The James Webb Space Telescope takes a snapshot of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, some 15 million light-years away from Earth. Scientists have found an unusual neon glow near the center of the Southern ...
A before and after of the Pinwheel Galaxy, courtesy of observer and Unistellar College Astronomy Network member, Scott Kardel. July 11, 2023, Mountain View, CA - In an unprecedented achievement, ...
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a galaxy unfathomably far from Earth. My wife, Cristina, walked up just as the first space photo ...
The majestic Andromeda Galaxy, our closest galactic neighbor, glimmers with hundreds of billions of stars. The striking Galaxy NGC 772 boasts a bright central core and delicate, swirling arms. The ...
Wa-hoo! One of the closest supernovas in years was discovered at a very early stage in the bright galaxy M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, in Ursa Major. The galaxy can be found just above the Handle of the ...
Which brings us back to my picture of the Pinwheel galaxy. From the photon's perspective, a star within the galaxy emitted it, and then a single pixel in my backyard camera absorbed it, at exactly the ...