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View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jeremy Likness in Newport, Oregon, made this colourful picture of the Crab Nebula with movies recorded on October 28, 2023. Jeremy wrote: “When Charles Messier was on the lookout for Halley’s Comet, he stored coming throughout a fuzzy patch he realized didn’t transfer like a comet. So, he began a journal of those annoying distractions and designated the fuzzy patch M1.” We now know M1 because the Crab Nebula, the stays of a star that went supernova. Thanks, Jeremy! See extra of October’s finest deep-sky pictures under.
Greatest deep-sky pictures from our neighborhood
The EarthSky neighborhood has many gifted astrophotographers who seize beautiful photographs of the deep sky. So get pleasure from this gallery of a number of the finest deep-sky pictures we’ve got obtained in October. Do you will have a few of your individual finest deep-sky photographs to share? You possibly can submit them to us here. We like to see them!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mario Rana in Hampton, Virginia, captured this view of the Cave Nebula on October 21, 2023. Mario wrote: “The Cave Nebula (Sh2-155) is within the constellation Cepheus. It’s a part of a a lot bigger cloud of gasoline and dust referred to as Cepheus B.” Thanks, Mario!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Harshwardhan Pathak from India used a remote telescope in Spain to seize the Rosette Nebula on October 10, 2023. Harshwardhan wrote: “The Rosette Nebula lies close to one finish of a large dark nebula within the Monoceros area of the Milky Way galaxy. It’s typically known as the ‘Cranium Nebula.’ Nevertheless it shouldn’t be confused with NGC 246, which can be nicknamed the Cranium Nebula. You can even see the open star cluster NGC 2244 at coronary heart of the nebula.” Thanks, Harshwardhan!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Harshwardhan Pathak of India used a big remote telescope in Australia to seize the Orion Nebula on October 5, 2023. Harshwardhan wrote: “Popularly referred to as the Orion Nebula, this stellar nursery has been recognized to many alternative cultures all through human historical past. The nebula is barely 1,500 light-years away, making it the closest giant star-forming area to Earth … That is the goal which each astrophotographer desires to shoot in winter’s night time sky.” A wonderful seize. Thanks, Harshwardhan!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mohammed Abdallah in Suez, Egypt, used a telephoto lens to seize this view of the Ghost of Cassiopeia on October 13, 2023. Mohammed wrote: “One among my proudest achievements: The Ghost of Cassiopeia. Because it’s spooky season, IC 63 is a mirrored image nebula positioned in Cassiopeia. It is a total of 17 hours of integration time.” A consequence to be happy with, certainly. Thanks, Mohammed!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jeremy Likness in Newport, Oregon, captured this telescopic view of the Ghost of Cassiopeia on October 5, 2023. Jeremy wrote: “Climbing the stairway to heaven, IC 63 is a nebula generally referred to as ‘the Ghost of Cassiopeia.’ It appears to be craving to affix the good star Navi.” Thanks, Jeremy!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Catherine Hyde in Cambria, California, captured this view on October 5, 2023. Catherine wrote: “That is the Ghost of Cassiopeia. The brilliant star is Navi (Gamma Cassiopeiae).” Thanks, Catherine!
The Horsehead Nebula
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Martin Curran in Cheyenne, Wyoming, captured the Horsehead Nebula within the constellation Orion on October 21, 2023. Martin wrote: “First time hitting this goal as a major … The long-lasting Horsehead is a cloud of dust blocking gentle from a a lot bigger HII region. Will certainly be revisiting this goal.” Thanks, Martin!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jeremy Likness in Newport, Oregon, captured this view within the constellation Orion on October 5, 2023. Jeremy wrote: “Hydrogen-alpha reveals the intricate particulars of nebulosity round Alnitak, the primary star in Orion’s Belt. This picture contains the aptly named Flame and Horsehead nebulae.” Thanks, Jeremy!
A galaxy and a star cluster
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Martin Curran in Cheyenne, Wyoming, captured this galaxy and star cluster on October 8, 2023. Martin wrote: “NGC 6946 (the Fireworks Galaxy) and open cluster NGC 6939 in Cepheus. NGC 6946 is an attractive face-on spiral galaxy. It’s 20,000 light-years throughout and is 22.5 million light-years from Earth. It’s fairly dim for its dimension as it’s extremely obscured by interstellar matter resulting from its proximity to the Milky Way.” Thanks, Martin!
Backside line: Get pleasure from this gallery of the most effective deep-sky pictures of October 2023 from our EarthSky neighborhood. And in case you have an ideal photograph to share, ship it in. We like to see them!
Armando is effectively generally known as an astronomy educator, after 30+ years main intensive initiatives of public outreach and 10+ years instructing in schools. As one in all solely a handful of Puerto Rican science communicators throughout Comet Halley’s final go to, he assumed a pioneering function 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 embrace 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.
Cristina Ortiz – based mostly in Granada, Spain – has been an EarthSky editor since 2021. “Since I used to be a child,” she says, “I may really feel that keenness for science and communication.” Cristina has a grasp’s diploma in translation and decoding, specializing in science and expertise. She has served as a translator, interpreter and proofreader in each science and expertise for numerous media organizations, together with Netflix, and for museums and different firms.
