The Iris Nebula
The Iris is a reflection nebula, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by a central star. It’s six light-years
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The Coma Cluster
The Coma Cluster is a collection of 1000 galaxies around 320 million light-years from Earth. First of all, apologies it’s
The Ghost of Cassiopeia
The bright star in the top-left is called Gamma Cassiopeiae, and is around 550 light-years from Earth. It’s almost 20
The Flaming Star Nebula
The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) is around 1500 light-years from Earth, and measures 5 light-years across. Its stand-out feature
Hercules Globular Cluster (M13)
A collection of 100,000 stars, packed together 100 times more densely than the stars in our Sun’s stellar neighbourhood. Askar
The Pinwheel Galaxy
The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as M101, is a spiral galaxy that we’re seeing face-on. It’s 21 million light-years from
The Bode and Cigar galaxies (M81 & M82)
A pair of galaxies almost 12 million light-years from Earth. Bode (right) is a spiral, and its gravity is causing
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
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The Shark Nebula
The Shark Nebula (LDN 1235) is a cloud of interstellar gas and dust spanning 15 light-years head-to-tail. It’s incredibly faint,
The Whirlpool Galaxy
Located 31 million light-years from Earth, the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) is gravitationally connected to another, smaller galaxy, leading to a