Sphere of Flame
Amongst the red, misty nebulas that burn brightly throughout the Carina constellation – an almost perfect sphere erupts from a distant past. Near its center is WR16 – a Wolf-Rayet star that formed the...
Author: Will Vrbasso
Icarus Ascending
Often called the Angel Nebula, the framing and orientation I chose for the reflection nebula NGC 2170 in the constellation Monoceros reminds me of the ancient Greek myth of Icarus. With alot of imagination,...
IC434 Horsehead Nebula
This image of IC434 – The Horsehead Nebula is part of a larger mosaic which is still a work in progress, but I couldn’t help but try and process this old favourite. I run...
Orion Region 2×2 Mosaic
A work in progress. I’m partway through doing a large mosaic of the Orion region and just wanted to check to make sure I was collecting enough data, so I processed this 2 x...
The Eye
Looking up at the dark heavens above, an eye stares back! At around 650 light years away, the Helix Nebula is one of the closest bright planetary nebulas to Earth, a gaseous envelope expelled...
The Pink Lagoon
Another common target for astrophotographers, the unmistakable M8 Lagoon Nebula, with its companion the Trifid nebula and some other nebulas identified only by alpha-numeric characters. This admittedly unremarkable image of the nebulas is still...
Huddling Against the Dark
Huddling against the infinite darkness millions of stars gather together to share their light with one another. The great globular cluster of Centaurus, Omega Centauri is revealed in all its wonder and beauty in...
The Firebird
High in the constellation of Ara, a striking nebula resembles a bird of prey, swooping down to strike some unseen quarry. Its wings are swept back, and the rippling red of its fiery “feathers”...
Some Nebula
Ok, NGC 5367 is not a popular target – it doesn’t even have an English word name. But don’t worry, you can read up on it in detail on its Wikiepedia page (oh wait,...
Carcharoth
In the constellation Scorpio a great, dark wolf lies in wait amongst the glowing crimson nebula, patiently watching as the stars drift like snow in the never ending night. Sandqvist 17, the Dark Wolf...
