Photos

A planetary nebula with cosmic Buckyballs

What is happening inside this unusual nebula?

Bunny and bluebells

Taken in Aberdeen - a springtime scene.

Saturn at night

Telescopic views of Saturn and its beautiful rings often make it the star of sta...

Messier 104

A gorgeous spiral galaxy, Messier 104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile f...

NGC 1514: The Crystal ball nebula

What do you see in this crystal ball? The featured image shows NGC 1514, known a...

PK 164 +31.1: The Headphone Nebula

What is a pair of headphones doing in the sky? Today’s image features the Headph...

NGC 3660 and Burçin's Galaxy

The upper galaxy might be more photogenic, but the lower galaxy is more unusual.

Messier 2

After the Crab Nebula, this giant star cluster is the second entry in 18th centu...

Green-veined White

A Green-veined White butterfly settles on a flowering plant at Howe o’ Buchan, P...

Aurora slathers up the sky

Like salsa verde on your favorite burrito, a green aurora slathers up the sky in...

NGC 1300: Barred spiral galaxy

Across the center of this spiral galaxy is a bar. And at the center of this bar ...

NGC 2170: The Angel Nebula

Is this a painting or a photograph? In this celestial abstract art composed with...

NGC 188: Old cluster in the New General Catalogue

The New General Catalogue of star clusters and nebulae really isn't so new. In f...

Hebridean oystercatcher

A postcard from Isle of Lewis

Thistles in Torry

A postcard from Aberdeen.