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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This nice photo of the First Quarter moon was taken by Michael Watson of Toronto. Michael’s galleries of astro-images are hosted on his Flickr page. Hello, Late-June Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of June 25th, 2023 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me…
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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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