Brothers Betelgeuse And Rigel

Today’s “Ring of Fire” eclipse. from, Bryce Canyon National Park.

Credits: NPS Photo/Peter Densmore.

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l photo: Sara Hunt l quote: Carl Sagan

NGC 1569, Star Sparks

Lunar Closeup l Andrew McCarthy

Lunar halo

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Don't talk to me right now I'm thinking of the new Jupiter photos and Vincent Van Gogh:

Nu Scorpii

One of the most interesting areas of the night sky, Scorpius holds a myriad of nebula and beautifully contrasting coloured stars.

Moving towards the tail, you'll find Nu Scorpii a binary star system 7 stars.

If that alone isn't enough to get your mind wondering how all these stars are orbiting each other, the star system itself is the eye of a horses head ! Albeit a nebulous head.

IC 4592 is a reflective nebula, with the blue light reflected from fine dust, that blue light is coming from the Nu Scorpii system above.

Pull out and you'll see the whole region contains many star forming areas with reflective features.

Hubble Classic: Stars, Galaxies and Nebulae

Sagittarius dwarf irregular galaxy (sagDIG) © Hubble