Tag: North America Nebula

The Half Moon Hides Antares, Algol is Active, Saturn Shines Brightest, Venus Revives, and Cygnus Sights!

August 20, 2023

This image of the North American Nebula was captured in 2018 near Thornbury, Ontario by my friend Sailu Nemana. Several of the surrounding bright stars and star clusters within it are highlighted. The Pelican Nebula (at right) is formed by the dark dust of LDN 935. The re/pink colour is produced by ionized hydrogen gas.…
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Pre-Sunrise Scattered Sunlight, Best Neptune, Young Moon Meets Inner Planets and the Scorpion’s Snippers, and Soaring with Cygnus!

September 5, 2021

This gorgeous image of the North America Nebula, and the Pelican Nebula to its right, was captured by Roman Kulesza. The pink colour arises from glowing hydrogen gas. Opaque dust in the foreground is separating the single large gas cloud into two nebulas, and producing the unique shapes. It was the SkyNews Photo of the…
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