Hi all,

An image of NGC 6822, the Barnard’s Galaxy has been uploaded. This is a pretty small, but close member of the Local Group, but with some remarkable features. You will find the image and more info at:

NGC 6822. The Barnard Galaxy

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

RCW 38 is a large star forming region in the constellation Vela (just South of the Vela SNR). This image was taken with narrowband filters and mapped to natural colors.

You will find it at:

RCW 38. Star forming region

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

A new image, this time it is messier 30, a nice globular cluster, has been uploaded. This cluster is, unlike others, special for having two kinds of “Blue Stragglers”. Image and more info at:

Messier 30. NGC 7099

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of the elliptical galaxy M87 has been uploaded. Besides its fame (won a year ago due to the first image os a black hole, in M87’s center), M87 has other interesting characteristics that, together with its image and details can be found at:

Messier 87. Virgo A

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of a quite interesting nebula has been uploaded. It was already time to finish it, as this image was taken nearly two years ago… This nebula was studied with the Spitzer Telescope around the same time I was taking this image. You will find more information about this nebula and characteristics at:

RCW 120

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

This time, three images have been uploaded to the same web page. An image of the Cone Nebula, a second image with the Fox Fur Nebula and the mosaic that shows both can be found at:

NGC 2264. The Cone and fox Fur Nebulae

This region, as many emission nebulae, contains numerous interesting objects, mostly Herbig-Haro objects (up to 24 of the 25 Herbig Haro objects present in this area can be found in the mosaic), but also the very active IRS1, with IR emission and embedded with numerous stars in their first stages of formation as well a known MASER source.

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

Another image taken from the Northern Hemisphere has been uploaded. This time, an emission nebula, the Pacman Nebula. This nebula has many peculiarities and I specially like the pillars (neatly pointed to their originators, the massive and hot O and B stars in the cluster nearby) and the many Bok globules.

It can be found at:

NGC 281. The Pacman Nebula

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

An image of a barred spiral galaxy has been uploaded. This galaxy is peculiar in that it harbors a supermassive central black hole with about 73 million solar masses, but its nucleus is not at all active, because it is not accreting matter.You will find it at:

NGC 1300

Enjoy,
Josep

Hi all,

Today’s image can be considered a “divertimento”. We all get to “guess” shapes in the clouds that we see in the sky. We also do this with the nebulae that we see in the night sky, and we have many examples of this (the Eagle, Pelican, Seagull, Rosette and many others). In many cultures, the gift of a rose is a token of love/respect/appreciation. As usual, this opens many question marks. This is exactly what seems to happen in this image that I came to call “The Rose and the Question Marks”.

You can find it at:

NGC 1966, the Rose and the Question Marks

Enjoy,
Josep