https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos daily 0.75 2026-05-02 https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/pinwheel-galaxy-a-spiral-giant-in-ursa-major monthly 0.5 2026-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/5150822e-c4e7-4fe5-ad76-6a936725ad8d/Screenshot+2026-05-02+at+18.49.46.png Astro Photos - Pinwheel Galaxy: A Spiral Giant in Ursa Major - Make it stand out A six‑hour portrait of the Pinwheel Galaxy, revealing its sprawling spiral arms and the faint companions that orbit in its gravitational wake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/48dcff6c-12a0-4191-a6e3-6b02559c0afb/Screenshot+2026-05-01+at+18.01.33.png Astro Photos - Pinwheel Galaxy: A Spiral Giant in Ursa Major - Make it stand out The Pinwheel Galaxy can be found to the northwest of the midpoint between Mizar and Alkaid, near the tip of Ursa Major’s (a.k.a. Big Dipper) hand. Sky and Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas - Roger W. Sinot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/8bf4dce1-37fa-4872-b80f-5af460a3f723/M101_Final_Annotated_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Pinwheel Galaxy: A Spiral Giant in Ursa Major - Make it stand out Wide‑field view of the M101 Group. Some of its companions — NGC 5473, NGC 5474, NGC 5477, and NGC 5485 — scattered across the frame. Annotated and plate-solved in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/60bf9ff0-57e2-446e-9dfb-6782b67a7637/Screenshot+2026-05-01+at+19.37.24.png Astro Photos - Pinwheel Galaxy: A Spiral Giant in Ursa Major - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/jellyfish-nebula-a-shockwave-sculpture-in-gemini monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/6bc5ac44-7261-4661-acca-f783db4d013c/Jellyfish_Final.jpg Astro Photos - Jellyfish Nebula: A Shockwave Sculpture in Gemini - Make it stand out The Jellyfish Nebula is the expanding debris of a long‑ago supernova. Its bright arc and faint filaments show how shockwaves sculpt the gas and dust of our galaxy. 7 hours of total exposure time, Ha + OIII, SII + OIII, and Optolong L-Pro filters used. 10 minutes and 3 minutes sub-frames. Sky Bortle 7 conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/71970e0e-1fa5-449c-9917-aaa4b0bcea9c/Jellyfish_Final_Annotated.jpg Astro Photos - Jellyfish Nebula: A Shockwave Sculpture in Gemini - Make it stand out Positioned near the bright star Eta Geminorum, IC 443 is one of the most studied examples of a supernova remnant interacting with dense molecular clouds. Plate-solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/9e3862d6-3dcd-4c23-8264-52615b1fc9eb/Screenshot+2026-03-20+at+13.15.06.png Astro Photos - Jellyfish Nebula: A Shockwave Sculpture in Gemini - Make it stand out Tucked inside the stars of Gemini, the Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443) drifts below the twin stars Castor and Pollux, making it an ideal spring astrophotography target in the Northern hemisphere. Sky and Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas - Roger W. Sinnot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/95b9fe61-e431-44c2-bf8a-ae7e2f4e9167/Screenshot+2026-03-20+at+13.46.22.png Astro Photos - Jellyfish Nebula: A Shockwave Sculpture in Gemini - Make it stand out New NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory pictures indicate that the explosion that created the Jellyfish Nebula may have also formed a peculiar object located on the southern edge of the remnant, called CXOU J061705.3+222127 (or J0617 for short), likely a rapidly spinning neutron star, or pulsar. Inset x-ray photo: NASA/CXC/MSFC/D.Swartz et al. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/flaming-star-nebula-a-winter-beacon-in-auriga monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/3fac9223-992a-44b5-b80c-45b25e3d5865/Flaming_Final_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Flaming Star Nebula — A Winter Beacon in Auriga - Make it stand out The Flaming Star Nebula glows with a mix of red hydrogen emission and blue reflection light, illuminated by the runaway star AE Aurigae. The sweeping arcs of gas and dust give IC 405 its characteristic flame-like appearance. 6 hours and 33 minutes of total exposure, divided between 10-minute (80%) and 3-minute (20%) sub-frames. