One of my best shots of this stunning galaxy! Please follow my astrophotography tumblr (mystarypi-astronomy.tumblr.com) for similar astrophotos like these!
This is the Silver Coin Galaxy! 💸💸💸
This is one of the brightest and dustiest galaxies known to Earth. With so much dust, star formation is aggressive in this galaxy and thus, it is classified as a starbust galaxy! ✨✨✨
Many scientists think that the star formation may have also been caused by the Silver Coin Galaxy’s collision with a dwarf galaxy billions of years ago! 🌌🌌🌌
Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile One telescope on October 21st, 2020 at 6:52 UTC.
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This is the Prawn Nebula! 🦐🍤🦐🍤🦐🍤
Not only does it have a strange name, but its other nickname is the "False Comet" as it has that comet-like shape. This massive stellar nursery has "O-type" stars, which are young, massive, luminous stars that die quickly due to their brightness and recycle their materials to form new stars in this nebula! 💫💫💫
Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile Two telescope on March 7th, 2021 at 4:37 UTC.
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a snom! requested by @cassiapeia
This is Sharpless 101! 💕💕💕
This stunning HII emission nebula is also called the Tulip Nebula due to its flower-like shape. This field is close to the Cygnus X-1 quasar, which was one of the first detected black holes! 💞💞💞
Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on August 8th, 2021 at 23:16 UTC.
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This is the Whale Galaxy! 🐳🐳🐳
This galaxy’s strange shape comes from interactions with a smaller dwarf galaxy seen above it. This has resulted in high numbers of supernovae from rapid star formation blow wind and dust out of the galaxy in a “superwind”! ✨✨✨
Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on February 8th, 2021 at 3:57 UTC.