Ultimate Madoka

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.

Experimented with cool and warm colours :) 💙

This is the Trifid Nebula! 💞💞💞

This nebula’s unique name comes from the 3 dark bands of dust that traverse its center. Despite the nebula itself holding many massive stars, it is no longer undergoing star formation because these highly radiative stars have blown a lot of the dust away! 💫💫💫

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on February 5th, 2022 at 8:37 UTC.

This is the Lobster Nebula! 🦞🦞🦞

Despite this creative name, there were multiple petitions to change this nebula’s name to the Madokami Nebula (named after a character in the anime Madoka Magica) and the War and Peace Nebula (named after its resemblance to a skull and dove). The core of the nebula is the Pismis-24 cluster containing very massive stars up to 100 solar masses each! ✨✨✨

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on February 26th, 2021 at 8:32 UTC.

This is the Box Nebula AKA The Little Gem Nebula! 📦 💎 📦 💎 📦💎

Although this planetary nebula may look small, it’s around 4 light years across! The unusual shape may be due to its orientation to us… 👀👀👀

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on June 19th, 2020 at 00:02 UTC. 

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.

This is the Pleiades in culmination! ✨✨✨

Just a few weeks ago, this cluster culminated in the south - meaning that they reached their highest point and appeared its brightest. Thankfully, the telescopes were open briefly for me to take a quick picture! ♥♥♥

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile One telescope on November 23rd, 2020 at 2:37 UTC.

Lagoon Nebula, M8, in Sagittarius ❤

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two Telescope, taken in August 2018.

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