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/3157bdfb-ea00-484c-bbc6-e53e55a9917c/Flaming_Final_Annotated_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Flaming Star Nebula — A Winter Beacon in Auriga - Make it stand out IC 405 showing AE Auriga and the surrounding emission and reflection structures. Plate-solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/09819500-7129-49a0-ace9-3fa9bb4ee6cf/Screenshot+2026-02-25+at+19.13.17.png Astro Photos - Flaming Star Nebula — A Winter Beacon in Auriga - Make it stand out IC 405 sits inside the Auriga constellation, near the bright stars Elnath, Capella, and Menkalinan. This region is part of a dense Milk Way field filled with clusters, dust clouds, and star-forming regions. Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas - Roger W. Sinnott. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/christmas-tree-and-hubbles-variable-nebulae-a-starforming-wonderland-in-monoceros monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/18c45467-db28-4e3d-ab8e-d8e27cf6dee7/Xmas_Final_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Christmas Tree and the Hubble’s Variable Nebulae: a Star‑Forming Wonderland in Monoceros - Make it stand out The Christmas Tree and the Hubble’s Variable Nebula in Monoceros — a vibrant star‑forming region where newborn stars illuminate clouds of hydrogen gas and drifting dust. The bright triangular cluster forms the “tree,” while the small fan‑shaped glow of Hubble’s Nebula reflects the flickering light of the young star R Monocerotis. Captured under Bortle 7 skies after 7 hours and 50 minutes total exposure time, this frame reveals both the structured emission nebulae and the delicate blue reflections that make NGC 2264 one of winter’s most enchanting sights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/50b1cfef-490d-4ad3-998d-641a68c7945d/Xmas_Final_Annotated_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Christmas Tree and the Hubble’s Variable Nebulae: a Star‑Forming Wonderland in Monoceros - Make it stand out Annotated wide‑field view of the NGC 2264 region in Monoceros, showing the major structures within this active star‑forming complex. Labels mark the Christmas Tree Cluster at the center, surrounded by glowing hydrogen emission and dark dust lanes. The Cone Nebula appears to the left as a narrow, pointed pillar of obscuring gas extending downward from the cluster. To the left of the frame, the small fan‑shaped patch of Hubble’s Variable Nebula (NGC 2261) is identified near the young star R Monocerotis. Plate solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/21112f06-696b-4454-92a9-71326cdb01a3/Screenshot+2026-02-17+at+16.17.41.png Astro Photos - Christmas Tree and the Hubble’s Variable Nebulae: a Star‑Forming Wonderland in Monoceros - Make it stand out Sky atlas view of the constellation Monoceros showing the positions of the Christmas Tree Nebula (NGC 2264) and Hubble’s Variable Nebula (NGC 2261), located just east of Orion and along the rich winter Milky Way. Sky & Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas — Roger W. Sinnott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/2f11feea-a3a7-40ec-8ba0-e8336e14b092/Screenshot+2026-02-17+at+17.02.30.png Astro Photos - Christmas Tree and the Hubble’s Variable Nebulae: a Star‑Forming Wonderland in Monoceros - Make it stand out Upper left: called the Cone Nebula (NGC 2264), it is so named because, in ground-based images, it appears conical. This giant pillar resides in a turbulent star-forming region. It exhibits a craggy-looking mountaintop of cold gas and dust, a cousin to Hubble's iconic "Pillars of Creation" in the Eagle Nebula, photographed in 1995. Bottom left: The Hubble's Variable Nebula, named after the American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble, who conducted some of the early studies of this object. It is a fan-shaped cloud of gas and dust illuminated by R Monocerotis (R Mon), the bright star at the top of the nebula. R Mon is believed to have a mass approximately 10 times that of the Sun and an age of only 300,000 years. Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI). https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/rosette-nebula monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/d311358c-bf20-4060-9813-142aff214526/Rosette_80%25_Final_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Rosette Nebula: A Bloom of Stars in Monoceros - Make it stand out The Rosette Nebula: its hydrogen petals, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, form one of the most iconic shapes in the night sky. 8 hours of integration (96 photos - 5 minutes each) - 6 hours narrowband (Ha + OIII) and 2 hours multiband (Optolong L-Pro) filters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/7201308a-bf6f-455a-b5cc-66da0b061e89/Rosette_80%25_Final_Annotated.jpg Astro Photos - Rosette Nebula: A Bloom of Stars in Monoceros - Make it stand out This annotated image of the Rosette Nebula reveals the full structure of this large H II region embedded in the Monoceros Molecular Cloud Complex. The plate‑solved field highlights the nebula’s circular ionized shell, carved by the young open cluster NGC 2244 at its center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/505165df-43d4-4d0f-be75-6e67fbfe6000/Screenshot+2026-01-20+at+16.39.17.png Astro Photos - Rosette Nebula: A Bloom of Stars in Monoceros - Make it stand out The Rosette Nebula lies in the heart of the constellation Monoceros, west of Orion’s Belt and between the bright stars Betelgeuse and Procyon, occupying a rich region of the winter Milky Way. Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas - Roger W. Sinnott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/1dd3bc7c-de8f-44fb-a933-fc2dc05599f4/Screenshot+2026-01-28+at+16.51.44.png Astro Photos - Rosette Nebula: A Bloom of Stars in Monoceros - Make it stand out The Hubble Space Telescope zooms into a small portion of the Rosetta Nebula, only 4 light-years across (the approximate distance between our Sun and the neighbouring Alpha Centauri Star System). Dark clouds of hydrogen gas laced with dust are silhouetted across the image. The clouds are being eroded and shaped by the seething radiation from the cluster of larger stars in the center of the nebula (NGC 2440). An embedded star is seen at the tip of a dark cloud (the bottom-right portion of the image), launching jets of plasma that are crashing into the cold cloud around it. The resulting shock wave is causing a red glow. The colours are due to the presence of hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/veil-nebula-the-shattered-echo-of-a-dying-star monthly 0.5 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/7409e427-52a5-4024-937f-98c53bc0f1dd/VeilNebula_Final_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Veil Nebula — The Shattered Echo of a Dying Star - Make it stand out A supernova’s long‑fading footprint: Around 10,000–20,000 years ago, a massive star — roughly 20 times the mass of the Sun — reached the end of its life and exploded in a spectacular supernova. At the moment of detonation, it would have shone brighter than Venus and been visible even in daylight. What remains today is the Cygnus Loop, a vast bubble of expanding debris. Photo obtained after 8 hours of exposure, divided between Ha, OIII, and SII filters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/ab117a7c-bb9a-4bc2-8152-20deae6cef08/VeilNebula_Final_Annotated_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Veil Nebula — The Shattered Echo of a Dying Star - Make it stand out A tangle of cosmic filaments: The Veil Nebula represents the brightest and most intricate portions of this structure, catalogued under several designations: NGC 6960, NGC 6992, NGC 6995, NGC 6974, NGC 6979, and IC 1340. Plate solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/61d5a5fc-48fc-4766-98b3-0d7ee2aa4069/Screenshot+2025-12-25+at+19.44.58.png Astro Photos - Veil Nebula — The Shattered Echo of a Dying Star - Make it stand out The Veil Nebula sits in the rich star fields of Cygnus, making it a prime summer target for observers in the Northern Hemisphere. Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas - Roger W. Sinnott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/630be7a4-f425-4124-b089-8c3702d398f0/VeilNebula_Starless_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Veil Nebula — The Shattered Echo of a Dying Star - Make it stand out The Veil Nebula appearance after star removal by PixInsight. Filaments of ionized gas trace the shockwave of a star that died 10,000 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/2d80b89f-d5b4-45a2-8bb1-1affbcb0bc38/Screenshot+2025-12-25+at+20.15.15.png Astro Photos - Veil Nebula — The Shattered Echo of a Dying Star - Make it stand out NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled in stunning detail a small section of the Veil Nebula. The image shows an incredible array of structures and detail from the collision between the blast wave and the gas and dust that make up the cavity wall. