Nebulae

Beautiful images of glowing cosmic clouds known as nebulae. These regions of space are filled with gas and dust, out of which new stars will be born. These are some of the most well-known, captured by astrophotographers from around the globe.

The Cat's Eye Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Cat’s Eye Nebula

NGC 6357 Lobster Nebula by Tom Bishton, Brisbane, Australia. Equipment: ED120 Refractor, AZEQ6 Mount, ST80 Guidescope, Canon modded 600D, Synguider

Gallery Lobster Nebula

NGC 6914 Wide Field by Bob Franke, Chino Valley, AZ USA. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ-106ED, SBIG STF-8300M, Baader RGB, AstroDon Ha filter, Losmandy G11 mount.

Gallery NGC 6914

IC2944/8 The Running Chicken by David Trotter, Sydney, Australia. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ106n, Sbig sTL6303e, Astrodon narrow Band filters, AP900 Equatorial mount.

Gallery Running Chicken Nebula

IC1318 Butterfly in Cygnus by Sheila Whysall, Derbyshire, UK. Equipment: Takahashi 106 FSQ reduced, QSI 690 wsg-8, Astrodon 3nm narrowband filters

Gallery IC 1318, Gamma Cygni Nebula

The Heart and Soul Nebulae, Keith Bramley, Lancashire, 14-22 February 2019. Equipment: Atik 383L+ mono camera, Samyang 135mm f/2 telephoto lens, Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro mount.

Gallery Heart and Soul Nebulae

LDN 673 - Dark Nebula by Bob Franke, Chino Valley, AZ USA. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ-106ED, SBIG STF-8300, Baader LRGB filters, Losmandy Gll mount

Gallery Dark nebulae

M78 by Alvaro Ibañez Perez, Las Inviernas, Guadalajara, Spain. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ106EDX, Takahashi EM400 Temma2, CCD Atik 460EX mono, Astrodon LRGB, IDAS LPS P2, SX USB Filter Wheel, Lunático EZG-60, SXLodestar, RoboFocus, AstroMatic (ftorrev).

Gallery Messier 78

NGC 6188, the fighting dragons of Ara Shawn Nielsen, remotely via Siding Springs Observatory, Australia, March 2016 and October 2020. Equipment: SBIG STL-11000M camera, Takahashi FSQ ED 106mm refractor, Paramount ME EQ mount

Gallery NGC 6188

Young stars forming - NGC 7822 by Rob Little, Corbridge, UK. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ106 F5, ATIK 383L CCD, Baader narrowband HA, OII and SII filters, NEQ6 Pro Mount, Straight Express Lodestar autoguider.

Gallery NGC 7822

NGC 1333 Didier Rediger-Lizlov, David Attié, Stefan Shramm, e-Eye remote telescope hosting service, Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain, 25 – 30 October 2017 Equipment: Altair 130 ED Triplet apo refractor, GSO 8-inch Dobsonian, 2 x Moravian Instruments G2-4000 CCD cameras, Astro-Physics 900 GTO German Equatorial Mount.

Gallery NGC 1333

The Horsehead Nebula by Rafael Compassi, Presidente Lucena, Brazil. Equipment: 80mm F/5 Triplet APO, QHY9m, 36mm Baader filters.

Gallery Horsehead Nebula

Thor’s Helmet: NGC 2359 gets its nickname from its distinctive nebula bubble. Credit: Gerald Rhemann/CCDGuide.com

Gallery Thor's Helmet Nebula

Running Man Nebula by Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez, Las Inviernas, Guadalajara, Spain. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ106EDX, Takahashi EM400 Temma2, CCD Atik 460EX mono, Astrodon LRGB, IDAS LPS P2, SX USB Filter Wheel, Lunático EZG-60, SXLodestar, RoboFocus, AstroMatic(ftorrev).

Gallery Running Man Nebula

Sh2-101 Tulip Nebula HST by Chris Heapy, Macclesfield, UK. Equipment: Televue NP127is refractor, Atik490EX, Losmandy G11, TV Pronto, Lodestar, Astrodon 3nM Ha, SII and OIII

Gallery Tulip Nebula