Triple APOD - February 11, 2025: Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) By Parker Tkach All-Star Amateur Astronomy Photo of the Day - Click to Enlarge


Triple APOD - February 11, 2025: Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) By Parker Tkach

Although it's named the Crescent Nebula, the features of the nebula could be said to be reminiscent of the lobes of a brain, perhaps the Brain Nebula has a better ring to it?

Floating space brain or otherwise, this nebula resides 5000 light years from Earth and spans 25 light years, big enough to make Krang or the Spider Mastermind jealous.

 

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Triple APOD - February 7, 2025: The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) By The SeeStar Community

This is a shameless plug for the SeeStar Round Up put on by our very good friend @abdurastro. Abdur puts out a target every month for the community to image with their SeeStars telescopes. The images are collected and are processed/st...

Triple APOD - January 24, 2025: Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396) by Andrew Foss

From Andrew: I've been told the "trunk" looks like a partial silhouette of a person. Capture Location from Wandering River, AB on 12-Oct-2024 Equipment Used:

Triple APOD - January 17, 2025: The Heart Nebular (IC1805) by Kirby Price

From Kirby: This is an emission nebula located about 7500 light years from Earth in the Milky Ways Perseus Arm, in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The brigh...

Triple APOD - January 16, 2025: The Flying Dragon Nebula (SH2-114) By Daniel Pelissier

From Daniel: Sh2-114 (the Flying Dragon nebula) is a faint and rarely imaged nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus. It is a complex and unusual H2 emission Nebula, and its structure is li...

Triple APOD - January 10, 2025: Veil Nebula in HOO Pallette (NGC 6974) By Erich Krause

From Eric: 26 hours but only 19 hours used for integration.  September 2024 from Chestermere Alberta 196 x 300s Ha 85 x 300...

Triple APOD - January 3, 2025: Orion Nebula (M42) By Jon Tupper

From Jon: While clear skies have been few and far between, Christmas Night proved glorious here in Fort McMurray. Moon was 24%, rising around 3:30 a.m. an...

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