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Globular cluster M92
Also in Hercules, M92 is often passed over for its larger and more dazzling neighbor, M13. But M92 is pretty in its own way! It’s also one of the oldest globular clusters in our galaxy (over 11 billion years old) and has some very interesting background galaxies around it too.
![Simplify and Automate your Astrophotography](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_1458-768x432.jpg)
Simplify and Automate your Astrophotography
If you’re serious about becoming a better astrophotographer, like with anything, it’s all about practice. With every image you produce, you’ll learn something that makes your next image a little better. But life has a habit of getting in the way. You’ve had a long, tiring day at work – do you really want to…
![M15](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/M15-proc-768x561.png)
Globular Cluster M15
Located about 33,600 light-years away within the constellation Pegasus, Messier 15 is a globular cluster – a tight, ancient ball of stars on the outskirts of our galaxy. The Milky Way is surrounded by many such clusters; this one’s special because it’s known to host a rare intermediate-sized black hole at its center, and it…
![The Eagle Nebula, home of the “Pillars of Creation”](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/M16-proc-crop-768x660.png)
The Eagle Nebula, home of the “Pillars of Creation”
Perhaps the most famous Hubble image is the “Pillars of Creation,” towers of gas where new stars are being born within the Eagle Nebula (formally M16.) My backyard telescope under the thick Florida atmosphere can’t match the resolution of Hubble, but it can still capture this object. I’ve imaged this before, but this is the…
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The “Cygnus Wall” of Star Formation
This portion of the North America Nebula in the constellation – you guessed it – Cygnus, is a giant cloud of ionized gases where new stars are being created. It’s also pretty. These are both false color images, processed a couple of different ways. The first is the classic “Hubble Palette” that maps ionized emissions…
![Cone and Fox Fur Nebulas](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ConeHOO-768x1008.png)
The Fox Fur Nebula (and more!)
I’ve wanted to image the “Fox Fur Nebula” for awhile now – it’s pretty obvious where it is in this image! Within the same field of view is the Cone Nebula (near the bottom.) It’s all an area of gas within the Christmas Tree Cluster, which is an open cluster of stars that kind of…