The Jellyfish Nebula is an expanding bubble-shaped cloud of debris from a massive star that exploded over 30,000 years ago. The nebula is about 5,000 light-years distant in the constellation

Continue reading…The Jellyfish Nebula (IC443)

Part of the larger Veil Nebula complex, these glowing filaments of ionised hydrogen are the result of shock waves from a massive supernova explosion estimated to have occurred around 5,000

Continue reading…Pickering’s Triangle in Ha-OIII

IC 1805 is a massive 300 light year cavity of excavated gas blown out by the stellar winds and ultraviolet radiation of a cluster of hot OB stars at its

Continue reading…Widefield view of Heart Nebula (IC1805)

The open star cluster at the centre of this image is known as Melotte 15 and is embedded within a central portion of the much larger glowing nebula known as

Continue reading…Melotte 15 at the heart of the Heart Nebula (IC1805)

The Bubble Nebula is a shell of gas surrounding a massive O star (BD+602522) which can be seen in the upper right quadrant of the bubble. The star is several

Continue reading…NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula

The bright star projected at bottom centre of this image is the supergiant Gamma Cygni (aka Sadr). It is located only 750 light years away and so is not directly

Continue reading…Wide-field image of IC1318 in Cygnus

This is a colour enhanced version of the Hydrogen Alpha image of IC1396 in Cepheus acquired on 17th July 2015. The image is made up of an additional four hours

Continue reading…IC1396 – Combined Ha and OIII bicolour composite

IC1318 is a giant HII cloud and one of the brightest among all the emission clouds in the Cygnus complex. The cloud is bisected by a thick obscuring dust lane

Continue reading…IC1318 – Butterfly Nebula (Part B)

Part of the larger Veil Nebula complex, these glowing filaments of ionised hydrogen are the result of shock waves from a massive supernova explosion estimated to have occurred around 5,000

Continue reading…Fleming’s Triangular Wisp (aka Pickering’s Triangle)