Tag: Stars

Pleiædes: The Seven Sisters star cluster

Have you ever seen the Pleiædes star cluster? Even if you have, you probably hav...

IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula

Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunting their young, br...

Orion's Cradle

Cradled in red-glowing hydrogen gas, stars are being born in Orion.

M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula

Are stars better appreciated for their art after they die? Actually, stars usual...

NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula

It's the bubble versus the cloud. NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, is being pushed o...

Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

Massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy live spectacular lives.

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: Wide Field

Most galaxies don't have any rings -- why does this galaxy have three?

Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb

Oh what a tangled web a planetary nebula can weave!

NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flyi...

Orion's Treasures over Snowy Mountains

Rising over a frozen valley in the Tatra Mountains, the familiar stars and nebul...

Spiral Galaxies in Collision

Billions of years from now, only one of these two galaxies will remain.

Planetary Nebula Abell 7

Very faint planetary nebula Abell 7 is about 1,800 light-years distant. It lies ...

Messier 109

Big beautiful barred spiral galaxy Messier 109 is the 109th entry in Charles Mes...

IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Similar in size to large, bright spiral galaxies in our neighborhood, IC 342 is ...

The Observable Universe

How far can you see? Everything you can see, and everything you could possibly s...