Nebulae
Star Formation Begins When Clouds of Gas Crash Into Each Other
To trigger star formation, you need to compress a lot of gas into not a lot of volume. To make…
Here’s a New Planetary Nebula for Your Collection: CVMP 1
Some stars die a beautiful death, ejecting their outer layers of gas into space, then lighting it all up with…
Stars: A Day in the Life
There is something about them that intrigues us all. These massive spheres of gas burning intensely from the energy of…
Astrophotos: A Wide Angle “Trilogy” of the North America Nebula
A perfect set of astrophotos for #WideAngleWednesday! Here are not one but three views of the North America Nebula taken…
Virtual Star Party – January 5, 2014: Jupiter in Opposition and 6 Telescopes!
Hosts: Fraser Cain and Scott Lewis Astronomers: David Dickinson in Florida Michael Phillips in North Carolina Bill McLaughlin in Oregon…
Virtual Star Party – October 6, 2013
Another wonderful Virtual Star Party, this time with 6 astronomers broadcasting their view of the night sky live. We had…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: August 6-12, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! While you start your observing week out by watching the Mars Curiosity Landing, be sure to step…
What Does a Nebula Sound Like?
What do things sound like out in the cosmos? Of course, sound waves can’t travel through the vacuum of space;…
Spitzer’s Stunning New View of the North American Nebula
[/caption] In visible light, the North American nebula resembles its namesake continent. But looking at it in the infrared spectrum,…
Ambitious Survey Spots Stellar Nurseries
[/caption] ESO’s VISTA telescope has begun a new survey of the Magellanic Cloud, and this spectacular image of the Tarantula…