by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Jun 25, 2022
LBN 550, a dusty area in Cepheus Constellation: Cepheus This image shows a dusty area at the edge of constellation Cepheus. These diffuse molecular clouds are catalogued as LBN 550, LBN 552 and LBN 555, and LDN 1228. The star near the middle of the image is 77 Draco....
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Jun 1, 2022
LDN 1082 and NGC 6946 Constellation: Cepheus LDN 1082 (Barnard 150), the Seahorse nebula, is an elongated dark cloud in the constellation Cepheus. The cloud is so dense that the light of the stars behind is completely absorbed. It is located 2 degrees to the east of...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | May 26, 2022
LDN 1235, the Shark nebula Constellation: Cepheus LDN 1235, the Shark nebula, is part of a large molecular cloud in constellation Cepheus. Within LDN 1235, there are two blue reflection nebula (vdB 149 and vdb 150). It is 650 Ly from Earth. Date: This image was taken...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | May 24, 2022
Messier 63, the Sunflower galaxy Constellation: Canes Venatici Messier 63, the Sunflower galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. Its distance from Earth is about 29.3 million Ly. Link to interactive sky chart. Messier 63 is part of a galaxy...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | May 10, 2022
NGC 4565, the Needle galaxy Constellation: Come Berenices NGC 4565, the Needle galaxy, is a giant edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellations Coma Berenices. Its distance from Earth is about 30 million Ly. North of the galaxy’s core we find IC 3571, a small...
