50 Beautiful Astrophotography Photos
The Earth is a beautiful place; the Universe, spectacular. Nothing could make whatever problems and worries you have, seem, and feel less significant than the thought of Earth being a mere speck in the vastness of the Universe. That, and stellar astrophotography photos like what you see in this post.
The truth is though that the colors of these astrophotographs may not be as what you see them. In truth, we won’t be able to see much of the “colors” that make up the sights in the Universe. Our eyes are not capable of “seeing” wavelengths in the infrared or gamma-rays regions. Our appreciation of color is limited to a small portion of the spectrum.
Nonetheless, scientists have “translated” the images taken in and of space into the forms of colors that our brain can see and interpret. These color-corrected images make up what we understand of the cosmos and faraway galaxies, nebulae, and other heavenly bodies. Here are 50 of the most beautiful shots they have of our Universe, get ready to be dazzled.
NGC6888 The Crescent Nebula
NGC2403
M15 Globular Cluster
Small Magellanic Cloud
NGC2174 and NGC2175 Nebula
NGC949
M45, The Pleiades
Andromeda M31
M52 and The Bubble Nebula
Orion’s Sword
Hickson 44 Galaxy Group
Galaxies Collide in the Antennae Galaxies (NASA, Chandra, Hubble, Spitzer, 08/05/10)
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy Passes the Star Rukbah and the Open Clusters M103 and NGC 663
NGC6604 – Open Cluster in Serpens
M31 Andromeda Galaxy “Neighbor of a Grand Design”
Black Hole Blasts Hole in Galaxy Cluster (Redux: NASA, Chandra, 11/02/06)
Monster Galaxy at the Heart of Perseus Cluster (NASA, Chandra, 08/20/08
Center of the Milky Way Galaxy (NASA, Chandra, 11/10/09)
M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy in LRGB + HA
Milky Way Galaxy Over Mauna Kea
Spiral Galaxies “Ultraluminous X-ray sources” (ULXs)
M81 (NGC 3031) Bode’s Galaxy
MyCn18: An Hourglass Planetary Nebula
Trio Leo
Mystic Mountain Dust Pillars
Along the Cygnus Wall
Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula
Star Formation in the Tadpole Nebula
Sh2-155: The Cave Nebula
Moon and Earth from Chang’e 5-T1
The Cat’s Eye Nebula from Hubble
Titan Beyond the Rings
Messier 20 and 21
The Horsehead Nebula
Sharpless 308: Star Bubble
M106 Close Up
Comet Lovejoy Before Galaxy M63
IC 5067 in the Pelican Nebula
Perseid Meteors Over Ontario
Io’s Surface: Under Construction
Thor’s Helmet
IC 1805: The Heart Nebula
Herschel’s Andromeda
LL Ori and the Orion Nebula
A Halo for NGC 6164
NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula
Total Solar Eclipse
Comet Lovejoy
NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
