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Melotte 15
This young star cluster inside the Heart Nebula is lighting up the clouds of gas from which it formed. 3 hours of narrowband exposure from my suburban driveway.
![Abell 1656 in Coma Berenices](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Abell1656-768x522.png)
Coma Berenices Galaxy Cluster
AKA Abell 1656. There are tens of thousands of galaxies in this portion of the sky; almost everything in this image is an entire galaxy filled with hundreds of millions of stars. Whoah. And they’re hundreds of millions of light-years away. Click and zoom in to explore them all.
![M74 – A galaxy far far away.](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/M74-1-768x687.png)
M74 – A galaxy far far away.
This galaxy is only known as M74. At 32 million light-years away, it’s about as far as you can get for a halfway decent image taken from Earth. It is a “grand design” face-on spiral galaxy. Look closely and you’ll see a few more galaxies in the background that are much more distant, and therefore…
![Sculptor Galaxy (NGC253)](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SculptorProc-768x560.png)
The Sculptor Galaxy
NGC253 is most commonly known as the “Sculptor Galaxy,” because it’s found within the constellation Sculptor. You probably haven’t heard of Sculptor – that’s because it is considered a Southern-hemisphere constellation, and it’s only visible in the US from Southern states such as Florida. It’s also known as the “Silver Coin Galaxy.” It’s part of…
![Omega Centauri – the biggest globular cluster, or is it something else?](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/OmegaCentauri-4-768x646.png)
Omega Centauri – the biggest globular cluster, or is it something else?
This object was a real challenge to image. From central Florida, it only rises 13 degrees above the horizon, deep within the light-polluted murk of my Southern sky. Omega Centauri is a Southern hemisphere object, so capturing it from the Northern hemisphere requires effort. It’s worth it though – this is one of the most…
![M81 and M82](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BodesAgain-768x442.png)
Bode’s Galaxies (Again)
Seems I revisit this pair of galaxies, 12 million light-years distant, every year. Although they are close and bright as galaxies go, they are challenging targets for imaging – especially if you are trying to pull out the faint jets spewing out of the Cigar Galaxy on the right. This image represents over 25 hours…