TARGETS

The nearest major spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, spanning a vast halo of stars and dust.

A luminous red supergiant marking the heart of Scorpius, surrounded by richly colored interstellar dust.

A striking neighboring galaxy pair shaped by gravitational interaction.

A nearly spherical shell of glowing gas blown outward by a massive young star.

A vast stellar nursery sculpted by massive young stars.

A fiery star-forming complex glowing deep in the Milky Way.

A peculiar galaxy split by a dramatic lane of dark dust.

A dark pillar of cold gas and dust rising through the Christmas Tree Cluster.

A wind-blown bubble formed by a powerful Wolf–Rayet star.

A bright ridge of ionized gas marking the edge of the North America Nebula.

A chance alignment of galaxies centered on NGC 7331, now marked by supernova SN 2026aaiv.

A huge bubble blown into space by a powerful Wolf–Rayet star.

Two rich young open clusters packed side-by-side in Perseus.

One of the brightest planetary nebulae, formed by the expanding shell of a dying star.

A massive stellar nursery home to the famous Pillars of Creation.

A dense pillar of gas and dust sculpted by radiation inside the IC 1396 complex.

Glowing hydrogen and reflection dust lit by the star AE Aurigae.

One of the nearest planetary nebulae to Earth, revealing the expanding remains of a dying Sun-like star.

Dark dust and glowing hydrogen silhouetted across Orion.

The expanding wreckage of a massive star that exploded long ago.

A bright stellar nursery cut by dark lanes of dust and gas.

A bright open cluster of young stars sparkling in Canis Major.

A turbulent stellar nursery carved into cavities by massive young stars.

A sweeping chain of galaxies in the heart of the Virgo Cluster.

A dense ancient globular cluster containing hundreds of thousands of stars.

A loose young open cluster glowing against the rich star fields of Gemini.

The famous naked-eye double in the Big Dipper, resolved into a striking stellar pairing.

Earth’s natural satellite, photographed through changing phases, eclipses, and atmospheric conditions.

A brilliant stellar nursery carved into glowing ridges and dark dust by massive young stars.

The Milky Way’s largest and brightest globular star cluster.

A brilliant stellar nursery where young stars illuminate and sculpt the surrounding Orion Molecular Cloud.

A fiercely concentrated swarm of ancient stars with one of the densest cores of any Milky Way globular cluster.

A vast star-forming cloud sculpted into glowing ridges, dark dust pillars, and a familiar birdlike silhouette.

A brilliant nearby star cluster wrapped in delicate blue reflection dust.

A wildly colorful cloud complex of reflection nebulae and dark dust surrounding Antares.

A glowing shell of gas expelled by a dying Sun-like star.

A vast rose-shaped cloud of hydrogen surrounding a young star cluster.

A rich young cluster whose hooked chains sparkle against Cassiopeia’s crowded Milky Way.

A brilliant, nearly edge-on starburst galaxy streaked with dark dust and active star-forming regions.

A sprawling emission nebula shaped like a bird in flight.

Our nearest star, revealing a constantly changing surface of plasma, spots, and magnetic activity.

A dramatic bubble of gas blown outward by a massive Wolf–Rayet star.

A face-on spiral galaxy packed with glowing star-forming regions.

A vivid blend of red emission, blue reflection, and dark dust lanes.

A filamentary arc of the Cygnus Loop, marking the expanding shock front of an ancient supernova.

A face-on spiral locked in a gravitational dance with its smaller companion.

A young stellar nursery whose glowing walls and dark dust form the silhouette of a cosmic wizard.

A bright, loosely scattered open cluster of young stars in Perseus.