Author Archives: JosepM

Hi all, An image of the so called “Hidden Galaxy” or IC 342 has been uploaded. The color of this galaxy is very reddened because we see it through the dust of the disk of Milky Way. It has an ULX (Ultra Luminous X-ray source) and many emission nebulae. You can find the image and […]

Hi all, A reprocessed image of NGC 6888 has been uploaded. This image was the first one that I was able to take with the 24 inch telescope, that was commissioned in 2019 in New Mexico. Ever since I uploaded the image in 2019, I thought that it deserved a reprocessing. Now it has been […]

Hi all, An image of a very faint supernova remnant (SNR), Puppis A, has been uploaded. This is a pretty strange SNR, with shapes that have been formed due to the gases expanding in a non homogeneous medium. You can find the image and more information at: Puppis A, a faint SNR Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of a beautiful fragment of the Vela SNR has been uploaded. Some call it the “Bowtie”, which is pretty well found, but no name would be enough to describe the beauty of this object. You can find the image as well as some more information at: Eastern Vela SNR. A fragment […]

Hi all, An image of LDN 953 has been uploaded. This is a fragment of NGC 7000, the North America Nebula, and shows how fine are the filaments that form this dark nebula, most probably due to the absence of near hot stars, whose strong stellar winds could carve and ionize this cold gas/dust nebula. […]

Hi all, A two-pane mosaic capturing the core area of the Running Chicken nebula (IC 2948) has been uploaded. This pretty large emission nebula was not discovered until early 20th century (1908). It has a good number of Bok’s globules and a fairly strong Oxygen emission. You can find the image and more information at: […]

Hi all, An image of the Fossil Footprint Nebula (NGC 1491 or Sh2-206) has been uploaded. This is a nebula that has been ionized and carved by a star that, additionally, has a small bubble around it that reminds of the Bubble Nebula. You can find the image and some information at: NGC 1491. Sh2-206. […]

Hi all, An image of the Meat-hook Galaxy, NGC 2442, has been uploaded. This is a peculiar galaxy located far south, in the constellation Volans. Its distorted structure is the result of a gravitational encounter that, additionally, triggered a high star formation rate as well as a large number of supernova explosions. You can find […]

Hi all, An image of the Monkey Head Nebula, NGC 2174, has been uploaded. This nebula is, as usual in emission nebulae, a star forming region. The difference with this one is that this one is forming stars at a very high rate. It contains at least four recently formed open clusters and 577 Young […]

Hi all, An image of NGC 5189, the Spiral planetary nebula has been uploaded. This planetary has a very unusual shape and structure (with many point-symmetric knots) that is due to the nature of its core star: a binary system formed by a Wolf-Rayet star and a white dwarf. You can find the image and […]