The comet is already visible to the naked eye ahead of its perihelion passage on April 19.
The image captures the glowing ribbon of the galactic plane, where the vast majority of the Milky Way’s stars are concentrated.
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It started with an Instagram message, and ended on the silver screen.
The Antennae galaxies are witnessed in the process of merging into a single elliptical galaxy.
“For a brief instant, I simply stood there, stunned. Then instinct took over”.
A massive stellar wind bubble sculpts the nebula into the shape of the Norse god’s famous helmet.
The nebula was formed when a star went supernova 5,000 light-years from Earth.
A U.K. astrophotographer had to put together some clever equipment tricks to show six of the seven planets in a rare ‘parade’ over the south of England.
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Being the lightest and smallest camera in the X-series line-up, I was impressed with how good this little camera was for astrophotography.
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The Rosette Nebula is located 5,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Monoceros.