Milky Way Galaxy

The Milky Way is the galaxy  that contains our Solar System. The descriptive “milky” is derived from the appearance from Earth of the galaxy – […]

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Triangulum Galaxy

The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier33 or NGC598. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest […]

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The Witch Head Nebula

IC 2118 (also known as Witch Head Nebula due to its shape) is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient […]

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Veil Nebula

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the […]

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Leo Triplet

The Leo Triplet, or the M66 Group, is a group of interacting spiral galaxies located in the northern constellation Leo. […]

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Christmas Tree

Christmas tree is actually a nickname for NGC 2264 that officially identifies two astronomical objects: The Cone Nebula and the […]

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Pacman Nebula

NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the […]

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Heart and Soul Nebulae

Cassiopeia is the constellation where the “heart and soul” of our galaxy can be found. Nebulae IC 1802 and IC […]

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M31, Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy , also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs […]

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Andromeda Galaxy

One of, if not the most famous deep sky objects is Messier 31 – as known as the Andromeda galaxy. […]

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Rosette Nebula

This cosmic flowery nebula is called Rosette after the red roses you are able to find in your backyard during […]

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California Nebula

The California Nebula (NGC 1499) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. Drifting through the Orion Arm of […]

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Rosette Nebula

The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers – […]

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Cocoon Nebula

In this crowded starfield covering over 2 degrees within the high flying constellation Cygnus, the eye is drawn to the […]

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Orion Nebula

The Orion Nebula (M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula in the south of Orion’s Belt in the constellation […]

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Pleiades

Pleiades are an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the […]

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Bubble Nebula

Bubble nebula (NGC 7635) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the […]

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Heart of Heart Nebula

The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm […]

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Jellyfish Nebula

Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443) is a Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. IC 443 may be the remains […]

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Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located […]

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