Tarantula Twist
The largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies, the cosmic arachnid sprawls across this spectacular view composed with narrowband data centred on emission from ionized hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
A Cosmic Bubble – Redux
Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this cosmic bubble is huge. Cataloged as Sharpless 2-308 it lies some 5,200 light-years away toward the constellation of the Big Dog (Canis Major) and covers slightly more of the sky than a Full Moon.
Twists of the Tarantula
Le Carnaval des Animaux
No Pussyfooting!
The amazing cat's paw nebula in Scorpius!
A Lagoon for Moana
This star-forming cloud of interstellar gas is located in the constellation Sagittarius and its apparent magnitude of 6 makes it faintly visible to the naked eye in dark skies.
Cosmic Cotton Candy
N44 Superbubble
Some say it looks like a wide mouth frog, others can see Admiral Akbar, Rabbits & Monsters in there!
De Vliegende Hollander
The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever.
The Flame Nebula
The Flame Nebula is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, a star-forming region that includes the famous Horsehead Nebula.
Hidden Jewels – NGC 3293
The gorgeous colours of the beautiful Gem Cluster in Carina.
Fighting Dragons 2020
The amazing, twisting molecular clouds of NGC 6188 in Ara.
Barnard 93 – The Leaping Puppy
It is one of the first dark nebulae known, discovered in 1913 by E.E. Barnard (Barnard 1913).
Ginan Delta Crucis Region
Ha rich region hidden behind the Southern Cross (Crux).
Wings over Vela
Beautiful Ionized Oxygen threads within the Vela Supernova Remnant.