Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas

Like images of broken light, Webb captured these carbon-rich dust shells around a binary star system. Drifting swiftly outwards, they are seeding their surroundings with carbon - one way elements spread across the universe.

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Backyard views

Tuesday February 4th 2025 6:39pm & 6:44pm

SH2-240 Spaghetti Nebula

2 panel mosaic

January 27-29, 2025

Zionsville, IN, Bortle 6-7

SVBONY SV550 APO 80 mm'

ZWO AM 5, ASIAIR plus, Guided

Antlia ALP-T Dual Narrowband Filter

ASI2600 MC PRO

Gain 100, -10C, darks, flats, bias

ca. 7 hrs per panel (7 hrs total per night)

Stunning New Images of Jupiter From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft (read article here)

" Nasa's Deep Space Mission " //© Astro Voyagers

Stingray Nebula

“Archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, has faded precipitously over just the past two decades. Witnessing such a swift rate of change in a planetary nebula is exceedingly rare, say researchers. These images captured by Hubble in 1996 (left), when compared to Hubble images taken in 2016 (right), show a nebula that has drastically dimmed in brightness and changed shape. Bright blue shells of gas near the centre of the nebula have all but disappeared, and the wavy edges that earned this nebula its aquatic-themed name are virtually gone. The young nebula no longer pops against the black velvet background of the distant Universe.” - via Wikimedia Commons

Think we’re alone? Were this close of finding life! As a matter of fact, we’re currently studying possible life right now and think we may have finally found it

1200 Megapixel

Hubble Ultra Deep Field