With binoculars or a wide-field scope, emission nebula IC 1396 is a vast playground, filled with many other interesting ...

The very first object in Charles Messier’s famous list of deep-sky objects, M1, is the Crab Nebula — a supernova remnant. The bright exploding star was observed in various early cultural ...

Amateur astrophotographer Emil Andronic has captured a striking image of the Cat's Eye Nebula from his home in Hertfordshire, ...

Reflection nebulae are unusual objects; rather than glowing by fluorescence ... when you get a chance to do some exploring. The post Deep-Sky Dreams: The Iris Nebula appeared first on Astronomy ...

The Veil Nebula in Cygnus is a ragged, circular feature roughly four times the diameter of the moon. This deep-sky object can't fit into the field of view of a telescope, but you can trace its ...

It makes for one of the easiest deep sky objects to see with small telescopes ... degrees to the West of constellation Lyra. The Orion nebula is one of the brightest nebulae and can be spotted ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

Dobsonian telescopes are altazimuth-mounted Newtonian reflectors optimised for observing faint, deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies. Efficient light gatherers, they are compact and ...

and deep-sky objects. Featuring interactive information accompanied by rich graphics, the app lets you view 120,000 stars; more than 200 star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies; all major planets and ...