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This is the sun as it appeared on May 14 with two sunspots on the surface, AR 2822 (the upper sunspot) and AR 2823 (the lower one): These sunspots each produced a weak CME...

The sun is sporting several active regions: AR2818 is near the center; AR2820 to the right of center and AR 2816, which erupted and produced a CME on April 21, on the far right....

This is the sun as it appeared on April 21, 2021: Sunspot AR 2816 is at the bottom, center of the image. This sunspot erupted on April 19, producing an M1 class solar flare,...

This is a widefield view of Sh2-308: The nebula surrounds a pre-supernova Wolf-Rayet star named EZ Canis Majoris – it is the star with the diffraction spikes on it in the image. The nebula...

This is a wide field view of the Carnia Nebula, or NGC 3372: This was shot in narrowband using H-alpha, SII, and OIII filters. Here’s a link to the Wikipedia article about this nebula....

This is a narrowband image of IC 1805: This emission nebula is about 7,500 light years from us. The energy to light up this nebula is coming from the stars at the center of...

This is a narrowband, Hubble Palette (SHO), closeup view of NGC 3576: This is an emission nebula, which means it generates its own light, and is 100 light years across. This nebula is about...

This is a closeup view of IC 443: This nebula is a supernova remnant with the neutron star CXOU J061705.3+222127 causing the nebula to glow. This is a narrowband image and uses the Hubble...

This is a widefield view of Sh2-188: The nebula is actually an asymmetrical planetary nebula. It is located about 850 light years from us in the constellation Cassiopeia. There’s not much information available about...