The Helix Nebula Caldwell 63 is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, probably before 1824, this object is one of the closest to the Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae. The distance is 655±13 light-years. The Helix … Continue readingHelix Nebula Caldwell 63
The Pleiades (/ˈpliː.ədiːz) also known as The Seven Sisters, Messier 45, and other names by different cultures, is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus. It is among the star clusters nearest to … Continue readingPleyades M45
The Eagle Nebula M16 is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation. The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius … Continue readingEagle Nebula M16
The Trifid Nebula M20 is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the Milky Way’s Scutum-Centaurus Arm. It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. Its name means ‚three-lobe‘.The object is an unusual combination of an … Continue readingTrifid Nebula M20
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. It is an emission nebula showing … Continue readingHeart Nebula IC1805
IC 443 also known as the Jellyfish Nebula is a galactic supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini. On the plane of the sky, it is located near the star Eta Geminorum. Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth. IC 443 may be the … Continue readingJellyfish Nebula IC443
The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of 5,000 light-years from Earth and … Continue readingRosette Nebula NGC2238
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion’s Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. It … Continue readingHorsehead Nebula B33
The cocoon nebula is a reflection/emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus the Swan. It is about 2500 lightyears away and about 12′ in size. It hosts a stellar nursery where star-formation is ongoing with hundreds of very young stars forming from the hydrogen gas … Continue readingCocoon Nebula IC 5146
The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova … Continue readingWestern Veil & Pickering’s Triangle