A Rare and Gorgeous Wolf-Rayet Bubble
Wind-blown Wolf-Rayet bubbles are among the most rare, intriguing and tantalising objects to observe. And NGC 3199’s gorgeous glowing cosmic bubble is even more rare, being one of only a handful of known X-ray-emitting Wolf-Rayet bubbles.
A Wolf-Rayet Bubble in the Carina Nebula
The Carina Nebula is, to my eye, the supreme nebula in our skies… it is preposterously beautiful… a billowing three-dimensional cloudscape… and in its northern end lies an enormous and gorgeous Wolf-Rayet bubble.
The Dark Horse
I’ve always loved observing dark nebulae; there is something very strange about seeing what isn’t there, until you discover how many variations of darkness the eye can discern and the shapes they reveal.
The Exquisite Little Homunculus
The Homunculus is one of the strangest, most intriguing and visually stunning objects in the sky to observe…
Horsehead Nebula
My first observation of the year was what has to be one of the most photographed but incredibly challenging blobs of darkness to observe visually – the Horsehead Nebula.
Three Beautiful Ghosts
Observing planetary nebulae is, in a word, awe-inspiring because one is actually seeing a star dying in the night sky, its shroud forming one of the most beautiful sights in the cosmos.