Starship Asterisk*

[size=120][b]NGC 2903[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.helixgate.net/ngc2903dro.html[/url]
Copyright: Michael A. Siniscalchi
[attachment=0]ngc2903.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]IC 2469[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.chart32.de/index.php/component/k2/item/329[/url]
Copyright: CHART32
Processing: Bernd Flach-Wilken
[img2]https://www.chart32.de/images/objects/galaxies/IC2469/IC2469_23LRGB_95no_1000.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]PaHa 1[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.starscapeimaging.com/PaHa1/PaHa1.html[/url]
Copyright: Jon Talbot
[attachment=0]PaHa1.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Teutsch 12[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/t0ynkp/[/url]
Copyright: Sven Eklund
[attachment=0]MRe5-WmtOscU_16536x0_DNzvvtIX.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Abell 31[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/xa1uu4/[/url]
Copyright: Boris Chausov
[attachment=0]JpvbMul1rNvP_16536x16536_kWXURFLk.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]NGC 1808[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/ddn1hc/[/url]
Copyright: Lee Borsboom
[attachment=0]UiOVDSRNB89D_16536x0_JXczOqwr.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]M81 and M82[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/xnsjgf/F/[/url]
Copyright: Erik Pirtala
[attachment=0]tFZbZOkeCbGP_16536x0_b9muqi8S.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]IC 4633 region[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/gdkp0k/[/url]
Copyright: Anne-Maree McComb
[attachment=0]56v4xxMkGTMJ_16536x0_q85ro2n5.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]LBN 438[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.capella-observatory.com/ImageHTMLs/DiffuseNebula/LBN438Prim.htm[/url]
Copyright: Josef Pöpsel, Frank Sackenheim and Stefan Binnewies
[attachment=0]LBN438.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Gabriela Mistral Nebula (NGC 3324) and Gem Cluster (NGC 3293)[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/rxgo7m/B/[/url]
Copyright: Bogdan Borz/Chilescope
[attachment=0]cDSBMe31nrIS_16536x16536_xTjz_rdB.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) region[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/71lwo9/[/url]
Copyright: Dennis Sprinkle
[attachment=0]GpcOESIh0q2__16536x16536_kWXURFLk.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264) and Cone Nebula[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.cielaustral.com/galerie/photo147.htm[/url]
Copyright: Ciel Austral
[attachment=0]photo147.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]M92[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/fohhnh/B/[/url]
Copyright: Ronald Hedden
[attachment=0]PobZtiNyS8Xa_16536x0__y2DxHXC.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Hu 6[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/hblt90/[/url]
Copyright: Tim Schaeffer/NHZ team
[attachment=0]kxwLPF5joxmS_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg[/attachment]
To the right is the planetary nebula [url=https://planetarynebulae.net/FR/page_np_resultat.php?id=4]CaVa 1[/url] and above this is the ionized ISM nebula K2-2.

[size=120][b]We 3-1[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.imagingdeepspace.com/we3-1.html[/url]
Copyright: Peter Goodhew and Sven Eklund
[attachment=0]7JcYs9KUdxYg_16536x0_Rr9Vgg-0.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/nebulae/NGC7293/info.htm[/url]
Copyright: José Joaquin Pérez
[attachment=0]ngc7293.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Fal 8[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/z9nnqk/[/url]
Copyright: Bray Falls
[attachment=0]GyK61ZkVlNzz_2560x0_QG-juTLy.jpg[/attachment]
This is very likely to be a bowshock inside a HII region similar to [url=https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/501/2/1951/6059035]Fr 2-11[/url].

[size=120][b]StDr 59[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/1fmvfy/[/url]
Copyright: Julien Dufour/Marcel Drechsler/Xavier Strottner
[attachment=0]Fpx5MgsZ_WP2_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg[/attachment]
There is no such thing as [url=https://planetarynebulae.net/FR/page_np_resultat.php?id=725]StDr Object 59[/url]!

[size=120][b]G206.9+2.3 and PaRasMoMi 1[/b][/size]
[url]https://www.astrobin.com/0n3k53/[/url]
Copyright: Madison Post
[attachment=0]KLSuQoRQ-QCp_16536x0_AVOiNq98.jpg[/attachment]
The planetary nebula candidate [url=https://planetarynebulae.net/FR/page_np_resultat.php?id=975]PaRasMoMi 1[/url] was discovered in 2021 by the amateur astronomers Dana Patchick, Sakib Rasool, Sankalp Mohan and Utkarsh Mishra.

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