My Image: Crab Nebula

My Image: Eagle Nebula

My Image: Lagoon Nebula

My Image: Trifid Nebula

APOD 4.8

Pictured above is the flame nebula which lies about 1400 light years away near Orion's belt. The image is an X-ray/infrared composite overlay. The youngest stars in this nebula are concentrated toward the center, indicating that they form in the dense core and then progress outwards.

Zooniverse: The Milky Way Project

Today on Zooniverse I tried a new project at themilkywayproject.org. Basically, I drew circles in pictures of the sky around objects that appeared to be Star Clusters, Galaxies and EGO's.

My Image: Moon