Past interaction with the nearby Sarah’s Galaxy left this galaxy significantly warped
Rounding out my tour of the Leo Triplet (I will post the full 4 panel mosaic soon!), this is the galaxy M66. Past interaction with […]
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Under the Wing
This is some detail from my forthcoming 4 panel, 200 megapixel mosaic of IC 2177, a complex emission nebula 3,800 lightyears from Earth. Sometimes referred […]
Iris nebula in true color
This is the core of the Iris nebula in true color as captured with my largest telescope at high magnification. 1,300 lightyears from Earth, the […]
My first look this season at the Great Orion nebula
My first look this season at the Great Orion nebula. This cradle of creation is giving birth to thousands of new stars and planetary systems, […]
A offer I couldn’t refuse
I’ve still got lots of summertime shots to share, but as the fall kicks in the winter constellations are just starting to show themselves in […]
Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy
10 days ago, Koichi Itagaki, an amateur astronomer in Japan, was the first to discover a new supernova in M101, also known as the Pinwheel […]
Sarah’s Galaxy
Most often called the Hamburger galaxy due to the massive lane of outer dust that appears to bisect the galaxy from our view on Earth, […]
I find it just so inspiring.
The sharing platforms really compress the images that we all post, so I wanted to give an example of a tight crop of one of […]
An extraordinary photo of the sun
This is a photo taken by our staff, but in the photo it looks like the moon is entering the trunk of the car. This […]