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/horse-head-and-flame-nebulae monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/7c2418b0-624f-4eca-a201-7f65d5a3bb28/Horsehead_Final_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Horsehead and Flame Nebulae — A Fiery Duo in Orion’s Belt - Make it stand out A 7 hours and 45 minutes total exposure time into Orion’s most dramatic region: The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) and the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) rise from the glowing hydrogen clouds near Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion’s Belt. This field blends bright emission, dark dust pillars, and newborn stars into one of the sky’s most dramatic regions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/c0856bb8-50f2-402d-8ca2-9c056c094947/Horsehead_Final_Annotated_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Horsehead and Flame Nebulae — A Fiery Duo in Orion’s Belt - Make it stand out The Horsehead (Barnard 33) and the Flame (NGC2024) Nebulae. Plate solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/c8a8dacb-9cc1-4ade-90f7-aac322a93a04/Screenshot+2025-12-24+at+15.54.21.png Astro Photos - Horsehead and Flame Nebulae — A Fiery Duo in Orion’s Belt - Make it stand out Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas - Roger W. Sinnott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/ec6d9993-2c84-4db9-9c0b-611db554fb4f/SuperOrion_Final_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Horsehead and Flame Nebulae — A Fiery Duo in Orion’s Belt - Make it stand out The Orion Complex from Alnitak to M42: A sweeping look across Orion’s Belt and Sword, where glowing hydrogen clouds, dark dust lanes, and newborn stars coexist in one of the night sky’s most vibrant neighborhoods. From the Horsehead and Flame to the Running Man and the Great Orion Nebula, this field captures the constellation’s most iconic structures in a single frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/e042b297-14e3-4a69-a723-3fa6ba4261cc/SuperOrion_Final_Annotated.jpg Astro Photos - Horsehead and Flame Nebulae — A Fiery Duo in Orion’s Belt - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/29632f82-ca47-41d7-b394-e4eac95b9186/Screenshot+2025-12-24+at+16.10.47.png Astro Photos - Horsehead and Flame Nebulae — A Fiery Duo in Orion’s Belt - Make it stand out Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a new infrared light to mark the 23rd anniversary of the famous observatory's launch aboard the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/the-pleiades-the-seven-sisters-of-taurus-ann6m-jjrdm-s9tat-xp2g7-xrhl7 monthly 0.5 2025-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/ccc77c9c-fa7f-4d60-896d-822177b99341/Lagoon_Triffid_Final_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae: The Summer Showpieces of Sagittarius - Make it stand out The Lagoon (M8) (center right) and the Trifid Nebulae (M20) (top left): two giant star-forming regions in Sagittarius. 5 hours of total exposure time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/88ec917a-e39d-4e58-8119-7cb8a8e5a374/Lagoon_Triffid_Final_Annotated_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae: The Summer Showpieces of Sagittarius - Make it stand out The Lagoon (M8) and the Trifid Nebulae (M20). Plate solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/7c926b77-47a8-469c-af11-5347b6deed96/Screenshot+2025-12-18+at+17.35.59.png Astro Photos - Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae: The Summer Showpieces of Sagittarius - Make it stand out Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas - Roger W. Sinnott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/285b513f-6f9c-48f8-bfec-0376924393ea/Screenshot+2025-12-18+at+17.46.01.png Astro Photos - Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae: The Summer Showpieces of Sagittarius - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/b003365f-2ba5-439b-a045-57498065ad06/Screenshot+2025-12-18+at+18.07.31.png Astro Photos - Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae: The Summer Showpieces of Sagittarius - Make it stand out The Hourglass Nebula with the double star Herschel 36. Hubble Space Telescope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/21eabf7b-e66b-4ae3-87c0-635dbdcfffdb/Screenshot+2025-12-18+at+18.16.58.png Astro Photos - Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae: The Summer Showpieces of Sagittarius - Make it stand out The Trifid Nebula's red emission nebula and the surrounding dust cocoon, which scatter blue light, are distinct visual features. At its core, the massive multiple star system HD 164492 ionizes the surrounding hydrogen, producing red Hydrogen-Alpha light. A cluster of about 3,100 young stars is also present. Photo by Robert Gendler. Atlas of the Messier Objects - Highlights Of The Deep Sky, by Ronald Stoyan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/8112509d-d576-4915-ae67-f5fb9cefe211/Screenshot+2025-12-18+at+18.33.20.png Astro Photos - Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae: The Summer Showpieces of Sagittarius - Make it stand out This dark nebula, with tentacle-shaped extensions in its southeastern part, hosts some very young stars. Hubble Space Telescope. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/the-pleiades-the-seven-sisters-of-taurus-ann6m-jjrdm-s9tat-xp2g7 monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/47ea97ca-0ffd-4ae5-8d4a-6458aa2e0381/NANebula_Final.jpg Astro Photos - North America & Pelican Nebulae: Skylines of Cygnus - Make it stand out The North America (center bottom left) and the Pelican Nebulae (center top right) in the constellation of Cygnus are perfect examples of how human imagination connects celestial forms with familiar shapes. 4h 3min total exposure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/6ced4fc4-80e2-479a-9f1d-9d0c3c42833e/NANebula_Final_Annotated.jpg Astro Photos - North America & Pelican Nebulae: Skylines of Cygnus - Make it stand out The North America (NGC 7000) and the Pelican Nebulae (IC 5070). Plate solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/d0271e8b-5803-4925-8c7e-274e8a89d3f2/tempImagePNZEAX.jpg Astro Photos - North America & Pelican Nebulae: Skylines of Cygnus - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/the-pleiades-the-seven-sisters-of-taurus-ann6m-jjrdm-s9tat monthly 0.5 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/085fdd00-f268-4b3f-af98-903d48bd700f/M31_Final_CosmoCockpit.jpg Astro Photos - Andromeda: Our Neighbor Across the Cosmic Sea - Make it stand out Our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda (M31) - 2.5 million light-years away - is one of the most impressive objects in the night sky. In the photo, its two brightest companion galaxies - M32 (below the center, to the right) and M110 (above left) - can be seen. Circular dark spots created by dust deposited either on the telescope lenses, the light-pollution filter, or the camera sensor are visible. 4h 25m total exposure time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/c6e07418-fcbc-4edd-b708-df5dbd4b43a2/tempImagexMEHbi.jpg Astro Photos - Andromeda: Our Neighbor Across the Cosmic Sea - Make it stand out Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas - Roger W. Sinnott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/7037dbca-7fba-41e1-81da-bed032f6a4b5/M31_Final_Annotated_CosmoCockpit.jpg Astro Photos - Andromeda: Our Neighbor Across the Cosmic Sea - Make it stand out Like M110, M32 is a physical companion of the Andromeda Galaxy (apparently close to it, just 22' south of the core of M31). Unfortunately, it is not unambiguously clear whether M32 stands in front of or behind Andromeda from our perspective. Plate-solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/ac677a86-4b07-4aaa-b333-4a0b4e2468a5/Screenshot+2025-12-07+at+19.20.36.jpg Astro Photos - Andromeda: Our Neighbor Across the Cosmic Sea - Make it stand out Dark patches near M110 center. