Below the unmistakable three stars of Orion's Belt (top right in this image) lie three more "stars" in a line forming the hunter's sword. Except, the middle star here is the Great Orion Nebula, a bright and beautiful jewel that forms a cradle for new stars being born in our galactic neighborhood.
The Great Orion Nebula, zoomed in from the above picture. This was captured through a 135mm lens attached to my Canon M50, with a combined exposure of 35 minutes with tracking.
Right next to one of the three 'Belt stars' of Orion lies another beautiful nebula: the Flame nebula. The diffuse gas to the right of the star has a dust cloud shaped like a Knight piece on a chessboard obstructing its view. This 'dark nebula' is aptly named the Horsehead nebula.
The Great Orion Nebula, with all its grandeur, seen through a 17" inch telescope. Image composed of combined 10 min. RGB pictures taken through a cooled CCD Camera. The beautiful clouds of gas and dust are illuminated by the hot, bright, and white young stars at the center.
The Bubble Nebula
The Rho Ophiuchus cloud complex, featuring Antares, the heart of Scorpion and a super-red giant star, with the Globular Cluster M4 to its right, and scattered dark nebulae.
The Lagoon (bottom) and Trifid (top) nebulae amidst the dense concentration of stars at the central core of the Milky Way
NGC 2392, formerly known as the 'Eskimo' or 'Clown-face' Nebula, is a planetary nebula, comprising of the outer gas layers shed after the end of the life of a Sun-like star. Image taken withEmily Barron and Will Lamb, Astro104 Honors students, The University of Mississippi.
