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See Earthsky Community photos. | Desmond Allred captures the Serpentine Nebula in the constellation Ophiuchus on May 18, 2024 in Tremonton, Utah. Desmond wrote: “This is my favorite image in my 3 years of astrophotography! While exploring my star app (SkyGuide) I found this cool part of the Milky Way. I was excited to see if the bright moon overhead could capture the dark dust trails. It’s amazing. Thanks, Desmond. See below for our editor’s picks from May’s deep images.
Stunning in-depth photos from our community
The EarthSky community has many talented astrophotographers who capture stunning images of the deep sky. Enjoy this gallery of some of the best depth photos we received in May 2024. Want to share some of your own deep images? You can submit them to us here. We love to see them!
Deep sky photographs of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex
See Earthsky Community photos. | On May 4, 2024, Cameron Frankish of Longtown, Devon, United Kingdom captures the nebulosity around the star Rho Obiucci. This star and its colorful surroundings are in the constellation Ophiuchus the Serpent. Thanks, Cameron!See Earthsky Community photos. | Akansh Dardeja captures the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex on May 4, 2024 in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Akansh wrote: „The reflection and dark nebula complex in our galaxy, the Milky Way, is dimly visible to the unaided eye.” Thanks, Akansh!See Earthsky Community photos. | Tom Sorensen at Golden Spike National Historical Park in Utah also captures the Roe Obiucci area on May 9, 2024. The reason this region is so small may be due to the dark nebulae blocking the light from the emission nebulae. Thanks, Tom!
Deep sky photographs of diffuse nebulae
See Earthsky Community photos. | Andy Duncan, near Cotopaxi, Colorado, captured the Lagoon and Triffit and other nebulae in the constellation Sagittarius on May 17, 2024. Andy wrote: „Lagoon centre, Triffid right, Chinese dragon left.” Thanks, Andy!See Earthsky Community photos. | Andy Duncan, near Cotopaxi, Colorado Pelican Nebula May 8, 2024 in the constellation Cygnus. Andy wrote: “It took me almost 3 hours to get the orientation on my new ZWO gear and I still don’t know how I did it! I got pictures of 3 different items. I really liked this one, a big improvement over the picture I took a year ago. Thanks, Andy!
A globular cluster
See Earthsky Community photos. | Stephen Montag of Livingston, New Jersey captured the globular star cluster Messier 13 on May 24, 2024. Stephen wrote: “The Great Hercules Cluster, containing hundreds of thousands of stars. Located 25,000 light years from Earth. Thanks, Stephen!
An outer galaxy
See Earthsky Community photos. | Andrea Iorio Marino, Rome, Italy, Constellation Captured Messier 87 May 5, 2024 in Virgo. Andrea wrote: “M87, also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, is a supergiant elliptical galaxy with several trillion stars. It is about 53 million light-years from Earth and is the 2nd brightest star in the Northern Virgo cluster. M87 has an active supermassive black hole at its core, which forms the primary component of an active galactic nucleus. A black hole ejects a relativistic jet of plasma at least 5,000 light-years from its core. The image shows its satellite constellations and jet. Thanks, Andrea!
Groups of galaxies
See Earthsky Community photos. | On May 7, 2024, Fred Holman of Contoocook, New Hampshire captured Messier 100 and its neighbor in the Coma Berenices constellation. Fred wrote: “M100 or the Mirror Galaxy is a massive formation intermediate spiral galaxy about 5 million light-years across. far away. It is one of the brightest and most massive galaxies in the Virgo cluster, with 7 supernovae since 1901. Thanks, Fred!See Earthsky Community photos. | Steven Bellavia Cherry Springs State Park, Pennsylvania, captures the constellation Arb 297 On May 2, 2024. Steven wrote: “Arp 297, in Boötes, an interacting galaxy group. One of the galaxies, NGC 5754, is often considered a Milky Way twin. Awesome shot. Thanks, Steven!
Bottom line: Enjoy this gallery of deep sky photos from our Earthsky community for May 2024. If you have a great photo to share, send it. We love to see them!
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About the author:
Armando is well known as an astronomy educator, after 30+ years of extensive outreach efforts to the general public and 10+ years of teaching in colleges. As one of the few Puerto Rican science communicators during Halley’s last visit, he assumed a pioneering role beginning in 1985 when science began to enter the local psyche; Over time his work brought about meaningful change in culture, inspiring people to pursue an interest in science and technology. Among his links is Ana G. Mendez University-Qube, where in 2014 he launched an 8-course extension program focused on observational astronomy, the first of its kind on the island.
