View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Desmond Allred in Tremonton, Utah, captured the Snake Nebula within the constellation Ophiuchus on Could 18, 2024. Desmond wrote: “That is most likely my favourite picture I’ve captured thus far in my 3 years in doing astrophotography! I discovered a cool-looking space of the Milky Way whereas exploring my star app (SkyGuide). I used to be excited to see if I might seize the dark dust lanes with a vivid moon overhead.” It appears superb. Thanks, Desmond. See extra of our editor’s picks from Could’s deep-sky pictures under.
Beautiful deep-sky pictures from our group
The EarthSky group has many proficient astrophotographers who seize beautiful photographs of the deep sky. So get pleasure from this gallery of among the greatest deep-sky pictures we obtained in Could 2024. Do you might have a few of your individual deep-sky photographs to share? You may submit them to us here. We like to see them!
Deep-sky pictures of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complicated
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Cameron Frankish in Longdown, Devon, United Kingdom, caught the nebulosity surrounding the star Rho Ophiuchi on Could 4, 2024. This star and its colourful environs lie within the constellation Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer. Thanks, Cameron!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Ekansh Tardeja in Pune, Maharashtra, India, caught the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complicated on Could 4, 2024. Ekansh wrote: “Reflection and dark nebulae complicated in our galaxy, the Milky Way, seen as a faint smudge to the unaided eye.” Thanks, Ekansh!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tom Sorensen at Golden Spike Nationwide Historic Park, Utah, additionally captured the Rho Ophiuchi area, on Could 9, 2024. Tom wrote: “This common space of the Milky Way’s core is sprawling with totally different nebulae. Maybe the explanation this space is so iconic is due to the distinction of the darkish nebulae blocking the sunshine of the emission nebulae.” Thanks, Tom!
Deep-sky pictures of diffuse nebulae
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Andy Dungan close to Cotopaxi, Colorado, caught the Lagoon and Trifid and different nebulae within the constellation Sagittarius on Could 17, 2024. Andy wrote: “Lagoon middle, Trifid proper, Chinese language Dragon left.” Thanks, Andy!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Andy Dungan close to Cotopaxi, Colorado, caught the the Pelican Nebula within the constellation Cygnus on Could 8, 2024. Andy wrote: “It took me practically 3 hours to get the guiding engaged on my new ZWO gear, and I nonetheless don’t know the way I did it! I bought pics of three totally different objects. I favored this one the very best, an enormous enchancment over the pic I took a yr in the past.” Thanks, Andy!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Andrea Iorio in Marino, Rome, Italy, captured the galaxy Messier 87 within the constellation Virgo on Could 5, 2024. Andrea wrote: “M87, also referred to as Virgo A or NGC 4486, is a supergiant elliptical galaxy containing a number of trillion stars. It’s about 53 million light-years from Earth and is the 2nd-brightest galaxy inside the northern Virgo Cluster. M87 has an lively supermassive black hole at its core, which kinds the first part of an lively galactic nucleus. The black hole ejects a relativistic jet of plasma extending at the least 5,000 light-years from the nucleus. The picture exhibits its satellite galaxies and the jet.” Thanks, Andrea!
Teams of galaxies
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Fred Holman in Contoocook, New Hampshire, captured the galaxy Messier 100 and its neighbors within the constellation Coma Berenices on Could 7, 2024. Fred wrote: “M100 or the Mirror Galaxy is a grand-design intermediate spiral galaxy about 55 million light-years away. It is among the brightest and largest galaxies within the Virgo cluster that has hosted 7 supernovas since 1901.” Thanks, Fred!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steven Bellavia at Cherry Springs State Park, Pennsylvania, captured the galaxy group Arp 297 on Could 2, 2024. Steven wrote: “Arp 297, in Boötes, is an interacting galaxy group. One of many galaxies, NGC 5754, is commonly thought-about a Milky Way twin.” Great shot. Thanks, Steven!
Backside line: Get pleasure from this gallery of deep-sky pictures for Could 2024 from our EarthSky group. And if in case you have a fantastic picture to share, ship it in. We like to see them!
Armando is effectively generally known as an astronomy educator, after 30+ years main in depth initiatives of public outreach and 10+ years educating in schools. As certainly one of solely a handful of Puerto Rican science communicators throughout Comet Halley’s final go to, he assumed a pioneering position beginning in 1985 when science was simply starting to enter the native mindset; over time his work introduced significant change to the tradition, inspiring individuals to pursue pursuits in science and expertise. His affiliations embody Ana G. Méndez College–Cupey, the place in 2014 he spearheaded an 8-course extension program specializing in observational astronomy, the primary ever within the island.
