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![The Lagoon Nebula (M8)](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SHO_O-768x806.png)
The Lagoon Nebula (M8)
This is a bright, popular nebula deep within the summer Milky Way… but it’s low in the sky, and this is the first time I’ve been able to capture it above the trees. Still, short summer nights and cloudy summer weather present its challenges. Shown processed in the “Hubble palette” and an approximation of its…
![The Whale and the Hockey Stick](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WhaleHockey-768x905.png)
The Whale and the Hockey Stick
This pair of galaxies gets its name from their shapes. Both are viewed edge-on, and from this perspective we can see how a past interaction between the two warped them both. About 6 hours of exposure time from the backyard observatory.
![Hoag's Object](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HoagsRGBCrop-768x565.png)
A “ring galaxy” 600 MILLION light-years away
Hoag’s Object is the weirdest galaxy I know of; it is a “ring galaxy” – a very rare galaxy type that’s just a galactic core of stars, surrounded by a ring of stars that’s seemingly disconnected from its core. This galaxy has always captured my imagination. Just look at this image from the Hubble Space…
![Revisiting M13 in Hercules](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/M13-768x545.png)
Revisiting M13 in Hercules
M13 is one of the most photogenic and popular globular clusters, and it’s pretty easy to see with nothing more than a pair of binoculars if you know where to look! But it’s even prettier with a long exposure – this is about 3 hours of exposure time. Blow it up to full size, and…
![M53](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/m53-768x630.png)
Another glob.
Here we have another globular cluster: M53. You don’t see this one imaged too often, but it’s still quite pretty. I’ve never met a globular cluster I didn’t like. It’s one of the more distant globular clusters in our galaxy, about 60,000 light-years away.
![Another look at the “green comet”](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/E3ZTF-768x535.png)
Another look at the “green comet”
I don’t know why the press has latched onto the name “the green comet” for C/2022 E3 (ZTF) – most comets are green, and it’s too dim to see any color at all if you’re viewing it through binoculars or a telescope. But through 2 hours of total exposure time, the colors do emerge, and…