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...
M78 nebula and Barnard’s Loop

M78 nebula and Barnard’s Loop

by | Jan 25, 2018 | Nebulae

The M78 Nebula or NGC2068 is a reflection nebula that can be found in the Orion constellation. In this image we can see part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. Emission, reflection and dark nebulae are present in this wide field. The Orion Cloud lays around 1,500...
The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237

The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237

by | Jan 20, 2018 | Nebulae

The Rosette Nebula, catalogued as Caldwell 49, is a large emission nebula located in the Monoceros constellation. We find several single nebulas within the Rosette with rich star forming regions such as NGC2237, NGC2238, NGC2239 and NGC2246. We also find, in its...
The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, M8 & M20

The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, M8 & M20

by | Aug 7, 2017 | Nebulae

Located in the Sagittarius constellation and surrounded by thousands of stars, this popular region of our Milky Way galaxy hosts two bright nebulae that are really worth a visit, the Lagoon (M8) and Trifid (M20) Nebulae. Both nebulae were classified by the french...
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