Author Archives: JosepM

Hi all, An image of Sh2-114 (The so called Flying Dragon nebula) has been uploaded. It is a very faint object with a very intricate structure, most probably due to the interaction of strong stellar winds with the surrounding magnetic fields. You can find it at: Sh2-114. The Flying Dragon (fragment) Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of NGC 7538 has been uploaded. This region, a place where numerous stars are constantly being born, is very close to a more famous object, the Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635. You will find more information and the image at: NGC 7538 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of M103, an open cluster, has been uploaded. Even being far away, 10,000 ly, this small cluster has many blue supergiants, with a very prominent red giant in its center. You can see the image and some more info at: Messier 103. NGC 581 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of Messier 110 has been uploaded. Another step in the Messier collection taken with high resolution telescopes. You can find the image and some more info at: Messier 110. NGC 205 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of the reflection nebula NGC 1333 has been uploaded. This region is very interesting, with dozens of newborn stars, dozens of Herbig Haro objects as well as a beautiful reflection nebula. You can find the image as well as some more information at: NGC 1333 Enjoy! Josep

Hi all, Following with the slow completion of the Messier Catalog taken with high resolution telescopes, today we have another globular: Messier 79. This globular seems to have an extragalactic origin. Information on this cluster as well as on the image can be found at: Messier 79. NGC 1904 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of Gum 10, an often overlooked emission nebula, has been uploaded. This nebula is the brightest region of a massive gas cloud in the Southern Hemisphere. You can find it at: Gum 10. Wray 19-5. RCW 19 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of the nova remnant Cederblad 211, corresponding to the star R Aqr, has been uploaded. This star is a binary system with one of the members being a white dwarf. It pulls material off the primary Mira-type variable star and then explodes as a recurrent nova leaving the beautiful Ced 211 …

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Hi all, An image of Messier 54, a special globular cluster, has been uploaded. This (visually pretty “normal”) cluster is located at the center of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy, a Milky Way satellite, and has several curiosities in its structure. You can find it all at: Messier 54. NGC 6715 Enjoy, Josep

Hi all, An image of a fragment of Eta Carina has been uploaded. This image has been taken with narrowband filters and color mapped to the HCP (Hubble). The amazing colors are strictly the ones obtained with this palette, without any further manipulation. You can find it at: NGC 3372. Eta Carina Nebula. Another fragment …

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