Two protostars are hidden in a single pixel near the center of a striking hourglass-shaped nebula in this near-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The actively forming star system lies in a dusty molecular cloud cataloged as Lynds 483, some 650 light-years distant toward the... read more

AJ aka Moonchild 🌕🌙

24d

ENFP

Cancer

Wolf-Rayet Star 124: Stellar Wind Machine 💫✨️

Some #stars explode in slow motion. Rare, massive Wolf-Rayet stars are so tumultuous and hot that they are slowly disintegrating right before our telescopes. Glowing gas globs each typically over 30 times more massive than the Earth are being expelled by violent stellar winds. Wolf-Rayet star WR... read more

AJ aka Moonchild 🌕🌙

29d

ENFP

Cancer

1 Award

A Cosmic Rose 🌹✨️

#valentinesday #universe #photography #space #astrophotography #science What better way to celebrate Valentine's day then with a celestial rose? Happy Valentine's Day! The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237, is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of #flowers, but it is probably... read more

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29d

INTJ

Cancer

Alignment this year...

Don't miss these space events 🌌🚀 🚀 February 20-28: Grand Planetary Alignment All seven planets will be visible in the sky at once! In the short window after sunset, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars will shine brightly, while Saturn and Mercury will be closer to the western horizon—requiring a clear... read more

AJ aka Moonchild 🌕🌙

22d

ENFP

Cancer

1 Award

Cosmic ‘Wreath’ Displaying Stellar Circle of Life ✨️

Since antiquity, wreaths have symbolized the cycle of #life, death, and rebirth. It is fitting then that one of the best places for astronomers to learn more about the stellar lifecycle resembles a giant holiday wreath itself. The star cluster NGC 602 lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic... read more

AJ aka Moonchild 🌕🌙

2mo

ENFP

Cancer

1 Award

A Sagittarius Triplet ✨️✨️✨️

These three bright nebulae are often featured on telescopic tours of the constellation #sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way. In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier cataloged two of them; M8, the large #nebula above center, and colorful M20 below and left in... read more

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Hope

ENFP

Taurus

Nebula painting

My new obsession. I used pearl, iridescent and colour shift acrylic paints.

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AJ aka Moonchild 🌕🌙

ENFP

Cancer

The California Nebula ✨️

Could Queen Calafia's mythical island exist in space? Perhaps not, but by chance the outline of this molecular space cloud echoes the outline of the state of California, USA. Our Sun has its home within the Milky Way's Orion Arm, only about 1,000 light-years from the California Nebula. Also known... read more

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AJ aka Moonchild 🌕🌙

10d

ENFP

Cancer

1 Award

Seven Sisters versus California ✨️

On the right, dressed in blue, is the Pleiades. Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the Pleiades is one of the brightest and most easily visible open clusters on the sky. The Pleiades contains over 3,000 stars, is about 400 light years away, and only 13 light years across. Surrounding the... read more

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Logan

24d

ISFP

Scorpio

The Orion Nebula

This is a 1.5 hour exposure. Hopefully it looks good despite Boo's image compression. I'm super happy with it! Currently working on getting more magnification to get a closer shot.

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Abhinav

11d

INFP

Sagittarius

Orion's nebula with my little telescope

This image is taken from a small telescope with smartphone. 2 second exposure, 3200 iso settings.. 😅little bit of trails but.. I think it's fine #astronomy #space #orion