Vikas Chander from Delhi, India

The Seagull Nebula spans the constellations of Canis Main and Monoceros. Its head is the emission nebula IC 2177 and its broad, billowing wings are a part of Sharpless 2–296. Observe the bow shock across the star FN Canis Majoris, which types because the star plows by surrounding gasoline, just like the waves off the bow of a ship. A 2019 study discovered that this star was one in all three runaway stars in area, suggesting that every of them had been ejected when their companions went supernova — and that the wings of the Seagull are an increasing shell of particles from these explosions. This Hubble-palette picture was taken with a 6-inch scope from Rio Hurtado, Chile, with 30 hours of total integration.