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![M106 and some of its buddies](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/M106-2-768x655.png)
M106 and some of its buddies
The galaxy M106 is an interesting one; it’s large and relatively bright – about the same size as Andromeda. And it’s in a busy part of the sky, within Canes Venatici, with lots of galactic neighbors. This image has been enhanced with Hydrogen emission data; that’s what the red dots and tendrils are. There’s one…
![Sombrero Galaxy (M104)](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SombreroCropped-768x522.png)
Sombrero Galaxy
M104 is known as the “Sombrero Galaxy” due to its visual appearance – but a deep, long-exposure image reveals its true structure. It’s a lenticular galaxy about 30 million light-years away, about 30% the size of our own Milky Way galaxy.
![The Trifid Nebula (M20)](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/M20-RGB-768x535.png)
The Trifid Nebula (M20)
Our new observatory is starting to prove its worth… the Trifid Nebula is an object I’ve always wanted to capture, but in our previous location it was too low in the sky and was always obstructed by trees. Further complicating matters, it is a summertime object, and here in Florida summertime is the worst time…
![Space Tulip and a Black Hole!](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Tulip_SynthRGB-1-768x713.png)
Space Tulip and a Black Hole!
This is the Tulip Nebula in Cygnus, but see that shell-like structure just above it, to the right a little? That’s the bow shock wave of Cygnus X-1, a stellar-mass black hole! It’s one of the most powerful X-ray sources in the sky – but don’t worry, our atmosphere protects you from it. 20 hours…
![Mars and Uranus](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MarsUranus3.png)
Mars and Uranus
As with any form of photography, getting a good shot is largely about being in the right place at the right time. When it comes to photographing the planets, sometimes that means getting up at a painful hour. Both Mars and Uranus are nearing “opposition” – the point where they are directly across from Earth…
![M15](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/M15-proc-768x561.png)
Globular Cluster M15
Located about 33,600 light-years away within the constellation Pegasus, Messier 15 is a globular cluster – a tight, ancient ball of stars on the outskirts of our galaxy. The Milky Way is surrounded by many such clusters; this one’s special because it’s known to host a rare intermediate-sized black hole at its center, and it…