This Digital Sky survey image shows the Antenna Galaxies aka NGC 4038, 4039 in the constellation of Corvus, which shines brightly in the lower part of the southern sky on early June evenings. The bright segments are the cores of two galaxies in the process of merging by mutual gravitational attraction. Curved streams of stars…
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My friend Denise Chilton took this terrific image of the completely eclipsed sun from southeastern Quebec on April 8, 2024. The shape of the white corona will be replicated in all the totality photos from that day. Her image also captured the large pink prominence that extended beyond the southern pole of the moon. Hello,…
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This gorgeous spiral galaxy named NGC 5248 and Caldwell 45 in Boötes is visible in medium-sized and larger telescopes on moonless evenings. Image by Adam Block of Mount Lemmon Observatory (Wikipedia) Hello, Moonless May Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of May 14th, 2023 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this…
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A sampling of galaxy forms. Clockwise from upper left: Messier 87 “Virgo A” (elliptical), Messier 102 “Spindle” (lenticular), NGC 1365 (barred spiral), NGC 4656 “the Crowbar” (irregular), and Messier 81 “Bode’s Nebula” (spiral). All except NGC 1365 are visible on spring evenings from mid-northern latitudes. Hello, Meteor and Galaxy lovers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights…
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