Tricx' AstroBlogy

Blood Moon Total lunar eclipse with a pronounced reddish Earth shadow. Mineral Moon Color-enhanced lunar surface with visible mineral structures. Video ISS Sun Transit ISS transit across the Sun, shown as both image and video.

Whirlpool Galaxy The Whirlpool Galaxy is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. Great Hercules Cluster Compact globular cluster with a dense core. Pinwheel Galaxy Broad spiral galaxy with extended arms. Leo Triplet Triple system of M65, M66, and NGC 3628 in Leo. Bode's Galaxy and Companions Bode's Galaxy with M82 and NGC 3077 as nearby companion objects. Whale Galaxy Edge-on view of the Whale Galaxy with subtle halo structure. Andromeda Galaxy M31 is the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, located in the constellation Andromeda about 2.5 million light years away from Earth.

Owl Nebula & Surfboard Galaxy Owl Nebula and nearby Surfboard Galaxy. Elephant's Trunk Nebula IC 1396 is a large emission nebulae, a region of ionized gas, located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. NGC7000 Canon vs. DWARF3 Side-by-side comparision of DWARF3 and a Canon rig. Wizard Nebula NGC 7380 is a young open star cluster embedded in an emission nebula, located in the constellation Cepheus about 7,200 light years away from Earth.