by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Jun 13, 2023
Wolf-Rayet star WR124 Constellation: Sagitta WR124, is located about 20’500 Ly away in the constellation of Sagitta. WR124 is a Wolf-Rayet star is surrounded by an ejection nebula of expelled material known as M1-67. M1-67 is approximately 6 lightyears across,...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Jun 5, 2023
NGC 3199 Constellation: Carina NGC 3199 is an emssion nebula in the constellation Carina. Link to interactive sky chart. The image contains the Wolf-Rayet star WR 18, which is located 6272.37 Ly from Earth. It is the brighter star just above the centre of the image...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Jun 4, 2023
NGC 7000, the NorthAmerica nebula Constellations: Cygnus NGC 7000 (Also known as the North America nebula) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. Next to it is IC 5070 (the Pelican nebula, also an emission nebula). They are located at 2590 Ly from Earth....
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | May 30, 2023
Supernova SN2023ixf Constellation: Ursa Major Supernova SN2023ixf was discovered by Koichi Itagaki on May 19, 2023. Its magnitude was about 11.3 at the time of imaging. It is located in Messier 101, a spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, which is about 21 million Ly away....
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | May 28, 2023
IC 4628, the Prawn nebula Constellation: Scorpius IC 4628, also known as the Prawn nebula, is an emission nebula associatzed with a cluster of stars in the constellation of Scorpius. At the top of the image, we can see the open cluster NGC 6242, and top right the open...
