The Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations
You may have heard of the Seven Sisters in the sky, but have you heard about the Seven […]
Astronomy
Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn (Cassini)
While cruising around Saturn, be on the lookout for picturesque juxtapositions of moons, rings, and shadows. One quite […]
NGC 247 and Friends
About 70,000 light-years across, NGC 247 is a spiral galaxy smaller than our Milky Way. Measured to be […]
NGC 2023 in the Horsehead s Shadow
Carved by a bright young star in Orion’s dusty molecular clouds, NGC 2023 is often overlooked in favor […]
Mars Between Nebulas
What that bright red spot between the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas? Mars. This gorgeous color deep-sky photograph captured […]
Announcing Nova Carinae 2018
How bright will Nova Carinae 2018 become? The new nova was discovered only last week. Although novas occur […]
NGC 602 and Beyond
Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 […]
NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe
Shiny NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, and also one of the dustiest. Some […]
Rotating Moon from LRO
No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this. That’s because the Earth’s moon is tidally locked to […]
The Crab from Space
The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier’s famous list of things which […]