Hi all,

A new image of Henize 70, also called N70, a superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has been uploaded. A previous image of it can also be found in this web site, but this image has been taken with a higher resolution set up. You can find the image and the usual explanations at:

Henize 70, aka N70

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

A deep image of NGC 55 has been uploaded. This galaxy is very similar in structure to the LMC (SBm spiral) and it is about 7 million light-years away. The stunning peculiarity of it is the huge amount of interstellar gas (aka nebulae) that is inside this galaxy. In order to grab them, deep images with Ha and OIII filters were taken. The resulting image can be found at:

NGC 55 and its interstellar medium

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of NGC 1569, a dwarf irregular and very active galaxy, has been uploaded. This galaxy has a very high star formation rate. Loads of stars and star clusters are being formed. Its HII clouds (visible with an Ha filter) show such an intense signal, that the galaxy is very hard to detect. In the link below you can see the original image and a second version just obscuring a bit the Ha signal, in order to show the aspect of the galaxy. You can find these at:

NGC 1569, a dynamic galaxy

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of Messier 17 in high resolution and modified Hubble color has been uploaded. This is my third attempt at this object. In this case I have included two color versions (natural and modified Hubble, the previous post was the natural), two different crops as well as starless and starred versions. You can see the natural verison at:

Messier 17. Third Attempt. Mod. Hubble color

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of Messier 17 in high resolution and natural color has been uploaded. This is my third attempt at this object. In this case I have included two color versions (natural and modified Hubble, this latter in a separate page and post), two different crops as well as starless and starred versions. You can see the natural verison at:

Messier 17. Third attempt. Natural color

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of the Skull Nebula, NGC 246, has been uploaded. This Nebula is rather small, 4 arcmin in size, but show a great deal of fine structure. The highly cropped image, in a try to show better the details, indeed shows the faint OIII filaments. The central star, a white dwarf, is not a single but a triple system. You can find the image and all details at:

NGC 246. Skull Nebula

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

NGC 6872 is considered the longest (no the largest) galaxy of our known Universe. This galaxy, over 200 Million light years away, is beautiful in itself, besides very interesting scientifically too. You can find the image and all of its details and information at:

NGC 6872, the long galaxy

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

A new image of NGC 456 (the previous one was posted in 2015…) has been uploaded. This new image, with much higher resolution reveals finer structure. You can find it, as well as further information at:

NGC 456 with higher resolution

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of yet another fragment of the interesting Supernova Remnant Puppis A has been uploaded. This time it shows two unusual shapes: the “swirl” and also a nebula that we call the “Clicker” (for those of you not having watched the show “The Last of Us”, the clickers are part of the bad guys).

You can see this image at:

Puppis A, swirl and clicker

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of N11, considered to have the second fastest speed of star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud, after the Tarantula Nebula, has been uploaded. This nebula is very interesting. You can find the image as well as all details and explanations at:

N11, frantic star formation

Enjoy,
Josep