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/the-pleiades-the-seven-sisters-of-taurus-ann6m-jjrdm monthly 0.5 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/b8e9e5bb-37f9-481f-98de-9472b7d5a4be/M16_Eagle_Cosmo.jpg Astro Photos - Eagle Nebula: A Cosmic Cradle of Stars - Make it stand out The Eagle Nebula (M16), after 4h 30m total exposure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/ea44cb08-874a-44fa-8fb0-8b588ab443cc/tempImageEtDOqr.jpg Astro Photos - Eagle Nebula: A Cosmic Cradle of Stars - Make it stand out Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas - Roger W. Sinnott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/de346f04-b37b-49e2-859e-d3adce20f7da/M16_Eagle_Annotated_Cosmo.jpg Astro Photos - Eagle Nebula: A Cosmic Cradle of Stars - Make it stand out The Eagle Nebula (M16), as plate-solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/8645e3c9-ebba-450d-b32a-edb34cc36091/AstroBin.jpg Astro Photos - Eagle Nebula: A Cosmic Cradle of Stars - Make it stand out The Eagle Nebula (M16), as plate-solved and annotated on the AstroBin website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/8eb6da52-7581-4841-ad29-2c2908be7c97/Screenshot+2025-12-06+at+16.15.36.jpg Astro Photos - Eagle Nebula: A Cosmic Cradle of Stars - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/0bd5a2d7-b853-413a-be78-4e3b559a5850/Screenshot+2025-12-06+at+15.19.22.png Astro Photos - Eagle Nebula: A Cosmic Cradle of Stars - Make it stand out The most famous feature within the Eagle Nebula is the Pillars of Creation, three towering columns of dust and gas sculpted by intense ultraviolet radiation from young, massive stars. These pillars contain Evaporating Gaseous Globules (EGGs) - dense knots of gas that are potential sites for ongoing star formation. (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team). https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/orion-nebula-a-stellar-nursery-in-our-cosmic-backyard monthly 0.5 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/382bfcbb-ff32-4a5c-9b79-5711829135be/M42_Final.jpg Astro Photos - Orion Nebula: A Stellar Nursery in Our Cosmic Backyard - Make it stand out The Orion Nebula (M42), surrounded by De Mairan’s Nebula (M43) and NGC1977 (Running Man Nebula), after 4h 30m total exposure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/b976452d-6fbd-4e35-a3fb-ed5b84b29637/Orion.jpg Astro Photos - Orion Nebula: A Stellar Nursery in Our Cosmic Backyard - Make it stand out Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas - Roger W. Sinnott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/feb753bf-ab8f-42ee-8608-fcd47f7b1a70/SuperOrion_Final_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Orion Nebula: A Stellar Nursery in Our Cosmic Backyard - Make it stand out The Orion Complex from Alnitak to M42: A sweeping look across Orion’s Belt and Sword, where glowing hydrogen clouds, dark dust lanes, and newborn stars coexist in one of the night sky’s most vibrant neighborhoods. From the Horsehead and Flame to the Running Man and the Great Orion Nebula, this field captures the constellation’s most iconic structures in a single frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/fba724ca-84ba-43b8-a9cb-1cb884ba9789/SuperOrion_Final_Annotated_Logo.jpg Astro Photos - Orion Nebula: A Stellar Nursery in Our Cosmic Backyard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/9746d192-c64e-45e0-bc68-d897a72e6d68/Trapezium.jpg Astro Photos - Orion Nebula: A Stellar Nursery in Our Cosmic Backyard - Make it stand out The center of the well-defined Huygens region hosts the Trapezium cluster, the region's central stars. Photo by Stefan Binnewies - Atlas of the Messier Objects - Highlights Of The Deep Sky, by Ronald Stoyan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/f815449a-f282-40d2-8d7a-7c6eacc861e9/Proplyds.jpg Astro Photos - Orion Nebula: A Stellar Nursery in Our Cosmic Backyard - Make it stand out These high-resolution images show "proplyds": young stars surrounded by dust disks. Hubble Space Telescope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/de1bc0c5-1519-49f3-959b-481430971759/M42_Final_Annotated.jpg Astro Photos - Orion Nebula: A Stellar Nursery in Our Cosmic Backyard - Make it stand out The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex (OMC). Plate solved and annotated by PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/7fb9fb47-e787-4d24-888c-07ca28efba2f/X-ray.jpg Astro Photos - Orion Nebula: A Stellar Nursery in Our Cosmic Backyard - Make it stand out Atlas of the Messier Objects - Highlights Of The Deep Sky, by Ronald Stoyan. