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Category: galactic
A Dying Star in the Vela Constellation
Planetary Nebula NGC 3132
Gum 39
A Bright Nebula in the Southern Constellation of Centaurus
Orion Nebula
M42 The Orion Nebula is an amazing object and one of the best in the sky but I’ve imaged it … More
Thor’s Helmet
NGC 2359 A Nebula in Canis Major Our Summer here in Sydney seems to be following a similar pattern to … More
The Heart of the Milky Way
Taken with a DSLR camera mounted on a star tracker.
47 Tucanae
A Bright Globular Cluster in Tucana NGC 104, Caldwell 106 The Sun sets late here on a December evening and … More
Tarantula Nebula
NGC 2070 in Dorado Caldwell 103 If any astronomical object truly inspires me, it is the Tarantula Nebula. It appears … More
The Spare Tyre Nebula
IC 5148 A Planetary Nebula in Grus The Spare Tyre Nebula is a doughnut shaped astronomical object located in the … More
Milky Way Wide Field
The above feature view looks northwards from the Milky Way nucleus (top left). The light pollution of Western Sydney becomes … More
M53
A Messier object orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy – and a short article about the Messier Catalogue.
Riches of the Southern Milky Way
A wide field view of the spectacular Southern Milky Way and the barren South Celestial Pole.
Helix Nebula
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Milky Way Widefield
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Dumbbell Nebula
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The Milky Way in Centaurus
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Lagoon Nebula
M8 in Sagittarius NGC 6523 & NGC 6530 One of the most beautiful nebulae in the whole sky, M8 is … More
Hidden In Plain Sight
Open Star Cluster NGC 5823 Caldwell 88 in Circinus (and Lupus) An open cluster of relatively young and loosely gravitationally … More
IC 4628
A Bright Nebula in Scorpius Coming towards the end of an evening session at Cosmic Focus Observatory, I had an … More
Globular Cluster NGC 6352
Caldwell 81 in Ara Image exposure:30 minutes Image Size:77.1 x 51.4 arc-min Image date:2024-06-03 Peering between (and well beyond) the Milky … More
The Rim Nebula
A big bright nebula in the constellation of Ara
Car Headlights in a Snow Storm
A pair of unrelated objects, just four arc-minutes apart
The Jewel Box
The sparkling Jewel Box cluster and a wide field view of the Southern Milky Way
Eta Carinae Nebula
The mother of all nebulae
Gum 23
A large wedge shaped emission nebula, sliced by lanes of obscuring dust
Seagull Nebula
An HII hydrogen cloud, 200 light years across.
Omega Centauri
…this whopping giant ball of stars which orbits the disc of the Milky Way galaxy at a distance of about 16,000 light years.
Burning Bright
Against the stark blackness of interstellar space, the abundance backdrop of Milky Way stars are shining bright. In the middle, they seem to have caught alight, burning like a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night.
Messier 50
A beautiful open star cluster, discovered in 1710 by Cassini
Christmas Tree Cluster
A bright open star cluster with associated bright and dark nebulae.
Messier 1
The Crab Nebula, the remnants of a colossal supernova explosion nearly 1000 years ago.
The Rosette Nebula
A nebula with too many catalogue numbers!
IC 1283
Towards the galactic centre.
NGC 6153
A dying star in the constellation of Scorpius.
Messier 80
Messier 80
A Southern Emission Nebula
An emission nebula and open star cluster in the constellation of Ara.
The Hyades
The Hyades star cluster in Taurus.
Messier 3
Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
Wishing Well Cluster
An open cluster in Carina
NGC 6772
Planetary Nebula NGC 6772 in Aquila.
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Nebulae in Carina
A bright star-forming nebula in Carina: NGC 3603
NGC 5286
The globular cluster Caldwell 84, in Centaurus
Omega Centauri
The massive globular cluster, the beautiful Omega Centauri.
The Jewel Box
The jewel Box – an open star cluster in Crux.
Nebula IC2948
A bright emission nebula in Centaurus.
Carina Nebula
The biggest, brightest and most photogenic nebula in the Southern Hemisphere.
Orion Nebula
The biggest, brightest and most photogenic nebula in the Northern Hemisphere. Also Astronomy News of the Week.
Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead – a dark nebula in Orion.
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Eastern Veil Nebula
Supernova Remnant NGC 6995 in Cygnus – The Eastern Veil Nebula
The Trapezium
The Trapezium star cluster in the Orion Nebula, M42.
Pleiades
The Pleiades, M45. An open cluster in Taurus.
The Tarantula
The Tarantula Nebula and part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
M7
Ptolemy’s Cluster, NGC 6475, also known as M7
M2
Messier 2 is a globular cluster 55,000 light years away,
47 Tucanae
Globular Cluster 47-Tucanae.
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War & Peace Nebula
War and Peace Nebula
M18
Open Cluster in Sagittarius Image exposure: 60 minutes Image size: 38.5 x 24.9 arcmin Image date: 2022-07-30 one arcmin is … More
NGC 6781
Planetary Nebula NGC 6781.
Lagoon Nebula
My two and a half hour exposure of the Lagoon Nebula, M8.
M28
Globular Cluster NGC 6626, in Sagittarius
NGC 3324
The Gabriela Mistral Nebula in Carina.
Star Birth in Sagittarius
Open Cluster Messier 25
A Star Dies
A dying star: planetary nebula in Sagittarius.
Towards the Galaxy’s Heart
The Ink Spot and open cluster NGC 6520
The Blue Planetary
The Blue Planetary Nebula in Centaurus.
Ring Nebula
The Ring Planetary Nebula in Lyra.
Supernova Remnant
A supernova remnant in the constellation of Norma.
Retina Nebula
A Unique Planetary Nebula in Scorpius.
A Globular Cluster in Serpens
A globular cluster and a rocket launch.
The Cheerio Nebula
A Planetary Nebula in Scorpius
Trifid Nebula
Messsier Object 20
NGC 2808
A Bright Globular Cluster in Carina
Omega Centauri
The visually brightest, most massive and largest globular cluster in the sky.
Messier 78
M78, a fan-shaped ‘reflection’ nebula in Orion…
Planetary Nebula NGC 2867
Caldwell 90, in Carina
Messier 43
Poor old M43, overlooked and neglected.
Eta Carinae
A Star within the Eta Carina Nebula Image exposure: 45.75 min Image field of view: 23.9 x 16 arcmin Image … More
Spirograph Nebula
A rare break in the weather enabled me to capture this elegant looking planetary nebula.
The Eskimo Nebula
Planetary Nebulae are pretty darn’ small in the telescope.
NGC 2022
8,100 light years away
The Crab Nebula, M1
This is what a supernova explosion looks like after nearly a thousand years have passed!
Planetary Nebula NGC 3195
Caldwell 109 Apparent magnitude: +10.1 Apparent dimensions: 40″ x 35″ Constellation: Chamaeleon At the considerable distance of 5,500 light years, … More
Cleopatra’s Eye
NGC 1535 Object type: Planetary Nebula Apparent magnitude: +9.4 Apparent dimensions: 0.8 x 0.7 arc-mins Constellation: Eridanus “Cleopatra’s Eye” is … More
Skull Nebula
Planetary Nebula NGC 246, Caldwell 56 Apparent magnitude: +10.4 Apparent dimensions: 4.0 x 3.5 arc minutes Constellation: Cetus Image exposure: … More
