Goran Petrov
NGC 281 is a bright emission nebula that resembles Ms. Pac-Man, more so when viewed in the visible spectrum (this photo is in narrowband). It’s more formal designations in various catalogs are NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184. Objects lying on the Milky Way
The North America Nebula earned that name due to its shape strikingly resembling the North American continent. Pictured here is the “southern” part of the nebula, which, apart from showing what looks like the Gulf of Mexico, features a star-forming
The Lagoon Nebula (M8, NGC 6523 or Sharpless 25) is an emission nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, one of the few nebulae in the northern skies faintly visible by the naked eye (the other ones being, for example, the Great