by calebastro_kjzcus | Jun 22, 2020
The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) is an emission nebula with an open cluster and star forming region full of young stars. It’s located in the constellation Serpens and is roughly 5,700 light years away from us. The Eagle Nebula is also...
by calebastro_kjzcus | Jun 12, 2020
Messier 106 Messier 106 is a spiral-ish galaxy located roughly 22-25 million light years from us. It has some pretty active hydrogen alpha regions which you can see pulled up by the Ha data in there and in general is a pretty active galaxy with its super massive black...
by calebastro_kjzcus | May 17, 2020
The Whirlpool Galaxy (Messier 51) The Whirlpool Galaxy (M 51) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is actually a galaxy colliding with another, smaller galaxy called NGC 5195 and are roughly 23 million light years away. It is roughly 43% the size...
by calebastro_kjzcus | Feb 22, 2020
The Great Orion Nebula (Messier 42) The Great Orion Nebula (Messier 12) is very bright emission nebula in the constellation of Orion. M42 is a classic Winter object to image and is one several rich deep sky objects to image in the Orion region. This nebula is rich in...
by calebastro_kjzcus | Dec 13, 2019
The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) and Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) are two of the many deep sky objects in the constellation Orion. Both of these nebulae can be found right around the southernmost star in Orion’s belt and as seen in...
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