![](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Sun-Surface.png)
Similar Posts
![Light pollution: dealing with it.](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/iStock-497951217-768x328.jpg)
Light pollution: dealing with it.
(Image credit: ddmitr, iStockPhoto.com) Every picture on this site was taken from a suburban driveway in a “red zone” on the light pollution map, literally underneath a streetlight. Every year more subdivisions and apartment buildings spring up in my city, and light pollution from the metro Orlando area just keeps getting worse. There are four…
![Tulip Nebula (SH2-101)](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TulipNatStarsCrop-768x565.png)
A Tulip and a Supernova
In these short summer nights, I want to take advantage of every moment of darkness. Right now, the galaxy M100 is up in the hours before midnight, and the “Tulip Nebula” – formally SH2-101 – rises just as M100 sets. So for this past week, I’ve been imaging both objects. But no more clear skies…
![NGC210](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/NGC210-768x536.png)
NGC210 is getting photobombed.
At the center of this image is the distant galaxy NGC210, 65 million light-years away within the constellation Cetus. It’s mind-blowing that we can capture an image of something so distant from our backyards, given the right technology. It’s also mind-blowing that we’re looking at light that has been traveling for 65 million years, giving…
![Space Tulip and a Black Hole!](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Tulip_SynthRGB-1-768x713.png)
Space Tulip and a Black Hole!
This is the Tulip Nebula in Cygnus, but see that shell-like structure just above it, to the right a little? That’s the bow shock wave of Cygnus X-1, a stellar-mass black hole! It’s one of the most powerful X-ray sources in the sky – but don’t worry, our atmosphere protects you from it. 20 hours…
![The Leo Trio (again)](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LeoTrio2-768x543.png)
The Leo Trio (again)
It’s been awhile since I imaged the “Leo Trio” (aka Leo Triplet) of galaxies: M65, M66, and NGC 3628. I wanted to see if my latest equipment, software, and somewhat darker skies made a difference. I’d say so… this is a total of 25 hours of exposure time, including some Hydrogen-alpha filter data to pull…
![Revisiting globular cluster M3](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/M3Take2-1-768x618.png)
Revisiting globular cluster M3
Located about 34,000 light-years away within the constellation Canes Venatici, this tight ball of half a million stars formed just outside the disk of our galaxy – and so its stars never got mixed in with it. They’ve just been sitting there for over 11 billion years. One of the prettiest globular clusters in the…