The Owl Nebula is perched in the sky about 2,600 light-years away toward the bottom of the Big Dipper’s bowl. Also cataloged as M97, the 97th object in Messier’s well-known list, its round shape along with the placement of two large, dark “eyes” do suggest the face of a staring owl.
This is a crab nebula. From space.
This fertile star-forming region, called the 30 Doradus Nebula, has a sparkling stellar centerpiece: the most spectacular cluster of massive stars in our cosmic neighborhood of about 25 galaxies.
The Sombrero Galaxy – 28 million light years from Earth – was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope.
The dimensions of the galaxy, officially called M104, are as spectacular as its appearance.
It has 800 billion suns and is 50,000 light years across.
Aurora Australis.
