The Orion Nebula, M42

The Orion Nebula, M42

by | Nov 28, 2021 | Nebulae

Probably the most popular deep sky nebula, the Orion Nebula (M42), is a wide HII region where hundreds of new stars are born. This stars nursery is located around 1300 light years from Earth and it’s estimated to be around 24 light years across. Together with...
The Pleiades star cluster

The Pleiades star cluster

by | Nov 23, 2021 | Galactic Cirri, Star Clusters

The Seven Sisters, or The Pleiades (Messier 45), is one of those celestial objects that most people can recognize in the autumn and winter northern night sky. Easily distinguishable at naked eye in the Taurus constellation, this star cluster shows its Seven Sisters...
The Silver Coin galaxy, NGC 253

The Silver Coin galaxy, NGC 253

by | Nov 9, 2021 | Galaxies

The Silver Coin galaxy, NGC253, was discovered by the astronomer and mathematician Caroline Herschel in 1783. It can be located in the southern constellation of Sculptor some 11.4 million light-years from Earth. It has a great star rate formation. It’s the...
The Pleiades wide field

The Pleiades wide field

by | Nov 7, 2021 | Galactic Cirri, Star Clusters, Widefield

The Pleiades open cluster, also known as M45, are slowly destroying part of a huge cloud of gas and dust. This young cloud of gas is thought to be the part of Gpuld’s belt. An active star forming region close to our Solar System. Not being part of the open...
Summer vs Winter, Pla de la Guàrdia

Summer vs Winter, Pla de la Guàrdia

by | Oct 27, 2021 | Landscape Astrophotography

Same place, different night sky. While the summer night sky offers some amazing views of the Galactic Center, the winter sky hosts some amazing nebulae such as the Orion Cloud Complex. This short comparison is composed by two images captured this 2021 from the same...
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