Starship Asterisk*

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52730117569_ce5ee48321.jpg Peering into the faint outer halo of Messier 83 by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/peering-into-the-faint-outer-halo-of-messier-83/ This is another image from the archives of telescope live...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52721737493_93f94b50d4.jpg Unbarred Spiral Galaxy NGC 3981 by William Ostling , on Flickr Full processing write-up: https://theastroenthusiast.com/unbarred-spiral-galaxy-ngc-3981/ This is another image from the telescope live archives. The data supplied was very ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52712985198_c322e7be44.jpg The Eagle and Omega Nebula in the Hubble Palette by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up and processing here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/the-eagle-and-omega-nebula-in-the-hubble-palate/ This is another image using Telescope Liv...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52704715609_c42360e9a3.jpg Sh2-223, Sh2-224, Sh2-225, Sh2-227 widefield by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/sh2-223-sh2-224-sh2-225-sh2-227-widefield/ Sh2-224 is a supernova remnant visible in the constellation of Aur...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52698155016_7d8ac5f74c.jpg NGC 2170: The Angel Nebula by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/ngc-2170-the-angel-nebula/ Is this a painting or a photograph? In this classic celestial still life composed with a cosmic brus...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52676069217_f4a9dbbdab.jpg A 62-hour widefield image of Orion by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/a-62-hour-widefield-image-of-orion/ The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vista...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52617661395_a90f286507.jpg Spiral Galaxy NGC 3147 from Hubble by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/spiral-galaxy-ngc-3147-from-hubble/ The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 3147 appear like a gra...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52591463361_79db34eac7.jpg Orion Widefield by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/orion-widefield/ Cradled in cosmic dust and glowing hydrogen, stellar nurseries in Orion the Hunter lie at the edge of a giant molecular c...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52328938681_b1c21b899b.jpg ARP 274 from Hubble by William Ostling , on Flickr Full writeup here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/arp-274-from-hubble/ To celebrate my 18th birthday, I decided to process one of my favorite Hubble images! This was taken back in 2009 ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52321151422_cc54cb8c04.jpg Fiery dust lanes over a lake of blue stars: HST+JWST image of IC5332 by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/dim-spiral-galaxy-ic-5332-from-hst-and-jwst/ IC 5332, also known as PGC 71775 is an i...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52313707702_1445779d7f.jpg Perfect spiral M74 from JWST and Hubble by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/perfect-spiral-m74-from-jwst-and-hubble/ Processing galactic images with both JWST and HST data is just incredible...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52307069878_90654a5d28.jpg Etheral gas and dust: Hubble's stunning 3-color mosaic of the Tarantula nebula by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/hubbles-stunning-3-color-mosaic-of-the-tarantula-nebula/ If you want to loo...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52303627128_207da578c4.jpg Hershel's image of the upper orion molecular complex by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/hershels-image-of-the-upper-orion-molecular-complex/ Stunning new view from ESAs Herschel space obser...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52287651363_7476f0691d.jpg Hubble's infrared view of the Horsehead Nebula by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/hubbles-infrared-view-of-the-horsehead-nebula/ Looking like an apparition rising from whitecaps of interste...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52246306840_09aaaff0e0.jpg The interacting triplet M81, M82, and NGC 3077- An ultra deep 219 hour collaboration detailing the nuanced interaction remnants and galactic cirrus. by William Ostling , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52246096294_3f5b3d6a...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52238150575_d485ffba99.jpg Hypersonic superheated rainbow outflows from a dying star - NGC 6302 from Hubble by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/hypersonic-superheated-rainbow-outflows-from-a-dying-star-ngc-6302-from-h...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52222561264_6883d5d446.jpg Rosy stellar explosions and cerulean stars: Hubble's view of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300. by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/barred-spiral-galaxy-ngc-1300-from-hubble/ The Hubble tele...

Outflows and shockwaves in the the crab nebula – Hubble’s view over the course of 1260 days!

https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/52204700030_ae40ae3234.jpg Outflows and shockwaves in the the crab nebula – Hubble’s view over the course of 1260 days! by William Ostling , on Flickr Youtube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zypaJw3sD6s Normally, space is portrayed as static. With obj...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52195133737_4ceb007937.jpg Hubble's view of the dusty spiral galaxy M66 by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/hubbles-view-of-the-dusty-spiral-galaxy-m66/ The big and beautiful spiral galaxy messier 66 is perhaps one of...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52193260647_b9447d2d98.jpg A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies - ARP 143 from Hubble by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/a-spectacular-head-on-collision-between-two-galaxies-arp-143-from-hubble/ A spe...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52185289937_f40c8cf8ce.jpg NGC 2276 from Hubble by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/ngc-2276-from-hubble/ The magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 2276 looks a bit lopsided in this Hubble Space Telescope snapshot. A bright h...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52167942406_2a56431c34.jpg Hickson Compact Group 40 from Hubble by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/hickson-compact-group-40-from-hubble/ NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 32nd birthday with a stunning ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51945879798_77a650c405.jpg Hubble's Ultra deep Field by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/hubbles-ultra-deep-field-of-galaxies/ Galaxies, galaxies everywhere – as far as NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope can see. This view...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51944384640_140d093e6f.jpg Hubble's view of the boomerang nebula by William Ostling , on Flickr Full write-up here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/the-boomerang-nebula-from-hubble/ The Hubble Space Telescope has “caught” the Boomerang Nebula in these new images t...