NGC 602 In The Flying Lizard Nebula

California Nebula and the Pleiades

Milky Way over Uruguayan Lighthouse via NASA https://ift.tt/2KxfbyK

Bright and cold night sky captured with my good old galaxy S21, from Aosta, Italy. We can see Mars, Orion and the Pléiades.

Clearest Image ever taken of Mars’ North Pole. Yes that’s water ice.

The horns of Paine (Los Cuernos) - Chile | Nick Fitzhardinge

A picture of the solar eclipse from the ISS

The glaciers of Switzerland during sunset

Switzerland by Max Rive

remembering my wonderful stay in Quebec 1 year ago...

Focus on a small portion of the Milky Way, above Canadian forest, August 2019, showing North American nebula and part the Cygnus constellation. Taken with Nikon D750, 50mm, ISO1600, 10s. I did not have a tripod, it was tricky to keep the camera still.

Rippling dust and gas lanes are what give the Flaming Star Nebula its name. The orange and purple colors of the nebula are present in different regions and are created by different processes. The bright star AE Aurigae, visible toward the middle of the image to the left, is so hot it is blue, emitting light so energetic it knocks electrons away from surrounding gas. When a proton recaptures an electron, red light is frequently emitted (depicted here in orange). The purple region's color is a mix of this red light and blue light emitted by AE Aurigae but reflected to us by surrounding dust. The two regions are referred to as emission nebula (the orange portion) and reflection nebula (the purple portion).

Pictured here in the Hubble color palette, the Flaming Star Nebula, officially known as IC 405, lies about 1500 light years distant, spans about 5 light years, and is visible with a small telescope toward the constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga).



Image Credit & Copyright: Eric Coles and Mel Helm

Sunset on Pluto