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Pelican Nebula (IC5070) taken from Leeds UK by amateur astro-photographer urmymuse. The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070 [1]) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name. [1]
The portion of the nebula resembling Mexico and Central America is known as the Cygnus Wall. This region exhibits the most concentrated star formation. [9] At optical wavelengths, the North America Nebula and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) appear distinct as they are separated by the silhouette of the dark band of interstellar dust L935. The dark ...
IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 ) is a galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. On the plane of the sky, it is located near the star Eta Geminorum . Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth.
Rogelio Bernal Andreo (born 9 January 1969) is a Spanish-American astrophotographer.He is known for his photographs of deep sky objects.His work has been recognized by NASA as a regular contributor to their Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) [1] 80 times.
Its distance from Earth is about 25.2 million light-years or 7.72 megaparsecs, [2] similar to the distance of M101 (NGC 5457) in the constellation Ursa Major. [5] Both were once considered to be part of the Local Group, [6] but are now known to be among the dozen bright spiral galaxies near the Milky Way but beyond the confines of the Local ...
Abell 2744 galaxy cluster – Hubble Frontier Fields view (7 January 2014). [1] Abell 383, the giant cluster of elliptical galaxies in the centre of this image, contains so great a mass of dark matter that its gravity bends the light from a background object into an arc, a phenomenon known as strong gravitational lensing.
APOD: 2015 December 30 - The Fox Fur Nebula; NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Fox Fur Nebula (22 April 2008) NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Fox Fur Nebula (14 March 2005) NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Fox Fur Nebula (1 July 2002) The Fox Fur Nebula; Best of AOP: The Fox Fur Nebula Archived 2009-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
NGC 1535, also known as Cleopatra's Eye, [3] is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Eridanus, discovered by William Herschel on February 1, 1785. [4] It is very similar to the Eskimo Nebula in both color and structure but the central star can be quite difficult to observe visually. [5]