Category: KPO Astrophotography

The Winter Milky Way is home to hundreds of open star clusters. The constellation of Puppis lies just to the southeast of Canis Major and its brilliant alpha star Sirius, and the Milky Way passes right through the area. The clusters in this image are M47 at top, the richer but fainter cluster M46, with Read More …

Here is the Spider & the Fly Nebula, also known as IC 417 (Spider; at center) and NGC 1931 (Fly; at bottom). Also in the image is NGC 1907; the small, tight cluster on the left. The bright area of nebulosity on the upper right is the edge of NGC 1893, the Tadpoles Nebula. They Read More …

The Leo Triplet of Galaxies, otherwise known as “The Trio in Leo” as they are located within the boundaries of the constellation of Leo. This grouping is made up of M65 at top left, M66 lower, and the larger NGC 3628 at the top right in this image. All three of these island universes lie Read More …

Here is IC 410, commonly known as the Tadpoles Nebula. IC410 is a emission nebula and stellar nursery located in the constellation of Auriga, at about 12,000 light years from Earth. This star forming region lies right in the swath of stars of the summer Milky Way. The gas structures in this picture are lit by Read More …

The Pleiades have been known since antiquity. Also known as The Seven Sisters, Messier 45, Subaru, and other names by different cultures, it is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot stars.