Hope to revisit this under better conditions in the future; but this came out OK considering a bright moon was out the night it was taken. The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) is near the end of the handle of the Big Dipper in the sky, although physically it is tens of millions of light-years more distant.
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) appears to be sucking the life out of its companion, NGC 5195. While these galaxies are interacting, they’re not actually connected right now – it just looks that way.
An interesting emission nebula 30 light years across. Imaged with narrowband filters.
A full moon captured with a Canon T6i DSLR.
A wider shot of the Eagle Nebula, with the famous “pillars of creation” in its center.
The Helix Nebula is also known as the Eye of Sauron or the Eye of God.
Taken just prior to Halloween in 2018, the southeastern knot of the Eastern Veil Nebula takes on a ghostly appearance when imaged in the Hubble palette with narrowband filters.
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