M16 The Eagle Nebula
The Eagle Nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Serpens, mainly molecular hydrogen, some 7,000 light years away from us and 50 to 70 light years wide. It contains several stellar nurseries and is about 5.5
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Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)
Helix nebula is a planetary nebula (PN) some 650 light-years from us, in the constellation of Aquarius. The nebula carries this name as it resembles a spring when viewed orthogonally from above, and it is the most detailed and brightest
Comet Africano
Comet Africano (C/2018 W2) is a hyperbolic comet originating from XXX and was the brightest observable comet around October 2019. It passed perihelion on 5 September 2019 and closest to Earth on 27 September 2019, at a distance of 74
Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
Triangulum Galaxy is a face-on, spiral galaxy belonging to our Local Group of galaxies, largest of which are the Milky Way and Andromeda. As such, it is one of the nearest galaxies to our own, at 2.73 million light years
Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)
The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023, Caldwell 4) is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation of Cepheus, some 1,300 light years away from us. The central (blue) part, which is 6 light years wide, is dust illuminated by a very
Biggest Moons of the Solar System
The photo below is a single-shot of the five out of six biggest moons in the solar system. It shows Earth’s Moon and the four Galilean Moons of Jupiter , which can be seen on the photo as well. Missing
Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146)
Nearly 15 light-years in size and located in Cygnus, some 4,000 ly away from us, this beautiful object is another stellar nursery, IC 5146 or Sh 2-125, the Cocoon Nebula. The ‘cocoon’ we see is an open cluster embedded within
Elephant’s Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)
IC 1396 is one of the largest ionized gas nebula in the night sky (occupies full 3 degrees in the sky — which is six diameters of the Moon when seen from Earth). It is located in the constellation of
Heart and Soul Nebulae (IC1805 and IC1848)
The Heart Nebula (IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, aka Running Dog Nebula), shown on the photograph in the lower right, and the Soul Nebula (Westerhout 5, IC 1848, Sharpless 2-199, aka Embryo Nebula) are located in the Perseus Arm of the
Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)
The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11) is a bubble of interstellar atomic hydrogen (HII region) ionized by the strong ultraviolet radiation on the O-type hot star (BD+60°2522) that is within the nebula, but not in the