#WideFieldAstro

7 months ago

✨ Heart of the Galaxy ✨ The Milky Way core in all its dusty, glowing splendor. #MilkyWay #GalacticCore #Astrophotography #NightSky #AstronomyLovers #AstroNight #Starscape #DeepSky #AstroPhotography #CanonAstro #WideFieldAstro

✨ Heart of the Galaxy ✨
The Milky Way core in all its dusty, glowing splendor.

#MilkyWay #GalacticCore #Astrophotography #NightSky #AstronomyLovers #AstroNight #Starscape #DeepSky #AstroPhotography #CanonAstro #WideFieldAstro

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StellarSnap

@stellarsnap.bsky.social

8 months ago

$A high-resolution telescopic image of Messier 109, a barred spiral galaxy seen face-on with a distinct central bar and tightly wound spiral arms. The galaxy glows with a soft bluish hue and appears near the lower center of the frame. Bright foreground stars with diffraction spikes dot the scene. In the upper right, the glare from the nearby bright star Phecda is visible. Three smaller, faint bluish galaxies — UGC 6969, UGC 6940, and UGC 6923 — appear scattered around the frame and may be satellite galaxies of M109.$

A high-resolution telescopic image of Messier 109, a barred spiral galaxy seen face-on with a distinct central bar and tightly wound spiral arms. The galaxy glows with a soft bluish hue and appears near the lower center of the frame. Bright foreground stars with diffraction spikes dot the scene. In the upper right, the glare from the nearby bright star Phecda is visible. Three smaller, faint bluish galaxies — UGC 6969, UGC 6940, and UGC 6923 — appear scattered around the frame and may be satellite galaxies of M109.

📸 Messier 109
📅 June 27, 2025
📷 Robert Eder

#Messier109 #M109 #NGC3992 #BarredSpiralGalaxy #UrsaMajor #BigDipper #SatelliteGalaxies #DeepSky #GalaxyCluster #Astrophotography #StellarSnap #NightSky #TelescopeView #Cosmos #WideFieldAstro #Astronomy #APOD #Galaxies #SkyWatch #SpaceLovers #Universe

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Astronight Observatory

@astronight.com

11 months ago

A wide-field view of the SH2-132 Lion Nebula captured in the SHO (Hubble) palette. The nebula spans a large region, displaying a lion-like shape made of golden-yellow sulfur, green hydrogen, and blue oxygen emission. The rich textures and glowing filaments reveal a dynamic star-forming region set against a dark star-speckled background.

the Lion Nebula (SH2-132)—an emission nebula in the Cepheus constellation
#astronight #astrophotography #SH2132 #lionnebula #narrowbandimaging #hubblepalette #spaceart #nebulae #deepskyphotography #stargazer #astrophoto #astronomylovers #astrophotographer #widefieldastro #nightscapes #celestialart

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