Cone Nebula

Annotation Reset Cone Nebula NGC 2264 Captured December 2025. When uncertainty weighs upon us, I find peace looking outward. These photons traveled 2,700 years to reach us — crossing the void while empires rose and fell, while countless generations wrestled with their own fears and hopes. May the weight we carry dissolve into this endless beauty …

Merope

Annotation Reset Merope Captured November 2025. Merope and the Seven Sisters — A Blue Christmas from Space ✨ Captured at Space Haven Observatory in Fair Haven, NJ, this is Merope — one of the brightest jewels in the Pleiades star cluster (M45), also known as the Seven Sisters.Those ethereal blue clouds aren’t just lens flare …

Moon

Annotation Reset The Moon Captured November 3rd 2025, just the other day. The Moon is a battered, volcanic relic from the early Solar System — a world of frozen lava plains, towering crater rims, and an interior long cooled into silence. Its near side is covered in the dark “maria,” ancient seas of basalt formed …

Heart Nebula

Annotation Grid Stars Reset (Tap controls above, explore labeled annotations below) IC 1805 — The Heart Nebula The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) lies about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia, inside our own Milky Way Galaxy. This vast H II region glows in deep crimson H-alpha light, sculpted by fierce winds from the massive …

Flaming Nebula

Annotation Grid Stars Reset (Tap controls above, tap labeled annotations below) IC 405 — The Flaming Star Nebula The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405, to the right above) , about 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Auriga, glows both red and blue as the brilliant star AE Aurigae ignites clouds of gas and dust. The …