IC 443 is commonly called “The Jellyfish Nebula” due to its appearance. It is a “Supernova Remnant”, that is, the remains of a star that violently exploded 5,000 to 30,000 years ago. The spherical shape suggests that the explosion is still in progress, originating from the centre.

It resides about 5,000 light-years distance and is approximately 70 light-years in diameter. It is far too faint to be visible unaided, but, if it were, it would appear larger than the full moon.

The spherical blast wave from the explosion is thrusting (above) into the residing cloud of dust and gas in this galactic region. Below it, the blast wave is being absorbed by another smaller galactic cloud.

The Jellyfish Nebula is a favorite target for both amateurs and professionals. However, its history is still perplexing, debated.

I photographed the Jellyfish Nebula from my garden in Strasbourg France in mid-February 2024. 45 x 300 sec.

NGC4565_200-800_ASI1600MC-14x120s_20240120 by frankastro Via Flickr: Données prise de vue ******************************************************* Date : 2024-01-20 Objet : NGC 4565 Instrument : Newton Quatro 200/800 + correcteur GPU Monture Atlas EQ-G SynScan GoTo / guidage diviseur optique PHD2 + ASI224MC Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = IrCut / Temp = -15°c / Gain= 139 / Offset = 21 Durée pose unitaire = 120s / Nombre de poses : 14 Gestion des captures et pilotage monture : Stellarmate Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP. Données Météo fin de session ******************************************************* Fin de session StellarMatte : 2024-01-20 06:23:17 Phase lunaire : First Quarter(0.308) Lever du soleil : 08:40 AM Coucher du soleil : 05:47 PM Conditions climatiques : clear sky Couverture nuageuse : 6 % Taux d'humidite de 80 % Pression : 1028 hpa Vitesse Vent : 11 km/h Orientation : 67 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°) La temperature en fin de session est de -4 °c *******************************************************

NGC 281 - The Pacman Nebula by Antoine Grelin https://flic.kr/p/2o2TQRp

3 Jan 23

Jupiter in the night sky

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Total Solar Eclipse l April 2024 l U.S. & Canada

Cr. Deran Hall l Rami Ammoun(236) l GabeWasylko l REUTERS l KendallRust l Joshua Intini l Alfredo Juárez l KuzcoKhanda

Jupiter in Ultraviolet from ESA/Hubble

Close up of Pluto from the New Horizons space probe.

Will be adding several more photos to this same post

The magnificent Orion Nebula: The darling of amateur astrophotographers, the Queen of the Winter Sky. It is the brightest nebula in the night sky and easily viewable with binoculars. It is an easy target for beginners, so how can you resist such a beautiful deep-space subject?

At a distance of only 1,300 light years, consider it nearby on the scale of our Milky Way galaxy. It is the closest region of massive star formation, a stellar nursery.

I photographed the Orion Nebula from my garden in Strasbourg France in early February 2024. 46 photos x 60 seconds each.

The 12 full moons of 2022 by loonarpix

Aurora & Milky Way

matalalta

1 Dec 2022

Stars

ohhhh my god webb got an image of the pillars of creation and it’s absolutely STUNNING.

here it is compared to hubbles image:

NGC7331_200-800_ASI1600MC-28x240s_20230909 by frankastro Via Flickr: Données prise de vue ******************************************************* Date : 2023-09-09 Objet : NGC 7331 Instrument : Newton Quatro 200/800 + correcteur GPU Monture Atlas EQ-G SynScan GoTo / guidage diviseur optique PHD2 + ASI224MC Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = IrCut / Temp = -15°c / Gain= 139 / Offset = 21 Durée pose unitaire = 240s / Nombre de poses : 28 Gestion des captures et pilotage monture : Stellarmate Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP. Données Météo fin de session ******************************************************* Fin de session StellarMatte : 2023-09-09 05:45:05 Phase lunaire : Last Quarter(0.803) Lever du soleil : 07:32 AM Coucher du soleil : 08:29 PM Conditions climatiques : clear sky Couverture nuageuse : 3 % Taux d'humidite de 37 % Pression : 1014 hpa Vitesse Vent : 10 km/h Orientation : 131 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°) La temperature en fin de session est de 17 °c *******************************************************

Bring outdoor life into the akre

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