Starship Asterisk*

NGC 1999 This wide-field panorama of star formation was captured with the National Science Foundation’s Mayall 4-meter telescope on Kitt Peak. Located in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter), the image show a portion of one of Orion’s giant molecular clouds (known as “Orion A”) where new stars ar...

The artist adding the finishing touches!

Hmmm. $2,500 for the telescope. I wonder how much the "specialized" mount cost?

Hello, This is my first try at Hubble data. I looked for something not often processed. I filled in the gaps with Photoshop’s content aware fill. This was a fun little project! This is part of a system known as Hickson Compact Group 7, consisting of four NGC galaxies. Lenticular at upper right: NGC ...