Look up to the sky…
even when the clouds insist on stealing the stage.

Here’s a photo we captured last year under clearer, kinder skies: Messier 78 (M78 / NGC 2068), where starlight drifts softly through veils of cosmic dust in a quiet corner of Orion. While this beginning of the year has been ruled by storm after storm, this image is a gentle reminder that the universe is always there, waiting patiently above us.

#LookUp #Orion #Astrophotography #DeepSky #ReflectionNebula #NightSky #Stargazing #Astronomy #SpaceLovers #DarkSky #Camping #CampingInPortugal #Alentejo #Seestar

📸 A Beautiful Trifid
Red emission. Blue reflection. Dark dust. The Trifid Nebula (M20) in Sagittarius blends all three. Star formation shapes its glowing clouds, while dark lanes split the red core into three parts. A cosmic gem, 5,000 light-years away.

📅 APOD – July 9, 2025
📷 Credit: Alessandro Cipolat Bares

#APOD #TrifidNebula #M20 #NASA #Nebula #Sagittarius #EmissionNebula #ReflectionNebula #DarkNebula #StarFormation #Astrophotography #Space #Cosmos #Astronomy #DeepSky #StellarSnap

A couple of nights ago I let my #Dwarf3 stay out all night with a stellation mask, which bagged me about 8 hours worth of #Antares , #Messier4 , and other goodies, including the Antares #ReflectionNebula.

I ran it through the #DwarfLab #StellarStudio tools, and then did a bit more cleanup in #Snapseed and #GooglePhotos - about 15 minutes work.

I'm pretty darned pleased with the results.

#astronomy #astrophotography #Astrodon #SmartTelescope #Nebula #Star #GlobularStarCluster

The #Merope #Nebula is a #reflectionnebula associated with the #star #Merope in the #Pleiades #starcluster, located in the #constellation #Taurus approximately 400 light-years away from #Earth. It reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight in late November.

detailed information: https://astrocamp.eu/en/vdb-22-merope-nebula/

Vixen ED80sf | Canon EOS M100

#astrophoto #astrophotography #nightsky #space #sky #astronomy #telescope #clearskies #picture #photography #naturephotography #astrodon

vdB 22 – Merope Nebula – Astrophotography and Astronomy

The Merope Nebula is a reflection nebula associated with the star Merope in the Pleiades star cluster, located in the constellation Taurus approximately 400 lig

Astrophotography and Astronomy

Seasonal Object: vdB 21 – Maia Nebula

The Maia #Nebula is a #reflectionnebula associated with the #star #Maia in the #Pleiades #starcluster, located in the #constellation #Taurus approximately 400 light-years away from #Earth. It reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight in late November ...

detailed information: https://astrocamp.eu/en/vdb-21-maia-nebula/

Vixen ED80sf | Canon EOS M100

#astrophoto #astrophotography #nightsky #space #sky #astronomy #telescope #clearskies #picture #photography #naturephotography #astrodon

vdB 21 – Maia Nebula – Astrophotography and Astronomy

The Maia Nebula is a reflection nebula associated with the star Maia in the Pleiades star cluster, located in the constellation Taurus approximately 400 light-y

Astrophotography and Astronomy
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