Andrea Corsali was the first European to describe the Magellanic Cloud in 1515, but it became better known six years later when Ferdinand Magellan described his circumnavigation of the globe. Like the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Small Magellanic Cloud is
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Small Magellanic Cloud – NGC292
Tarantula Nebula – NGC2070
The bright Tarantula Nebula lies in one of our neighbouring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was visible to the naked eye in the southern sky in Namibia during clear nights. The nebula appears in the sky as the brightest
Read moreLarge Magellanic Cloud – PGC 17223
The Large Magellanic Cloud is the brightest neighbouring galaxy to our Milky Way. Simulations calculate that it will probably collide with our Milky Way in one to four billion years. Ferdinand Magellan set out 500 years ago with a fleet
Read moreSunflower Galaxy – M63
The galaxy M63 has fluffy structured spiral arms which has given it the name “Sunflower Galaxy”. The blue glow comes from bright, young stars. Emission nebulae of hot, ionised hydrogen glow red and in between are many bands of dark
Read moreHorsehead Nebula- Barnard 33, IC 434
The Horsehead Nebula in the constellation of Orion is always impressive, appearing here in front of a large, red cloud of hydrogen. And coloured stars shine everywhere. The Horsehead Nebula is a black spot in the sky that could not
Read moreComets C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)
My image shows a unique constellation, comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS), which was discovered in October 2022. Also, a satellite is lighting up. E3 (ZTF) now only shows a faint, downward-pointing tail of gas, but also
Read moreComet 2022 E3 (ZTF)
We will see a rare visitor from the edge of the solar system in the sky in January and February 2023, comet 2022 E3 (ZTF). It was discovered at the beginning of 2022 and is now greeting us on its
Read moreMars orbiting our Moon
Mars appears to be orbiting the moon. Yesterday there was this rare constellation in the evening sky, with Mars orbiting quite close to the moon. My photo shows 67 superimposed images of 1/500 duration, taken 1 minute apart. Passing clouds
Read moreAbell 85
Abell 85 is the remnant of a supernova explosion, which hovers in the night sky at about the size of a full moon and is extremely faint. In the centre of it lies a galaxy cluster with around 500 galaxies,
Read moreHeart and Soul Nebula – IC1805 and IC1848
Two nebulae shine in the winter evening sky, the Heart and Soul Nebula. Both are framed by the two open star clusters h- and Chi-Persei (bottom right) and by two slightly greenish shimmering planetary nebulae (top left). Heart and Soul
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