Category: Astrophotography

This incredible area in the night sky is dominated by this deep sky object – the Veil Nebula, which is a supernova remnant; a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. This image captured the western components of this supernova remnant, which are “The Witch’s Broom Nebula” (NGC 6960) at Read More …

This is Messier 27; the Dumbbell Nebula. This is one of the largest planetary nebulae in the sky, formed from the nova of a medium-sized star, now a white dwarf. The central star can be seen in this image when zoomed in. The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, and Read More …

This is the massive emission nebula M17 in Sagittarius, also known as the “Swan Nebula” due to the waterfowl shape of the main nebula section. It is also known as the “Omega Nebula”. This emission nebula is between 5,000 and 6,000 light-years from Earth and it spans some 15 light-years in diameter. It is considered one Read More …

Here is the famous Eagle Nebula (M16) in the constellation of Serpens. This emission nebula is also known as the “Star Queen Nebula”. The inset circle shows the well-known “Pillars of Creation”, made famous by the Hubble Space Telescope.The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation. The Read More …

Caught on a rare clear summer night in Central Florida, here is the Lagoon Nebula / Messier 8 (bottom) and the Trifid Nebula / Messier 20 (top).  Both M8 and M20 are star-forming regions, with M8 showing off all its Bok globules (the small dark pockets of dust and gas), which are cocoons for infant Read More …