Recent work by J. S. Volpe, Ph.D. taken from Long Island, NY with William Optics 71mm refractor telescope, Celestron EDGE8HD SCT and Lunt 50mm.
The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way, where the Solar System resides.
The Rosette Nebula spans a distance of about 100 light years across and is located 5,000 light years from Earth in the Monoceros constellation. Cataloged as NCG 2237, the Rosette Nebula more than lives up to its informal nickname, as its circular shape and deep, dark centre gives it a floral appearance.
The Heart Nebula is an emission nebula, 7500 light years away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.
Wide view of the Orion complex showing the belt including the Horsehead region at top and the Orion Nebula near the bottom. I imaged this as a mosaic and stitched it together in software.
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky.
IC 1848, commonly called the Soul Nebula, is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. This nebula is near IC 1805, the Heart nebula, with the pair being called the Heart and Soul Nebulae. This star forming region is about 6500 light years away.
The Sun. Sometimes we see prominences against the bright background of the Sun itself, instead of at the edge of the Sun's disk. These prominences appear dark compared to the bright background of the Sun and are called solar filaments.
The Bubble Nebula is 7 light-years across – about one-and-a-half times the distance from our sun to its nearest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri – and resides 7,100 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia.
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud complex. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1,375 light-years from Earth. The Flaming Tree Nebula is also shown.
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico.
The Pleiades also known as The Seven Sisters, Messier 45, and other names by different cultures, is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus. At a distance of about 444 light years, it is among the nearest star clusters to Earth.
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility in 2022.
The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.
The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula, an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged
Do you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star.
The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. Such striking arms are a hallmark of so-called grand-design spiral galaxies. In M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, these arms serve an important purpose: they are star-formation factories, compressing hydrogen gas and
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 from the nebula's matter.
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (in Monochrome) is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A. It is commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible light wavelengths, wh
Pillars of Creation, located within the Eagle Nebula, is composed of cool molecular hydrogen and dust that are being eroded by photoevaporation from the ultraviolet light of relatively close and hot stars. The leftmost pillar is about four light years in length.
The Wizard Nebula is a collection of interstellar gas surrounding the open star cluster, NGC 7380. It lies approximately 7200 light-years away from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 7.2 in the constellation Cepheus.
Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae. All of the other nebulae in this list are bright nebulous patches associated with the Lagoon nebula. The distance to the Trifid nebula is very uncertain.
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) processed using a "Hubble Palette."
The Sun. A good deal of care always goes into imaging the sun. Without the proper equipment, it is potentially dangerous.
The Sun. A "full disk" image of the sun. This image shows prominences from the surface during this very active solar phase.
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