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Skywatch Friday – Flame Nebula

This is a photo that my husband Dave took recently of the Flame Nebula.
It was taken with five fifteen-minute exposures stacked on top of each other.
The Flame Nebula is an emission nebula in the Constellation Orion.  It is 900 to 1500 light years away.
The ring of light on the right side is from the nearby [...]

Skywatch Friday – The Eagle Nebula

The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux  in 1745-46. Its name derives from its shape which is resemblant of an eagle.
It is the subject of a famous photograph by the Hubble Space Telescope, [...]

Skywatch Friday – Dumbbell Nebula

The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 27, M 27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (PN) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360 light years.
This object was the first planetary nebula to be discovered; by Charles Messier in 1764. At its brightness of visual magnitude 7.5 and its diameter of [...]

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Skywatch Friday – M1, the Crab Nebula

Photo by Dave Chaton
Discovered in 1731 by British amateur astronomer John Bevis.
The Crab Nebula, Messier 1 (M1, NGC 1952), is the most famous and conspicuous known supernova remnant, the expanding cloud of gas created in the explosion of a star as supernova which was observed in the year 1054 AD. It shines as a nebula [...]

Skywatch Friday – Messier 81

This photo taken February 21, 2009 from our sky in Nevada, by my husband Dave.
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode’s Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. M81 is one of the most striking examples of a grand design spiral galaxy, with near perfect [...]