An image of the Meat-hook Galaxy has been uploaded

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 […]

An image of the Monkey Head Nebula, NGC 2174, has been uploaded

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 […]

An image of NGC 5189, the Spiral Planetary Nebula has been uploaded

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 […]

An image of NGC 6946, the Fireworks galaxy has been uploaded

Hi all, An image of NGC 6946, the Fireworks galaxy has been uploaded. This galaxy has several peculiarities, like the star N6946-BH1, a yellow supergiant that increased its brightness during 6 years and then disappeared completely, compacting its core into a black hole. NGC 6946 is seen as strongly reddened by the thick cloud of […]

An image of a superbubble, N206, has been uploaded

Hi all, An image of N206, a Hydrogen superbubble located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, has been uploaded. This nebula contains many peculiarities, like a conspicuous SNR (supernova remnant), a less conspicuous SNR and dozens of very massive stars, including a Wolf-Rayet. You can find more info and the image at: N206, a superbubble in […]

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