Starfield Tapestries

NGC 281 is also known as Pacman Nebula, for its resemblance to the video game character. NGC 281 is an H-alpha region in the constellation of Cassiopeia and it is 9500 light years away from Earth (so, it is still inside our galaxy). Picture taken with newton telescope 750mm focal length and scientific CCD camera. This is composition of H-alpha (hydrogen gas) line and RGB image. Total exposure time: 2 hours. There is no NASA content, I am 100% author of this picture.

Earth and Moon. Artwork of the Moon rising above a limb of the Earth, on a starfield. The Moon is the Earth's only natural satellite. Its rotation period around the Earth is equal to its period of revolution (27. 3 days). For this reason the Moon always keeps the same face turned towards the Earth. The visible side of the Moon is marked with dark areas called the lunar maria (or seas) and craters caused by meteorite impacts.

Something for connoisseurs: The Leo Triplet (also known as M66 Group). It is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of three spiral galaxies: M65, M66, and NGC 3628. Picture taken with newton telescope 750mm focal length and astronomic camera. Total exposure time: 5 hours 10 minutes. There is no NASA content, I am 100% author of this picture.

Something for connoisseurs: The Leo Triplet (also known as M66 Group). It is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of three spiral galaxies: M65, M66, and NGC 3628. Picture taken with newton telescope 750mm focal length and astronomic camera. Total exposure time: 5 hours 10 minutes.

The Beehive Cluster, also known as Praesepe, Messier 44 or NGC 2632 is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. It is one of the nearest open clusters to the Solar System.

Deep space: galaxy NGC 7331 and Stephan's Quintet (Hickson 92) in the constellation Pegasus

Open cluster NGC 7129 - a cluster of stars located in Cepheus. According to a recent survey there are more than 130 very young stars of the age under 1 million years. This cluster is associated with the reflection nebula IC 5134, which is illuminated by the light of these stars. The nebula resembles a rosebud - young stars blown big "balloon" in the molecular cloud that surrounded them during their birth. Those jewels are located in Cepheus, about 3,000 light-years from Earth. They are accompanied by open cluster NGC 7142, distant 6200 - 7600 years light of Earth. Picture taken with newton telescope 750mm focal length and professional astronomic camera. Total exposure time: 5 hours 55 minutes.

Galaxy NGC 4536, NGC 4527 and NGC 4533 in constellation Virgo. Photography made with newtonian telescope and scientific camera. Total exposure time 3h.

Pleiades (also known as Messier 45, M45, Subaru, Seven Sisters) is an open star cluster located in the constellation of Taurus. The cluster is dominated by hot blue stars, that have formed within the last 100 million years. Dust that forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars is a cloud in the interstellar medium, through which the stars are currently passing. Picture was taken with newton 600mm f/4 telescope, modified DSLR, total exposure time: 3 hours.

NGC 281 is also known as Pacman Nebula, for its resemblance to the video game character. NGC 281 is an H-alpha region in the constellation of Cassiopeia and it is 9500 light years away from Earth (so, it is still inside our galaxy). Picture taken with newton telescope 750mm focal length and scientific CCD camera. This is composition of H-alpha (hydrogen gas) line and RGB image. Total exposure time: 2 hours.

Antares is a red supergiant star located in the constellation Scorpius and is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It has a diameter approximately 700 times that of the Sun, making it one of the largest known stars. It is estimated to be around 12 million years old and is nearing the end of its life, expected to go supernova in the next few thousand years.

Galaxy NGC 4088 and NGC 4157 in constellation Ursa Major. Picture taken with refractor APO telescope, scientific mono camera and LRGB filters. Total exposure time 4h 42m.

Spiral galaxy M100 (Messier 100) with surrounding galaxies NGC 4312, NGC 4340, NGC 4350 in constellation Coma Berenicus. Amateur photography made with apochromatic refractor telescope and scientific camera. Total exposure time 4h34m

Ghost Nebula (VdB 141) in the constellation Cepheus. Image taken with astronomy CCD camera and 800mm focal length refractor. Total exposure time: 8 hours.

Emission nebula Sh2-86 and star open cluster NGC 6823 in the constellation Vulpecula. This hydrogen region is emission nebula surrounding star open cluster NGC 6823. Picture taken with refractror telescope (800mm focal length), astronomy scientific camera, RGB and H-alpha narrowband filters. Total exposure time: 10,5 hours.

Zoom on star forming region in Soul Nebula (also known as IC 1848) in the constellation Cassiopeia. This hydrogen region is is both emission and reflection nebula and star forming area. Picture taken with refractror telescope (800mm focal length), astronomy scientific camera, RGB and H-alpha narrowband filters. Total exposure time: 22 hours.

Pollux is an orange giant star that is located approximately 34 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Gemini. It has a mass that is about 1.7 times that of our Sun and a radius that is nearly 9 times larger. Pollux is relatively old, estimated to be around 724 million years old, and it has depleted its core hydrogen fuel, causing it to expand and cool.

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Orion's Belt. Optical image of the group of stars known as Orion's Belt, in the constellation Orion. North is at top. The belt comprises the three bright stars (from left to right) Alnitak (Zeta Orionis), Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis) and Mintaka (Delta Orionis). Orion is a large and prominent constellation that straddles the celestial equator, making it equally visible from the northern and southern hemispheres.

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IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula is an emission/reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. Picture taken with newton 600mm f/4 telescope and modified DSLR camera. Total exposure time 5 hours 40 minutes.

Milky Way, Cygnus constellation and nebulas: Elephant's Trunk Nebula, North America Nebula, Butterfly (Sadr surroundings) and Veil complex

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Endless Texture of Cosmic Universe with Ice Crystal Mechanical Stars. Night Sky with Constellations, Nebulas, Comets, Stars, Planets etc. Futuristical Seamless Pattern

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Digitally-enhanced version of an HST image of the Giant Red Spider nebula by Head Rubble.

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Sirius, also known as Alpha Canis Majoris, is the brightest star in the night sky and is located in the constellation Canis Major. It is a binary star system consisting of a main-sequence star (Sirius A) and a white dwarf companion (Sirius B). Sirius A is about twice as massive as the Sun and about 25 times more luminous. It is also one of the nearest stars to our solar system, with a distance of about 8.6 light-years.

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Photo manipulation of a dark blue-tinted scene of a bridge next to some trees casting white shadows, all underneath a starry sky.

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