View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jeremy Likness in Monroe, Washington, captured this telescopic view of the California Nebula (NGC 1499) in Taurus on December 3, 2022. He wrote: “West of the Pleiades is a crimson streak that spans 2.5 degrees of sky. NGC 1499 is the designation for an emission nebula that emits largely in a set of narrow hydrogen bands. Named for its distinct form, that is the California Nebula.” Thanks, Jeremy! See extra of December’s deep sky under.
Pictures of the December deep sky
Get pleasure from these December deep-sky images. See diffuse nebulae, in addition to a star cluster and a supernova remnant. These photos are all from members of the EarthSky neighborhood. Do you’ve gotten an excellent photograph to share? Submit it here.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Karrar Mohammed in Alkut, Iraq, captured this telescopic view of the Pleiades star cluster on December 17, 2022. He wrote: “The Pleiades, also called the 7 Sisters, Messier 45 and different names by completely different cultures, is an asterism. It’s an open star cluster containing middle-aged, sizzling B-type stars within the northwest of the constellation Taurus. At a distance of about 444 light-years, it’s among the many nearest star clusters to Earth. It’s the nearest Messier object to Earth. And it’s the obvious cluster to the unaided eye within the evening sky.” Thanks, Karrar!
A supernova remnant
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jeremy Likness in Monroe, Washington, captured the Crab Nebula (Messier 1) in Taurus on December 15, 2022. He wrote: “Within the late 1600s, comet hunter Charles Messier mistakenly noticed a smudge he thought was a comet however realized it wasn’t transferring. Irritated, he began a catalog of issues to keep away from, and entry M1 was the Crab Nebula. This time of 12 months, it stays excessive within the sky all evening within the Pacific Northwest, so I took benefit of two clear nights to seize simply over 5 hours of information. You’re looking on the remnants of a stellar explosion or supernova that occurred lower than 10,000 years in the past. The sunshine took 6,500 years to achieve my telescope.” Thanks, Jeremy!
Backside line: Members of the EarthSky neighborhood shared these wonderful images of December’s deep sky.
Armando is properly often called an astronomy educator, after 30+ years main intensive initiatives of public outreach and 10+ years educating 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 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 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.
