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Messier 100 is a spiral design, starburst galaxy, that is seen almost face-on. It is one of the largest and brightest galaxies of the Virgo cluster. As M100 is moving through the Virgo cluster, it is slowly losing some of its gas.
55 million light years away
107,000 light years across
Messier 104 appears as a very small object, but it holds the biggest supermassive black hole ever recorded in any nearby galaxy. Despite its small size, it is a popular target among amateur astrophotographers because of its beautiful dust lanes that cross in front of its luminous center.
50 million light years away
105,000 light years across
Overview
Messier 13 (M13), also known as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, is a dense, spherical cluster of hundreds of thousands of stars in the Hercules constellation. It's one of the brightest globular clusters visible from the Northern Hemisphere and is best seen in July. Appearance and visibility: M13 appears as a fuzzy ball of light through binoculars. With a telescope, its dense core reveals countless stars packed together.
26,000 light years away
250 light years across
One of the most popular star clusters.
NGC 281, also known as the Pacman Nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It's nicknamed for its resemblance to the video game character, with dark dust lanes cutting into bright gas clouds to create a "mouth" shape. Discovered in 1883 by American astronomer E.E. Barnard, the nebula is 48 light years across and roughly 9,200 light years from Earth.
Located in the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn), NGC2264 actually designates two astronomical objects: the Cone, a diffuse nebula located in the south, and the Christmas Tree, a young star cluster located in the north. NGC2264's brightest star is S Monocerotis.
2,180 Light years away
24 Light years across
A lunar eclipse occurs during a full moon when the Earth blocks the Sun's light from reaching the Moon.
NGC 1491, also known as LBN 704, SH2-206 or the Fossil Footprint Nebula, is an emission type bright nebula located about 9,800 light years away from Earth
Outer Space Project 2022 (Detour, left; Sam3 for Living Walls, right), Downtown, Atlanta, 2022/10/09.
Outer Space Project 2022 (Detour), Downtown, Atlanta, 2022/10/09.
Outer Space Project 2022 (BIGTEEFF), East Atlanta Village, Atlanta, 2022/10/09.
Outer Space Project 2022 (JEKS), East Atlanta Village, Atlanta, 2022/10/02.
Outer Space Project 2022 (Woes), East Atlanta Village, Atlanta, 2022/10/02.
