Emission Nebulae
NGC 6823 is a young star cluster in the center of this image. It illuminates a reflections nebula NGC 6820 (bluish) and powers the surrounding emission nebula Sh 2-86. This star nursery is about 6000 light years away in constellation Vulpecula.
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Milky Way
This is a mosaic of the following four images. It is not perfect but it is very difficult to achieve a better match of all four images.
The region around Sadr or Gamma Cygni is full of emission nebula, dark nebula, star clusters, planetary nebula and all other sort of interesting objects. It is one of the most fascinating regions in our galaxy visible from the northern hemisphere.
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Emission Nebulae
A gas nebula powered by a Wolf-Rayet star in the center. The star has ejected several times the mass of the sun into the surrounding gas remaining from the formation of the star only several million years ago. The star is more than 20 times as massive as the sun and has almost burned its fuel. In about a million years from now it will go supernova providing a spectacular firework.
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Emission Nebulae
A young open star cluster embedded in a cloud of gas, still stars forming deep inside the nebula. It is 8500 light years away in constellation Cepheus.
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Emission Nebulae
A closer view to IC 1396 with the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula. A star forming region about 2400 light years away. The trunk on top. Do you see the little running man?
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Emission Nebulae
This is an wide field image showing the southern part of Cepheus. Right in the Center IC 1396, which contains the famous Elephant’s Trunk Nebula.
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Emission Nebulae
Famous emission nebula in Cygnus. The form gives it its name. It is about 2600 light years away.
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Galaxies
NGC 4565 is the brightest galaxy in the coma cluster and approximately 55 million light years from here. Our view from earth is edge on and we cannot see its actual spiral structure. Observations at other wavelength reveal an active black hole in its core.
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Milky Way
Just a number of molecular clouds in constellations Serpens and Libra: LBN 183, LBN 134, LBN 10, LBN 8.
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Milky Way
The Dark Horse is a dark cloud of dust near the center of the Milky Way. In this picture we see the horse riding perpendicular upwards …
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