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/the-pleiades-the-seven-sisters-of-taurus monthly 0.5 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/c19471ac-8edd-4aff-82f5-18dc5ede398e/M45_Final.jpg Astro Photos - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters of Taurus - Make it stand out The Pleiades star cluster - The Seven Sisters of Taurus. 7h 50m total exposure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/1764567018704-VSUAYCYZIS4195D0VFRP/PHOTO-2025-12-01-07-32-38+2.jpg Astro Photos - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters of Taurus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/1764567018899-7WOTITEO3XWPCS1GE2OG/PHOTO-2025-12-01-07-32-38.jpg Astro Photos - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters of Taurus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/aad52c00-dfc9-4230-a04d-de23a9951dc2/Screenshot+2025-12-01+at+13.22.26.png Astro Photos - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters of Taurus - Make it stand out The Nebra Skydisk. Photo by Frank Vincentz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/7213fae8-6ce5-453c-a311-2549c924115c/M45_Final_Annotated.jpg Astro Photos - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters of Taurus - Make it stand out The Pleiades stars. Plate solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/fd688adf-ef46-4fc5-81e4-eaf8e539169b/Screenshot+2025-12-01+at+14.14.08.png Astro Photos - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters of Taurus - Make it stand out The Pleiades star cluster - Sky & Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas, Roger W. Sinnott. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/the-heart-and-soul-nebulae-a-cosmic-pair-near-cassiopeia monthly 0.5 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/c46f8cd8-5223-4b9d-a02b-c052ba88857e/Heart%26Soul.jpg Astro Photos - Heart and Soul Nebulae: A Cosmic Pair near Cassiopeia - Make it stand out The Heart (upper left) and the Soul (bottom right) Nebulae. 8 hours total exposure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/91722905-d79d-4740-ba6f-42b651a623f6/Heart%26SoulNebulae_Final_Annotated.jpg Astro Photos - Heart and Soul Nebulae: A Cosmic Pair near Cassiopeia - Make it stand out The Heart and Soul Nebulae. Plate solved and annotated in PixInsight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/6e3988dc-5c96-4262-9036-01a496f312c0/Screenshot+2025-12-01+at+21.36.21.png Astro Photos - Heart and Soul Nebulae: A Cosmic Pair near Cassiopeia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/78c08f52-3953-4240-ae6b-28b6f5961064/Screenshot+2025-12-01+at+21.36.42.png Astro Photos - Heart and Soul Nebulae: A Cosmic Pair near Cassiopeia - Make it stand out The Heart and Soul Nebulae - Sky & Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas, Roger W Sinnott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/8eb962f7-6306-4146-a5cf-ec3bf3744e72/Heart_Nebula_Final.jpg Astro Photos - Heart and Soul Nebulae: A Cosmic Pair near Cassiopeia - Make it stand out The Heart Nebula (IC 1805). 3 hours and 20 minutes exposure time divided among narrowband filters (Ha - SII - OIII). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/04cebbc8-7d59-4e7f-8314-bb745fa4a355/Heart_Nebula_Final_Annotated.jpg Astro Photos - Heart and Soul Nebulae: A Cosmic Pair near Cassiopeia - Make it stand out The Heart Nebula (IC 1805), as plate solved by PixInisght. https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/tag/dso monthly 0.5 https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/tag/astrophotography monthly 0.5 https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astro-photos/tag/photos monthly 0.5 https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/astronomers-guide daily 0.75 2026-01-01 https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/b2f31f72-84d5-4763-84ae-81ae90c3319a/Horsehead_Final.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/ae315660-5087-4276-ac28-908574b88a54/IMG_3325.jpeg https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/about daily 0.75 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/72b41fec-d99e-456e-b7b4-c92d541fb2a8/4F3CA563-F9E9-46F8-BC72-EAF24F82EDC0.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/3c38c848-678d-48bc-8471-2216447b5880/IMG_4347.JPG https://cosmocockpit.squarespace.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689d58307236a03dae162533/777111ac-75ff-43db-bb3a-58dc3c76343a/IMG_4347.JPG