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

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Josep

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. You can find the image and more information at:

LDN 935. The Gulf of Mexico

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Josep

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:

IC 2948, a mosaic

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Josep

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. The Fossil Footprint Nebula

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Josep

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 the image and much more information at:

NGC 2442-3. The Meathook galaxy

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Josep

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 Stellar Objects (YSOs, stars in the act of being formed). You can find the image and more info at:

NGC 2174-5. The Monkey Head Nebula

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Josep

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 additional information at:

NGC 5189. IC 4274

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Josep

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 dust close to the galactic plane.

You can find the images, as well as more info at:

NGC 6946, the Fireworks galaxy

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Josep

Hi all,

An image of LHA 120-N185, a double supernova remnant has been uploaded. This is a SNR that results from two supernova explosions that carve the current nebula to its current shape. You can fin¡d the image and more information about it and why we know that two supernovae exploded in the same nebula at:

LHA 120-N185, a double SNR

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Josep

Hi all,

An image of the very peculiar irregular galaxy, IC 1613, has been uploaded. This is an image that shows many of its peculiarities, among others, the SNR S8, a special supernova remnant. You can find the image and more info at:

IC 1613, an irregular galaxy

Enjoy!
Josep