🌌 – NGC 7000, or the North America Nebula.
An emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. Together with the Pelican Nebula, it forms part of a larger structure—a region of ionized hydrogen.
🔭 Integration time: 8 hours 30 minutes.
Photo credit: Willem Witteveen.
The Pacific Ocean on August 2, 2026, as seen from the space station; photo taken from the dome with an iPhone. In the background, typhoon Dolphin.
[📸 Astronaut Anil Menon]
Dive into the Vela supernova remnant’s cosmic fireworks.
Twelve breathtaking close-ups reveal the remnant’s most dazzling secrets: delicate filaments of glowing pink and fiery orange gas twist and curl like celestial brushstrokes, while brilliant stars blaze in the foreground and distant background, turning this ancient stellar explosion into a living tapestry of light and color.
(Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team/Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)