Image of NGC 6791 taken by the Hubble Telescope. Image source: [1]   NGC 6791 is an open cluster found in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by the German Friedrich August

The Wild Duck Cluster (M11-NGC 6705). Image source: [1]   In the constellation of the sculptor we find a very curious galactic cluster, it is the cluster of the wild duck

Voyager 1, artist's impression. Image source: [1]   40 years have passed since that historic day that Voyager 1 left our planet to start a transcendental journey into the depths of interstellar

A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 6751. Image credit: NASA   NGC

Messier 9 by HST 6. Image credit: NASA/ESA   The Messier Catalog is full of globular clusters. Truth be told, some are very interesting, and others may seem not so much. Messier 9 may fall

NGC 5466 by Hubble Space Telescope; 3.5′ view. Image credit: NASA/STScI/WikiSky   We may think that globular clusters are huge spheres of simply static stars that have been in place since

M8, the Lagoon Nebula. Image source: (1)   As far as stellar objects are concerned, probably the most spectacular to observe are galaxies and nebulae. In the Messier catalog they

NGC 4438 (top) and NGC 4435 (bottom) taken by the FORS2 instrument of the Very Large Telescopein 2011. Image credit: ESO   NGC 4438 is about 50 million light-years away in the

Broader view of M7, the cluster is at the center of this photograph. Image source: (1)   Until now, all the objects in the Messier Catalog had taken us back to the eighteenth century to tell

NGC 4206 NGC 4206 image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA/ESA  NGC 4206 is located about 70 million light years. It is somewhat smaller and dim, but its shape is virtually

NGC 3077 NGC 3077 by HST, 1.5′ view. Image source: [1]   NGC 3077 is an interesting galaxy that shows the rounded silhouette of an elliptical galaxy. However, long exposure images have revealed

The Ant Nebula. Image source: [1]   The Ant Nebula is one of the most intriguing phenomena in our galaxy. With about 2 light-years in diameter, it is located 3,000 light years from our Solar

NGC 2683 NGC 2683 spiral galaxy. Image source: [1]   It was February 5, 1788 when the great German astronomer William Herschel discovered the marvelous galaxy NGC 2683, which we can now admire

Messier 2 by Hubble Space Telescope; 3.5 'view. Image credit: NASA/STScI/WikiSky   The globular cluster Messier 2 is one of the greatest known. It is a concentration of stars attracted mutually

NGC 2392, the Eskimo Nebula by HST. Image credit: NASA/ESA NGC 2392, known as the Eskimo Nebula or Clown Nebula, a spectacular planetary nebula that was discovered in 1787 by William Herschel. The nebula

NGC 2264 NGC 2264: Cone Nebula at bottom with inverted Christmas Tree cluster above the cone. Image credit: ESO   The Cone Nebula is actually a mass of gas and dust located 2,500 light-years

NGC 925 NGC 925 imaged with the 32 inch telescope at Mount Lemmon Observatory. Image source: (1)   NGC 925 is another of the galaxies that hides the constellation of the Triangulum, often neglected,

NGC 659                 NGC 659 (taken from Stellarium). Image source: (1) NGC 659 is located about 8200 light-years away. It

NGC 654 NGC 654 in Cassiopeia. Image credit: Antonio F. Sánchez   NGC 654 is a small family of between 60 and 80 stars that were born about 15 - 20 million years old, similar to the previous clusters,

NGC 1512 and its companion the dwarf galaxy NGC 1510. Image source: (1) A spiral galaxy located about 30 million light years away in the constellation Horologium, is bright enough to be seen with amateur