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The Elephant’s Trunk
Located about 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus, the “Elephant’s Trunk Nebula” has a distinct “Pillars of Creation” vibe when viewed as a long-exposure, narrowband image in the style of Hubble. Like the “Pillars of Creation” (the Eagle Nebula,) the Elephant’s Trunk is also an area of star formation, containing some young, newly-formed stars….
![Orion Nebula](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Orion-768x1157.png)
Orion’s Sword
If you look at the constellation Orion in the winter night’s sky, the center of Orion’s “sword” is not a star at all – it is the brightest nebula in our sky, M42 or the Great Nebula of Orion. Sitting right on top of it is technically another nebula designated M43, and above that is…
![Helix Nebula](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/HelixFinal-768x584.png)
The Eye of Sauron
The Helix Nebula is also known as the Eye of Sauron or the Eye of God.
![Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Comet-768x820.png)
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
This comet will reach its brightest point a couple of weeks from now, but the skies were clear this morning so I figured I should go for it while I can! The tail’s not as pronounced as I hoped, and processing is a bit sloppy in a couple of spots. But hey, it’s a comet….
![The Great American Eclipse](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Eclipse040824-768x783.png)
The Great American Eclipse
I wasn’t able to travel to the path of totality, but here from Florida we still had a partial eclipse. Here’s my shot at its peak, viewed through a special solar telescope using a Hydrogen-Alpha filter to bring out all the roiling detail of the sun’s surface. Check out those prominences around the edge!
![NGC2903 feels lonely.](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NGC2903-768x553.png)
NGC2903 feels lonely.
It’s a good thing galaxies don’t have feelings; they’re just collections of billions of stars. Because NGC 2903 would need therapy. It has no cute nickname like other galaxies; it’s just NGC 2903. And it has no galactic neighbors; most galaxies are gravitationally bound to other galaxies in their local group or cluster, but NGC…