War & Peace Nebula

War and Peace Nebula

M18

Open Cluster in Sagittarius Image exposure: 60 minutes Image size: 38.5 x 24.9 arcmin Image date: 2022-07-30 one arcmin is …

Lagoon Nebula

My two and a half hour exposure of the Lagoon Nebula, M8.

M28

Globular Cluster NGC 6626, in Sagittarius

Star Birth in Sagittarius

Open Cluster Messier 25

A Star Dies

A dying star: planetary nebula in Sagittarius.

Towards the Galaxy’s Heart

The Ink Spot and open cluster NGC 6520

Omega Nebula, M17

Omega Nebula, M17
In the constellation of Sagittarius

IC 4685

Emission Nebula in Sagittarius

Messier 24

The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, M24.

Messier 22

The third brightest globular cluster in the sky

End of a Decade

With no more images in the pipeline and the bushfire smoke worsening again in South West Sydney – and showing …

Trifid Nebula

It’s another clear night sky as I write this – but the Moon is full and it’s not a good time to be …

Lagoon Nebula, M8

Burnham’s Celestial Handbook (forty years old and still available) describes M8 as “One of the finest of the diffuse nebulae….seen …

Milky Way

This is what a galaxy looks like from the inside! Taken in 2016, this wide-field image shows the glory of …

Pluto the Previous Planet

This little former planet – 4.9 billion kilometres away – has been on my wanted list for a long, long …

Barnard’s Galaxy

NGC 6822, Barnards Galaxy, is a dwarf galaxy in Sagittarius. It is classified as an “Irregular” type and it is …

Messier Objects 20 and 21

The Trifid Nebula, M20 and open cluster M21. An attempt to improve on my first image, in  black and white, …

Lagoon Nebula

M8, a nebula in Sagittarius, the Lagoon Nebula. Details: Exposure: 3 x 4 min  ISO 800 Gear: Skywatcher ED120 refractor, 840mm …

Wide Field Views

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Nova!

My first nova, TCP J18102829-2729590, an 8th-9th magnitude object in the Sagittarius “Teapot” asterism. This cropped image was taken with …

Milky Way Star Fields

All images © R.Powell