 2400 light-years from us, 2023 |
The Wizard Nebula, NGC 7380. This emission nebula lies about 7,200 light-years from us and was discovered in 1787 by the German astronomer Caroline Herschel, 2023 |
NGC 7822, a star-forming region in the constellation Cepheus, thought to be about 2900 light-years from Earth, 2023 |
M45. popularly known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters, is an open cluster of stars at a distance of 444 light years. The nebulosity surrounding the stars was once thought to be remains of the nebula that formed these suns, but now astronomers believe it is from an unrelated dust cloud, 2023 |
NGC 1491, a bright emission nebula in the constellation Perseus, about 9,800 light-years from Earth, 2023 |
NGC 1499 is an emission nebula located about 1000 light-years from Earth, also known as the California Nebula in the constellation Perseus, 2023 |
IC 5070 (Pelican Nebula), nebulosity in Cygnus, 2023 |
A gasous region within IC 1396, 2,400 light years from Earth, 2023 |
M13, the great cluster in the constellation Hercules, 22.2 thousand light-years from Earth, 2023 |
The Veil Nebula, remnant of a supernova explosion. 1,470 light-years from Earth, 2023 |
The Soul Nebula, IC 1848, an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. 7,500 light-years from earth, 2023 |
Sh2-132, the Lion Nebula. Emission nebula in Cepheus about 11,000 light-years from Earth, 2023 |
ff Rosette Nebula, a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. 5,219 light-years from Earth, 2023 |
SH2-296 Emission Nebula, about 3,500 light-years from Earth, 2023 |
M81 is about 11.8 million light-years from Earth. These galaxies are part of what's known as the Local Group, 2023 |
Globular star cluster M3. This cluster is about 34,000 light-years from earth and contains about 500,000 suns. It's believed to be over 11 billion years old, 2023 |
M101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, is about 21 million light-years from Earth and contains about 1 trillon suns, 2023 |
NGC 7000 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus the Swan, a region rich with both large and small nebula. NGC is about 2,500 light-years from Earth in our own Milky Way galaxy, 2023 |
Nebulae NGC 1893 & IC 405 in the Constellation Auriga NGC1893 is about 12,400 light-years from Earth. IC405 is about 1,500 light-years from Earth, 2023 |
M42 Nebula, The Great Nebula in Orion. 1,344 light-years from Earth, 2022 |
M31 Galaxy, Our closest galactic neighbor in the constellation Andromeda. 2.5 million light-years from Earth, 2022 |
M33 Galaxy, the Triangulum Galaxy. 2.73 million light-years from Earth, 2022 |
SH2-190 (The Heart Nebula) 7,500 light-years from Earth, 2023 |
The Milky Way from Rockpile Road, 2016 |
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