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Reflection nebula in Taurus.
Planetary nebula in Cygnus, magnitude 9.44.
Planetary nebula in Delphinus, magnitude 11.1.
Planetary nebula in Centaurus, magnitude 8.1.
Planetary nebula in Cepheus, magnitude 11.89.
Planetary nebula in Ophiuchus, magnitude 11.5.
H II region in Cassiopeia, magnitude 11.
A bipolar planetary nebula in Scorpius with one of the hottest known central stars.
Nebula in Perseus, magnitude 5.
H II region in Carina, magnitude 3.
A complex planetary nebula in the constellation Draco, one of the first to be studied with a spectroscope.
Cluster with nebulosity in Monoceros, magnitude 3.9.
Cluster with nebulosity in Cygnus, magnitude 7.2.
Planetary nebula in Andromeda, magnitude 8.3.
A supernova remnant produced by a stellar explosion recorded by astronomers in 1054 CE.
H II region in Cygnus, magnitude 7.44.
A tall pillar of cold molecular gas and dust, about seven light-years long, sculpted by the radiation and winds of hot young stars in the NGC 2264 star-forming region in Monoceros. The Cone lies at the southern end of the same complex as the Christmas Tree Cluster, roughly 2,700 light-years away, and is a textbook example of a star-forming pillar.
A young open cluster embedded in a star-forming nebula, famous for the 'Pillars of Creation' imaged by Hubble.
Supernova remnant in Cygnus, magnitude 7.
Supernova remnant in Cygnus, magnitude 7.
Planetary nebula in Vela, magnitude 9.2.
Planetary nebula in Gemini, magnitude 9.61.
Planetary nebula in Aquarius, magnitude 7.3.
Reflection nebula in Taurus, magnitude 9.98.
Reflection nebula in Monoceros, magnitude 11.85.
One of the most recognisable dark nebulae in the sky — a column of cold, dusty gas in the Orion molecular cloud, about 1,500 light-years away, shaped by radiation into the silhouette of a horse's head. Catalogued as Barnard 33, it is seen against the soft red glow of the emission nebula IC 434 behind it, in the constellation Orion just south of the belt star Alnitak.
Nebula in Sagittarius, magnitude 7.7.
Reflection nebula in Scutum, magnitude 6.1.
Cluster with nebulosity in Cassiopeia, magnitude 6.5.
Cluster with nebulosity in Cassiopeia, magnitude 6.5.
Planetary nebula in Lepus, magnitude 9.44.
Reflection nebula in Gemini, magnitude 7.03.
H II region in Monoceros, magnitude 7.7.
Reflection nebula in Scorpius, magnitude 3.9.
Nebula in Scorpius, magnitude 4.7.
Nebula in Cepheus, magnitude 7.2.
A large emission nebula and star-forming region, one of only a few visible to the naked eye.
Cluster with nebulosity in Centaurus, magnitude 4.5.
Planetary nebula in Sagittarius, magnitude 11.2.
Planetary nebula in Sagittarius, magnitude 9.3.
Planetary nebula in Ophiuchus, magnitude 11.4.
Cluster with nebulosity in Orion, magnitude 2.5.
H II region in Taurus.
Nebula in Taurus.
A supernova remnant in Taurus, the expanding debris of a star that exploded in 1054 AD.
An emission nebula in Serpens famous for the Pillars of Creation star-forming columns.
A bright emission nebula and star-forming region in Sagittarius, also called the Swan Nebula.
A combination emission, reflection, and dark nebula in Sagittarius divided by dust lanes.
A bright planetary nebula in Vulpecula, the ejected shell of a dying Sun-like star.
A bright diffuse nebula and active star-forming region in the sword of Orion.
An emission nebula in Orion that forms part of the larger Orion Nebula complex.
A planetary nebula in Lyra appearing as a glowing ring of gas around a dying star.
A planetary nebula in Perseus, one of the faintest objects in the Messier catalogue.
A reflection nebula in Orion, the brightest diffuse reflection nebula in the sky.
A giant emission nebula and star-forming region in Sagittarius.
A planetary nebula in Ursa Major whose two dark patches resemble an owl's eyes.
Nebula in Orion.
Planetary nebula in Fornax, magnitude 9.4.
Planetary nebula in Eridanus, magnitude 9.6.
Cluster with nebulosity in Dorado, magnitude 9.4.
Reflection nebula in Orion, magnitude 5.8.
Cluster with nebulosity in Dorado, magnitude 9.88.
Cluster with nebulosity in Dorado, magnitude 9.65.
H II region in Dorado, magnitude 8.87.
Nebula in Orion, magnitude 7.
Nebula in Orion, magnitude 7.
Reflection nebula in Orion, magnitude 9.5.
Nebula in Dorado, magnitude 8.97.
Supernova remnant in Dorado, magnitude 9.59.
Cluster with nebulosity in Orion, magnitude 8.
Cluster with nebulosity in Dorado, magnitude 8.5.
Cluster with nebulosity in Orion, magnitude 6.8.
Reflection nebula in Monoceros, magnitude 9.
Cluster with nebulosity in Monoceros, magnitude 4.8.
Reflection nebula in Monoceros, magnitude 8.5.
H II region in Monoceros, magnitude 10.
Planetary nebula in Puppis, magnitude 9.4.
Planetary nebula in Cetus, magnitude 10.9.
Planetary nebula in Carina, magnitude 9.7.
Planetary nebula in Chamaeleon, magnitude 11.6.
H II region in Carina, magnitude 7.6.
Cluster with nebulosity in Carina, magnitude 6.7.
Planetary nebula in Circinus, magnitude 9.8.
Nebula in Norma, magnitude 6.71.
Nebula in Norma, magnitude 6.71.
Planetary nebula in Hercules, magnitude 9.65.
Cluster with nebulosity in Ara, magnitude 5.9.
Cluster with nebulosity in Sagittarius, magnitude 4.6.
Planetary nebula in Ophiuchus, magnitude 8.1.
Reflection nebula in Sagittarius, magnitude 9.8.
Nebula in Corona Australis.
Cluster with nebulosity in Vulpecula, magnitude 7.1.
Cluster with nebulosity in Cygnus, magnitude 10.
Planetary nebula in Cygnus, magnitude 8.5.
Cluster with nebulosity in Cepheus, magnitude 7.2.
A large emission nebula in Cygnus whose shape resembles the continent of North America.
Planetary nebula in Sagittarius, magnitude 11.6.
Nebula in Ophiuchus, magnitude 5.1.
Nebula in Ara.
A planetary nebula formed by gas shed by a dying star, appearing as a luminous ring.
Nebula in Monoceros.
H II region in Monoceros, magnitude 6.
A large emission nebula in the constellation Monoceros surrounding a young open star cluster.
Cluster with nebulosity in Orion.