Dark Nebulae
Gammy Cygni (Sadr) is the bright blue star in the center of this image. It is 1800 light years away and the nebulosity in this image (IC 1318) is far behind (4900 light years).
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Galaxies
M81 (Bode’s Galaxy, bottom left), M82 (Cigar Galaxy, bottom right) and NGC 3077 (top left). WIth 12 million light years from earth they are in the backyard of our galaxy.
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Other
Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant in constellation Cygnus.
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Galaxies
These two object accidentally fit into one frame. On the bottom the Owl Nebula, a planetary nebula 2000 light years away, on the top the so called Surfboard Galaxy 40 million light yeras away. Quite a difference …
Read more “M97, M108 (The Owl and the Surfboard)”
Galaxies
A galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici 23 million light years away. Several other galaxies show up in this image.
Read more “M 106”
Galaxies
Makarian’s Chain is a collection of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster between 50 and 55 million light years away. It contains the larger galaxies M84 and M86 right in the center and to the left. On top to the right you see M87, the large elliptical galaxy with a large black hole in its center, which has been imaged in 2018 (published in 2019) as the first one of its kind using a worldwide network of radio telescopes.
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Globular Clusters
M 13 in Hercules. One of the brightest Globular Clusters in the Northern Hemisphere. It is about 22000 light years from earth and contains several hundred thousand stars. Globular clusters are remnants from times where galaxies formed. Since there is not much gas left in these clusters, most stars are pretty old and young stars are rare.
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Globular Clusters
A wide field view of the corpse of Hercules presenting Globular Cluster M13.
Read more “Hercules Corps (including M13)”
Dark Nebulae
This is a relatively close star forming region (about 460 lightyears) in constellation Ophiuchus. Also visible below the nebulae Globular Cluster M4 at about 7200 light years distance and bright super giant star Antares in Scorpius just left to M4. On top the so called Blue Horsehead Nebula. Stripes of dark clouds at the left pointing to the core of our Milky Way.
Read more “Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex”
Galaxies
The Pinwheel Galaxy 21 million light years away in Ursa Major. And many more galaxies in the background.
Read more “M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy)”