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NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula Dear all, Greetings from Switzerland! I hope this email finds you well and in good health! I would like to share my latest work - NGC 6888, The Crescent nebula. Below is a brief description of the object I always like to share and also some challenges I faced during th...

Waiting 16 million years to see something really seems like an infinite amount of time, that's exactly how long it took for the photons to reach the telescope. Sixteen million light-years from Earth, in the constellation Hunting Dogs, a galaxy is moving away from us at 308 km/s. The light from this ...

9.65 million years ago. The light from this galaxy, NGC2403, travelled for almost 10 million years. At that time, the Earth was with the continents already formed as we know them today and was populated by apes, chimpanzees and gorillas (the ancestors of the first humans who would appear only about ...

The core of Iris Nebula - NGC 7023. An iris in the sky formed 1400 years ago. It is part of the constellation Cepheus and is visible throughout the northern (northern) hemisphere, reaching its maximum height between the months of August and November. The photo was taken between October and November ...

SH2-117 - North America nebula Lost in the cosmic ballet ✨🌌 Capturing the ethereal beauty of SH2-117, a stunning emission nebula located thousands of light-years away. Each swirl of color tells a story of celestial gas and dust, where new stars are born and old ones bid farewell. Patience and preci...

In the vast canvas of the cosmos lies the mesmerizing Cocoon Nebula, a celestial cradle where new stars are born. This image captures the essence of this stellar nursery, where clouds of gas and dust weave tales of creation. The Cocoon Nebula, is located approximately 4,000 light-years away in the C...

IC1340 Nebula - Authors: Alex Battù and Luca Barcaro In the constellation Cygnus, definitely the most dominant one in the summer/autumn sky, about 2400 light years from us, there is a large and bright nebula. It has a diameter of 110 light years and covers a very large area in the sky. In this photo...