Interesting names are given to nebula nowadays (pacman nebula :D) , but the use of flower imagery for the name of NGC 7023 isn’t a rare custom. This delicate little nebula is actually a pretty big flower located at appoximately 1300 light-years from Earth. The young, hot stars the nebula is forming heats up the […]

The Cone Nebula and its surroundings, the Christmas Tree Cluster and the Fox-Fur Nebula, are extremely interesting objects for astronomers and provide stunning views.
This vast Gas cloud complex was originally discovered by the British astronomer William Herschel, the discoverer of Uranus, in 1785. Also known as Sh2-273, this nebulous complex is an active star-forming region. […]

The Merope Nebula, sometimes called Tempel’s Nebula or NGC 1435 by astronomers, is a reflection nebula located in the famous Pleiades Cluster. Discovered on October 19, 1859 by astronomer Wilhelm Tempel, some say that it might be a Supernova Remnant. The hot and young pleiade star Merope (a few million years) ionizes the dust and […]

IC 1396 (Index Catalog), also known as the Elephant Trunk Nebula, is an extremely large emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus, spanning on a region over 6 times the size of te full moon! IC 1396 is a stellar nursery 2 400 light years away from Earth, and the new stars that it gives birth […]

Hissss. The Snake Nebula, scientifically known as Barnard 72, is an amazing 650 light-year distant dark nebula in the constellation Ophiuchus. Dark Nebula are a certain type of nebula that block the light from the stars behind them. Other famous dark nebula include the Horsehead Nebula, Barnard 33 in the constellation Orion.
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The Cocoon Nebula, also known as IC 5146 or Barnard 168, is a 4000 light-year distant emission nebula: it’s a stellar nursery. The nebula was first discovered in 1899, and was described as similar to the Triffid Nebula, (Messier 20 in Sagittarius). It is remarkable because there is an absorption nebula behind it, which makes […]

This 1000 light-year distant Nebula, IC 2118, lies next to the blue super giant Rigel, in Constellation Eridan, right next to Orion, which means it is visible in winter at our northern latitudes. It is a very very big nebula, spanning on 3 square degrees in the sky, which is just as big as 6 […]

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This Hubble Image shows the Carina Nebula, also known as Eta Carina or NGC 3372, in all its splendor. This huge emission nebula, for it spans on several square degrees in the sky, is a huge cloud of dust and gas located about 7500 light years away. The nebula, which can only be observed […]