The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, IC1396 – Hα emission

The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, IC1396 – Hα emission

by | Jul 14, 2021 | Nebulae

The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust that emits in multiple wavelengths. It can be located in the Cepheus constellation some 2,400 light years away from Earth. The main structure shown in this image is known as the...
Sculpted by strong winds and radiation, NGC 2237

Sculpted by strong winds and radiation, NGC 2237

by | May 1, 2021 | Nebulae

The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237,  is an amazing large HII region located in the Monoceros constellation. We call this object a “star nursery” because new stars are being born in it. The nebula lays some 5.000 light years away from us and measures 130 light...
The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

by | Mar 30, 2021 | Nebulae

The Horsehead Nebula, IC434, and the Flame Nebula NGC2024, are two amazing targets of the winter sky (northern hemisphere). Due to the high brightness of Alnitak it’s quite difficult to get some decent results in this field. This was one of the reasons that made...
IC 410, Tadpoles Nebula

IC 410, Tadpoles Nebula

by | Mar 15, 2021 | Nebulae

The Tadpoles Nebula, IC410, is a HII emission region located in the Auriga constellation. It lies some 10,000 light-years away from us. We can also identify the NGC1893 open cluster, located 3,300 light-years away from us. This image has been composed using Hydrogen...
A dusty Orion Nebula

A dusty Orion Nebula

by | Feb 7, 2018 | 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...
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