M8 Lagoon Nebula
Target Fun Facts The Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. M8 Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from mid-northern latitudes. The […]
M20 Trifid Nebula
Target Fun Facts M20 Trifid Nebula: The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region in the northwest of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the Milky Way’s Scutum–Centaurus Arm. It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. Its name means ‘three-lobe’. The object […]
M8 Lagoon Nebula & M20 Trifid Nebula
Target Fun Facts M8 Lagoon Nebula: The Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. M8 Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from […]
IC4592 Blue Horsehead Nebula
Fun facts IC 4592 (also known as the Blue Horsehead Nebula) is a reflection nebula in the Scorpius constellation that is lit by Nu Scorpii. Distance: 400 light yearsApparent magnitude: 12Dimensions: 40 light yearsConstellation: ScorpiusDesignations: IC4592, Blue Horsehead Nebula {From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_4592} Capture & Processing Notes On night #6, the final imaging night of the Atacama […]
Carina Group of Small Nebulae
Fun facts Stellarium screenshot shows the location of the four nebulae captured in this image Imaging the Southern Sky by Stephen Chadwick & Ian Cooper describes this area of The Eta Carina Area on pp 73-83. { From their individual object Wikipedia pages } NGC 3199 Banana Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation […]
NGC2070 Tarantula Nebula
Fun facts NGC 2070 (also known as Caldwell 103) is a large open cluster and candidate super star cluster forming the heart of the bright region in the center-south-east of the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is at the center of the Tarantula Nebula and produces most of the energy that makes the latter’s gas and […]
NGC3576 Statue of Liberty Nebula
Fun facts NGC 3576 is a bright emission nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the galaxy a few thousand light-years away from the Eta Carinae nebula. It is also approximately 100 light years across and 9000 light-years away from Earth. It was discovered by John Frederick William Herschel on 16 March 1834. This nebula has […]
NGC2237 Rosette Nebula
Target Fun Facts The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed […]
NGC2174 Monkey Head Nebula
NGC2174 Monkey Head Nebula; processed in SHO (Hubble Palette) using data captured 26&27 November 2023 from HCH, Colorado Springs, CO Target Fun Facts NGC2174 Monkey Head Nebula is an HII emission nebula located in the Orion constellation and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175. It is thought to be located about 6,400 […]
NGC1909 Witch Head Nebula
Fun facts NGC1909 (also known as IC2118 and named the Witch Head Nebula due to its shape) is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient supernova remnant or gas cloud illuminated by nearby supergiant star Rigel in the constellation of Orion. The nebula lies in the Eridanus Constellation, about 900 light-years from […]