NGC 6334 – Cat’s Paw Nebula v2
NGC 6334 aka Cat’s Paw Nebula, an emission nebula and star-forming region in Scorpius.
(Updated version with improved colors, albeit a far cry from proper color calibration.)
All details at Astrobin.
Xi and NGC 4945 – Galaxy in Centaurus
NGC 4945, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, vnear the star Xi Centauri.
All details at Astrobin.
NGC 2997 – Spiral Galaxy in Antlia
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M87 – Virgo A – NGC 4486 – Supergiant Elliptical Galaxy
M87 aka Virgo A aka NGC 4486, a supergiant elliptical galaxy in Virgo. Recently, in April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope project published the first direct image of (the shadow of) the supermassive black hole at the center. The cutout shows the blueish plasma jet emitted from the central black hole.
All details at Astrobin Image of the Day 01 Aug 2019 and the version with enlargement here.
M83 / NGC 5236 – Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
A southern hemisphere beauty, the massive, grand design spiral galaxy M83 aka NGC 5236 in Hydra.
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Clouded Super Moon 23 Jun 2013 #1
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing with 14 years of earth-bound moon photography.
Wyoming – Grand Teton – Jenny Lake Overlook #1
Grand Teton ist jetzt komplett in der Galerie, einige Klassiker sind mit dabei, Jenny Lake hier im Posting und natürlich auch die Mormon Row.
London – Whitechapel – Commerical Road #1
Noch ein Nachzügler in der Fotogalerie, eine kleine Bildserie, die während einer zweitägigen Geschäftsreise nach London schon 2016 entstanden ist.
M65 / M66 Galaxies
Spiral galaxies M65 / NGC 3623 and M66 / NGC 3627, part of the Leo Triplet, the M66 Group.
All details at Astrobin.
