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...
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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...
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...
The Drowning Star
The star HD147889 in the center of image sinks silently in the tempest that is the large nebula complex in the Rho Ophiuchius / Antares area. The dark currents swirl around the stars, their...
The Blue Horsehead
In the constellation of Scorpius lies the Blue Horsehead nebula. This ghostly apparition is a reflection nebula that is illuminated by the blue light of the star Jabbah (Nu Scorpii). Can’t believe this is...
The Tarantula’s Web
Nestled in its lair in the Large Magellanic Clouds, the massive Tarantula Nebula spreads out its faint webs to catch some stella pray. Been a while since my last effort through a telescope, warming...
The Burning Flower
With a bit of imagination, this image of the center of the Carina nebula appears like a flower surrounded in a turbulent sea of flame. Even brighter than the Orion Nebula, the Carina nebula...
Orion and his Horse
A small mosaic (two panels) showing some horse looking thing and another bright blue nebula that no one can recognise…/humour I was planning to do a large mosaic of the entire Orion constellation region...
